- I hate violence.
- I've never tackled anybody in my life, and I don't plan on it.
- If I ever saw a felony being committed I would run away, hide, and/or start crying.
Leaving reality behind...
- I would become a real-life vigilante, carrying out numerous citizen arrests and saving the world!
I have always had a secret desire to do a citizen arrest. It would be the best thing ever! I can just imagine myself (please feel free to imagine with me) yelling "CITIZEN ARREST" and flying through the air as I tackled some hardened criminal, and then pulling out my trusty zip-ties to handcuff him until the cops showed up. .... This is an item on the top of my (dream) bucket-list.
So as I considered this dream yesterday I decided to do some Googling to figure out how to go about doing a citizen arrest.. I found out that I am not the only one with this dream! Check it out:
I thought this was the best answer:
Just in case you guys get any crazy ideas I did find out that in Utah it is illegal to use deadly force to stop and/or secure a felon (and in most states it HAS to be a felony for you to take any action).
BUT.. If you also share my desire to become a real-life-regular-Joe-saver-of-the-world, then move to Kentucky. In my limited research, it seems like Kentucky has the most indulgent laws for people like us! Apparently, "Kentucky law holds that a person witnessing a felony must take affirmative steps to prevent it, if possible. (See Gill v. Commonwealth, 235 KY 351 (1930.) Indeed, Kentucky citizens are permitted to kill fleeing felons while making a citizen's arrest (Kentucky Criminal Code � 37; S 43, �44.)" -- quoted from a news article I read, emphasis added! (I WOULD NEVER KILL ANYONE; I just thought it was weird that they said you could...)
So join me fellow citizens let us save America! Let us rise up and stop the felons!!
Who's with me?


haha...i hope that someday you get to fulfill this dream. I feel like it will make for a great story!
ReplyDeleteKelli, you are crazy. But somewhere deep down I understand and completely agree. Deep, deep, down.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you tell me once that you had a felon friend?...Well maybe you should start hanging out with him more.
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