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To: Spiff
Oh, and I almost forgot, people who take it upon themselves to make "citizen's arrests" are taking upon themselves one of the functions of government and, in doing so, they also take on the burdens of not violating what police are not allowed to violate. They are also engaging in public activity which deprives them of any protection of defamation law (libel, slander or otherwise) since they become, for such purposes, public figures no less than sheriffs and police chiefs and patrol officers. See New York Times vs. Sullivan SCOTUS 1964.
138 posted on 01/14/2003 12:45:43 PM PST by BlackElk (Viva Cristo Rey)
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To: BlackElk
Oh, and I almost forgot, people who take it upon themselves to make "citizen's arrests" are taking upon themselves one of the functions of government and, in doing so, they also take on the burdens of not violating what police are not allowed to violate. They are also engaging in public activity which deprives them of any protection of defamation law (libel, slander or otherwise) since they become, for such purposes, public figures no less than sheriffs and police chiefs and patrol officers. See New York Times vs. Sullivan SCOTUS 1964.

Shows how much you know. ABP and CDP have not made a single citizens arrest. In fact, they don't intend to. They observe the border intruders, track and follow the border intruders, and call the incident in to law enforcement who responds and detains the border intruders. Roger Barnett has made citizens arrests on his own property or property that he is leasing. If you want to go after him for defending his property, be my guest. Many have tried, including Mexico, and failed because Roger is on solid ground with his actions and is very careful how he does what he does.

Again, you proving that you have bought into the liberal lies about the groups down here. They aren't walking around the border willy-nilly chugging beer and aiming their high-powered rifles at every "Pedro" they see. They've got a plan, they are well disciplined, and they know what they're doing. Please become more informed so that you don't embarass yourself again.

140 posted on 01/14/2003 12:51:48 PM PST by Spiff
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