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Fill a tree with trash...this have to be the true valentine gesture...

We have some people in my city who put up tinsel on trees along a certain road each year at Christmas. Of course they never come back to clean it up, so it quickly becomes trash and litter on the edge of a preserve.

I've wondered if I could make a citizen's arrest for littering but knowing the authoritarian state of the US police I'd likely be the one formally arrested.

I know that citizen's arrest obviously varies alot depending on country etc, and even then seems to be a somewhat grey area. However would assume (and hope) that you couldn't perform a citizen's arrest anywhere for simply littering.

> I'd likely be the one formally arrested

If you spend your time going around trying to execute citizens' arrests, I should hope so.

It's a casual thought. I don't appreciate littering.

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