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gunplagirl posted...

I looked into the state's citizens arrest laws which the first prosecutor cited when he declined to charge them. Things is, just by there being 3 of them with guns trying to surround someone in this circumstance, they couldn't have reasonably been in accordance with the law, there was no reasonable proof that the guy was commiting a crime or fleeing from a felony. So neither circumstances that would allow for the father or son to citizens arrest would apply. And the neighbor joining in also would be an obvious violation because he hadn't witnessed any of it. Basically, at the very least we've got all 3 of them on illegally detaining someone even before the gun related threats would come in to play. And in that regard, a man being illegally detained and fighting back to escape HAS been held up in the man's favor before in the state. So yes, this constitutes murder because they killed a man they had illegally detained. At the very least, the father and son should be charged with murder and illegally detaining while the neighbor should get an illegal detention and accessory to murder charge.

Thing is, even with a different prosecutor I have zero reason to believe that any of them will ever be charged on any of these crimes or even egregiously lessened ones.

This is a modern day lynching.

Thank you for saving me the time of typing out virtually all of that.

Citizens arrest does not apply because they did not witness a crime being committed. Illegal detainment, death occurs during commission of felony. Murder one.

Everybody needs to cool it with the jogging shit though. This guy was almost certainly fleeing from the scene of a crime. Doesnt matter though.