Note: I'm not asking for legal advice. Rather, it's a thing in some countries (like Japan or Indonesia) as I recall watching a video depicting an Australian tourist in Indonesia witnessesing people pursuing the phone snatcher by ganging up on him in which they eventually caught the dude & undercover cops managed to arrest him. Now, the question remains: are people in the US allowed to conduct a citizens arrest in the US?

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[–] 20 points 1 week ago

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_arrest, yes but it relies on state law so the specifics vary state by state.

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