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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!att-out!cbfsb!cbnews!ask
  3. From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
  4. Subject: Re: Stores can't "detain" shoplifters
  5. Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories,  Columbus, Ohio
  6. Distribution: usa
  7. Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:26:35 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1993Jan24.202635.17725@cbnews.cb.att.com>
  9. References: <1993Jan22.193035.11391@craycos.com> <1993Jan23.165358.23188@wuecl.wustl.edu> <1js6d4INNj1n@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
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  12. In article <1js6d4INNj1n@mojo.eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:
  13. >The same applies to private citizens, in general. Any citizen has the
  14. >right to detain by physical means, if necessary, anyone suspected of
  15. >committing a crime. The crime doesn't even have to be a felony.
  16.  
  17. Let's be careful out there.  Suspicion isn't enough for a
  18. misdemeanor.  You must personally observe the suspect commit it.
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  20. Art Kamlet  a_s_kamlet@att.com  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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