Citizens are permitted to detain for the police those reasonably believed to be burglars........
Bullsh*t.
Actually it's not Bullsh*t - it's Georgia Law. Here citizens have the right to make a citizen's arrest, but Kemp changed the law after this mess.
Once again, the media tried the case without any comprehension of the law and the jury got this one wrong.
Rules and regulations regarding citizen’s arrest in Georgia can be found under Section 17-4-60 through 61 of the Georgia Criminal Code. Established during the late 1860s, the law authorizes private citizens to make an arrest of others if a crime is committed in their presence or in cases in which they have immediate knowledge that one occurred.
1860s. Before modern police departments, security systems and cell phones. Makes sense to me.
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