House Bill 27 is sponsored by Rep. Christopher Benjamin, D-Miami Gardens, and would prohibit citizen’s arrests while specifying exceptions. In the bill’s text, it states that a private person who is not in law enforcement is unable to arrest another citizen for any perceived violations of state law.
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I know this bill was introduced by a liberal who's probably never been a victim of a crime, but a citizen's arrest only work if you're tougher and meaner than the person you're trying to arrest.
Case in point:
Way back in the last century, Real Pancho and his homeboy Junior were in Modesto one night and got into an argument in a bar parking lot with a male Karen who started getting just a little too close for comfort, so Real Pancho put his hand on the guy's chest to push him back. Male Karen immediately started yelling something about being 'assaulted' and informed Real Pancho he was under citizen's arrest.
Real Pancho contemplated that for a few seconds, then told Male Karen that he might as well add resisting arrest to the assault charge and then promptly knocked him the fuck out.
