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Old 05-03-2012, 01:08 PM   #41
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by spence View Post
You guys are over thinking this. His job was to wait for the police, not engage the person he suspected of being a criminal. In that moment he went from a being a community watcher to vigilante. So far I've not seen any evidence that contradicts this.

I'll be astonished if he doesn't get a manslaughter conviction.

-spence
"His job was to wait for the police, not engage the person he suspected of being a criminal."

There's no law that says you can't actively engage someone you think is committing a crime. There is such a thing as a citizen's arrest.
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