lesuorac 3 days ago

You simply can't arrest people without cause.

Generally that cause is a warrant.

  • docdeek 3 days ago

    Not American but are law enforcement required to present the warrant to a person who is not the individual named in the warrant? It would make sense to present it to their attorney but this gentleman seems like a third party.

  • user3939382 3 days ago

    You don’t have to physically produce the warrant as long as it’s been issued.

    • skeledrew 3 days ago

      But there's no way for the one affected to know one was issued unless it's produced.

    • morkalork 3 days ago

      Sort of crazy that questioning the existence of something that may not exist, when there isn't physical evidence of it existing, can get you detained. Wait a second, I think we've seen that before...

    • Juliate 3 days ago

      Factually and obviously false.

      • blindriver 3 days ago

        It takes a simple google to figure out that you are incorrect. If an arrest warrant exists, police need to produce an arrest warrant as soon as possible but not at time of arrest.

      • user3939382 3 days ago

        There’s a lot in the law that won’t be necessarily obvious or intuitive to you, that doesn’t mean you should assume you know what you’re talking about. Go ahead and look it up rather than commenting about something you don’t understand.

        • Juliate 2 days ago

          The 4th amendment reads easy enough to me. Yet, I understand that case law might be debatable. And that deep political forces are at play.

          Still, a state were police can operate (out of probable cause) without judicial support is just a police state.

  • kelnos 2 days ago

    Warrants are fairly uncommon when it comes to arrests.

  • blindriver 3 days ago

    He was clearly obstructing justice. Whether or not he will formally get charged, who knows, but it's more than enough to detain him to stop him from interfering with the arrest by ICE of the person.