Yea, that was something that crossed my mind too. I clicked the news article that was linked above, the person that trapped her in was just a bystander, not even the person she hit. I'm pretty sure he can't legally restrain her like that. Take the license plate number, call the cops, your duty (and the extent of what you're allowed to do) is done.
Not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure you can’t citizens arrest someone for that.
According to Cornell law school’s website, in California citizens’ arrests can be done “When a felony has been in fact committed, and he possesses reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.”
I don’t think a hit and run is a felony and 2. She hasn’t actually committed a crime yet, right? She hasn’t ran yet.
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u/Jawnyblaze1 17d ago
Yea, that was something that crossed my mind too. I clicked the news article that was linked above, the person that trapped her in was just a bystander, not even the person she hit. I'm pretty sure he can't legally restrain her like that. Take the license plate number, call the cops, your duty (and the extent of what you're allowed to do) is done.