THE HISTORY OF CITIZEN’S ARREST LAWS

Spread the loveStaff writer According to Hofstra University professor and historian Alan Singer, Ahmaud Arbery arrest and subsequent murder was the result of deep, entrenched and racist legacy of citizen’s arrest laws. The federal government between 1793 – 1850 passed fugitive slaves laws that sanctioned Blacks could be stopped, whether they were free or not. … Continue reading THE HISTORY OF CITIZEN’S ARREST LAWS