Bangswitch
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What was the rush to capture vs follow and give the info to responding officers? The situations you used as examples are very far from this situation. I’ll give you a quick example of how things can get crazy even for an off duty police officer. I know of an officer who was driving down I-12 and thought he observed a crime being committed because it was illegal in his jurisdiction. After he held the person at gunpoint and the local officers arrived he was informed that there was no law against what the guy was doing in this jurisdiction. The officer was very fortunate the victim did not want to press charges. It’s best if it’s not life or death to let the local
Authorities take care of it. It’s real easy to get something wrong and end up in a trick bag. Just remember, the original crime they were pursuing him for was not actually a crime. This will all play into a federal civil rights trial.
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Tresspassing and b&e are crimes and had you witnessed it in your jurisdiction I’m sure you would have responded, particularly if you knew it was the same person from days earlier. The difference is it’s your job.
But keep in mind in Georgia apparently private citizens are allowed to detain someone committing a crime.
The crime existed in the moment. The property was posted and he entered it without permission. Just because the property owner doesn’t want to press charges on a dead guy doesn’t mean it wasn’t a crime. And you would have been well within your rights to detain him and sort out the details had it happen on your shift. Right?
If you had caught the guy and he resisted but the property owner didn’t want to charge him, you could have still charged him for resisting correct? If he attacked you and got himself shot, or just took a good beating and arrested, you souldn’t be charged with a crime.
I can’t imagine what might be a crime worth holding someone at gun point in one area and legal in another area all in Louisiana. Is this a case of overreactions gone near horribly wrong? Or what? Juicy details please.
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