Originally Posted by
myrridin
I suggest you actually try conducting a citizens arrest, before you spout off... I'm sure that Kalifornia provides internet service to prisoners...
What I described, was described to me after I used pepper spray on some bum that threatened me at Jack London square in Oakland.., It was explained to me by the cop who came when I called it in... Who also then listened to the "bum" explain that he didn't threaten me, but was simply looking for "money for food"... Kalifornia has some of the most imbecilic laws in the country...
First off, you can't just pepper spray random bums even if they threaten you. As you found out first hand, it turns into he said, she said. If charges were filed against you, it was your own fault.
You assume a familiarity with me that I am unaware of. How do you know me again?
As a matter of fact, I have performed a citizen's arrest when I caught a teenage punk in the middle of the night trying to steal my car. He tried to run, I pushed him back into the car then I informed him that the police were on their way and that he was to stay. He then came towards me again so I pepper sprayed him. 5 minutes later the police where at my house and they easily cuffed the punk and took him to juvenile hall.
No law suite or any other charges were filed against me and the kid got a few months in JH and a couple years of probation until he turned 18. The police officers that responded said that I did everything right.