over_clox@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoHypothetical: Can a person "citizen's arrest" themself? And if so, how (and why) would that even work?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareHypothetical: Can a person "citizen's arrest" themself? And if so, how (and why) would that even work?over_clox@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days agoTechnically speaking, I think to arrest someone you must take them into your custody. You can’t take yourself into the custody of yourself since, as an individual, you’re already in your own custody by the nature of free will.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days ago“Am I being detained?”, my inner monologue screams.
Technically speaking, I think to arrest someone you must take them into your custody. You can’t take yourself into the custody of yourself since, as an individual, you’re already in your own custody by the nature of free will.
“Am I being detained?”, my inner monologue screams.