The situation is dumb, but citizen’s arrest in general is covered by laws in some counties, UK being among them.
In specific situations, a random person on the street can arrest a criminal lawfully.
This is the UK law for citizens arrest really the most important difference between this and a police arrest is the police can arrest you with the intention of finding out IF a crime has been commited, whereas you must know a crime has been commited by the person you’re arresting, otherwise it’s just kidnapp
No way this isn’t satire
I really really really wish these people would try this to cops in America. The more dead anti-vaccine morons, the better.
I strongly suspect the UK officers came to have a laugh at their expense when told some idiots were trying to “arrest” the police.
What’s wrong with the centre?
“Hey cops, I arrested some of your officers, come get them”