Beverly man defends decision to hold suspect at gun point

[Palladin]

The moral of the story is, the courts don't give a shit, because the perp is out on $500 bail

 

[Dadstoys]

The moral of the story is, the courts don't give a shit, because the perp is out on $500 bail

Of course he is.
How is he supposed to come back and finish the job if he's locked up ?
Then we can have the hand wringing party about OMG how could this have happened ? And the politicians can mouth off about how we have to "Do something" so they can get five minutes in front of the camera.

 

[robmcd]

This section of the Criminal Model Jury Instructions is a good read. See the parts about citizen’s arrest, plus “holding at bay” (p. 4).

https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/xm/9260-defenses-self-defense.pdf