a citizens arrest is for emergency situations when a crime really happens right in front of you and you can take action then and there to arrest somebody, because you know about it. you ve seen it. you re taking action right then and there. if it s a felony, you can run after the person and chase him down. that s all this means. so it s not a citizens arrest. they never said it. none of the defendants saw mr. arbery commit any crime that day. they were detaining him for police so that they could investigate and find the crime that he must have committed that day, because what is he doing? he s running down the street. that s not the law, ladies and gentlemen. it s not the law at all. travis mcmichael, remember all his assumptions? he got up here and i wrote them all down. alben si may have seen him.