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Police arrested a 40-year-old Arizona dad after he stormed into an elementary school principals office with a friend wielding plastic handcuffs, insisting the administration broke the law by asking his child and six others to wear a mask and quarantine after being in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
I can tell you the end result of that incident was we did make one arrest for trespassing, Sgt. Richard Gradillas of the Tucson, Arizona, Police Department told The Daily Beast, identifying the dad arrested as Rishi Rambaran.
Two men accompanied Rambaran on Thursday as he ambushed Principal Diane Vargo while she sat with another educator at the Mesquite Elementary School in Tucson. One of the men, Kelly Walker, livestreamed the incident on Instagram, explaining that Rambaran, who is also known as Reese, had called him and asked him to be there in case he needed backup. The third man, who has not been identified, stood in the doorway of Vargos office with a fistful of law enforcement-grade zip ties at the readyas the trio was prepared to make a citizens arrest, Walker said.
When this kind of coercion and bullying is perpetrated by school administrators, breaking the law, a citizens arrest is an option worth looking into, Walker wrote on Facebook. Gradillas told the Beast that in his 14 years on the force, hes never seen a citizens arrest.
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The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)Had they "arrested" her for lawfully following district policy, it would have been a forcible abduction.
I think they'd also be liable for a civil suit that would break them financially.
The principal isn't the only one who got lucky they didn't complete their "mission".
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Theyre doomed having this crazy moron for a dad.
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)What is really wrong with these men and others who act like them?
What is their diagnosis?
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)joetheman
(1,450 posts)affect now. Was it a time release crazy chip? It seems to be activating exponentially since Jan6.
crickets
(25,969 posts)and the "let's just 'arrest' people we disagree with" idea...
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Probably dont have the carpentry skills
Skittles
(153,160 posts)THAT is scary
ExciteBike66
(2,356 posts)I mean, criminals are generally dumber than the average bear, but then even most common criminals know not to videotape themselves committing the crimes.
Then there are the criminals who are apparently dumb enough:
1.) Capitol insurrectionists
2.) the neighbor who participated in killing Ahmaud Arbery
3.) these guys...
Iris
(15,653 posts)That's how self-righteous these people are.