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| The voices of community residents and merchants, railing against gang violence at endless public meetings and candlelight vigils, also ring hollow, because they, too, are often afraid to stand up and identify perpetrators, to press charges, to make citizens' arrests. Currently, library guards can make citizens' arrests and wait for the police to pick up the perpetrators. The law does provide the ability of citizens to make citizens' arrests, but Moore said the LAPD is discouraging that kind of activity because it will lead to problems between neighbors. |
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