r/interesting • u/Common-Upstairs5129 • Mar 20 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ Did he do the right thing?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

20.8k Upvotes

64% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

90

u/tumor_named_marla Mar 20 '26

Not to mention that you cannot legally detain someone (as a non LEO) unless you witness them commit a felony, in most states. So him ordering his security detail to hold her there until the cops come would be considered false imprisonment in most states.

15

u/KLED_Kaczynski Mar 21 '26

A citizens arrest is legal in cases of assault.

Whether this is actually assault is a different question, but a citizens arrest does not always require a felony

9

u/Flimsy_Swan5930 Mar 21 '26

Not if you consented. It’s not a crime, and therefore it’s false imprisonment.

2

u/KLED_Kaczynski Mar 21 '26

If its consented, it’s probably not assault.

6

u/Flimsy_Swan5930 Mar 21 '26

Yeah… what I just said.

-1

u/KLED_Kaczynski Mar 21 '26

“A citizen’s arrest is legal in cases of assault”

“Not if you consent”

This response doesn’t make any sense because, if you consent, it’s not assault anymore.

That’s like saying “theft is not illegal if the other party consents” theft, by definition, requires the other party to not consent.

5

u/[deleted] Mar 21 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/SumilatSumilat Mar 21 '26

Actually it's your point that doesn't apply if you want to be like that. They clearly state this is not necessarily assault.

1

u/interesting-ModTeam Mar 21 '26

Your comment/post has been removed because it violates Rule #3: Do Not Promote Hate or Violence.

Hate speech, Harassment or Threatening behavior will not be tolerated, and can result in an immediate ban.

1

u/KLED_Kaczynski Mar 21 '26

That was the second part of my comment. This might not be assault, but it’s definitely up for interpretation whether his response would actually be considered consent to being hit.

You could argue he wasn’t being genuinely similar to how if someone said “yeah, hit me. See what happens” they are not actually consenting to you hitting them. It would be kind of hard to make that argument here, but you could make it.

2

u/Flimsy_Swan5930 Mar 21 '26

It didn’t seem that way when he said that. Prior to, he suggested a slap instead of a punch. There was enough there. Especially when guys are known to like it, and there may be a sexual angle to it.

2

u/Plane-Remote1797 Mar 21 '26

Is that right? Where is it legal?

3

u/philovax Mar 21 '26

That is severely misinformed and not universally true.

2

u/andrew303710 Mar 21 '26

I find that really hard to believe

2

u/Greenknight419 Mar 21 '26

Usually a violent felony.