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To: DoughtyOne
"Heh heh heh, care to venture how many suspects are taken into custody by police officers without being handcuffed? Are all these officers charged with aggravated assault? They have guns on and are touching the perps as they put handcuffs on them."

Actually, that would be because they are commissioned officers of the law.

208 posted on 08/07/2003 11:03:12 PM PDT by CWOJackson (The World According to Garp isn't that bad when compared with The World According to Todd.)
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To: CWOJackson
To: DoughtyOne

"Heh heh heh, care to venture how many suspects are taken into custody by police officers without being handcuffed? Are all these officers charged with aggravated assault? They have guns on and are touching the perps as they put handcuffs on them."

Actually, that would be because they are commissioned officers of the law.

208 posted on 08/07/2003 11:03 PM PDT by CWOJackson (The World According to Garp isn't that bad when compared with The World According to Todd.)
 

So no citizens are able to execute a citizens arrest without being charge with assault?  That's an interesting point of view.

211 posted on 08/07/2003 11:07:16 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ("He's baaaaack!" Now is he on our side or the side of the (political bigger is better) machines.)
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