So no citizens are able to execute a citizens arrest without being charge with assault? That's an interesting point of view.
If you read the article you would learn how to effect a valid, lawful, citizen's arrest.
226 posted on 08/07/2003 11:16 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
Your suggestion is silly. This group of illegal aliens appeared to be a group of men, women and children. Another type of group could have just as easily come up that river bed. You don't come unarmed to a possible drug trafficing encounter. And you effect every arrest as if the people are a threat. There's not a police officer around that won't tell you that you take each arrest as seriously as the worst type of arrest.
Citizen arrests for misdemeanors must be witnessed, and even then the citizen must follow the other rules regarding making citizen's arrests. We don't want to commit felonies while griping about the misdemeanors of others.