Note: I’m not asking for legal advice. Rather, it’s a thing in some countries (like Japan or Indonesia) as I recall watching a video depicting an Australian tourist in Indonesia witnessesing people pursuing the phone snatcher by ganging up on him in which they eventually caught the dude & undercover cops managed to arrest him. Now, the question remains: are people in the US allowed to conduct a citizens arrest in the US?
Exactly this. One guy got shot by women in the United States for honking when the traffic light changes to green, an only slightly remarkable story here. I’m afraid to honk my horn inside my car in this country, you think I’m going to run down a purse snatcher on foot?
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-shoots-driver-dead-for-honking-at-her-because-she-didnt-go-quickly-enough-when-the-light-turned-green-cops-say/