Man holds suspected golf club thief at gun point

[HiredHand]

I think this handgun permit holder is lucky he wasn't arrested.

http://m.newson6.com/Story.aspx?story=32450589&catId=112042

 

[dennishoddy]

Touch my Pings, you get a cap in your ass!

 

[bulbboy]

I agree, though a golf club can certainly be a deadly weapon.

Sounds like those LEOs are good people.

Problem is - the kid didn't have the clubs on him. He was unarmed.
I still can't believe that the guy didn't get in trouble

 

[jmike314]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't that fall under the legal definition for false imprisonment?

Would this in turn give the thief the right to press charges against the old man?


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[HiredHand]

What was he going to do if the suspect had gotten into his vehicle and attempted to drive away?

 

[doctorjj]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't that fall under the legal definition for false imprisonment?

Would this in turn give the thief the right to press charges against the old man?


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No. Anyone can arrest anyone. If you're a citizen and not an officer, you don't get qualified immunity protections, though.

 

[HiredHand]

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
[Broken External Image]Title 22. Criminal Procedure
[Broken External Image]Chapter 3 - Jurisdiction and Commitment
[Broken External Image]Section 202 - Authority of Private Person to Arrest Another
Cite as: O.S. §, __ __



A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony although not in his presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

 

[jmike314]

No. Anyone can arrest anyone. If you're a citizen and not an officer, you get qualified immunity protections, though.

So as long as there is belief of a crime, a CCW is within rights to draw their firearm & detain a suspect?

What if the thief had taken off running?


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[HiredHand]

The man whose clubs were stolen may have been lawfully able to arrest the suspect but I don't believe his decision to do so was wise given the limited amount of information provided by the video.

 

[doctorjj]

So as long as there is belief of a crime, a CCW is within rights to draw their firearm & detain a suspect?

What if the thief had taken off running?


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You are within your rights to arrest someone if you think a crime is committed. If you're wrong though, no get out of jail free card, like officers get, i.e. qualified immunity.