darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer) (01/07/85)
I imagine this won't make much difference to people in open war with the IRS put note then one important difference between citizen's arrest and arrest by a peace officer is a higher standard for civil liability for false arrest. A peace officer is given considerably more lattitude in what is a legitimate arrest (he doesn't have to be totally sure, just prudent). A citizen has to be pretty sure, and need to act because peace officers can't be expected to do it (as--the purse snatcher's running away NOW, no cop in sight). What this means if that if you eventually lose against the IRS, all the agents you've "harrassed" will be able to sue you for false arrest. -- Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD System Development Corp. 2500 Colorado Ave Santa Monica, CA 90406 (213)820-4111 x5449 ...{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,orstcs,sdcsvax,ucla-cs,akgua} !sdcrdcf!darrelj VANBUER@USC-ECL.ARPA