Reward offered for citizen's arrest of Rice

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10523364


A $5000 reward is being offered to any Auckland University student who can make a successful citizen's arrest of United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country this weekend.

Auckland University Student Association (AUSA) president David Do said the arrest would be for her role in "overseeing the illegal invasion and continued occupation" of Iraq.

"It is hard enough living as a student in Auckland these days without having a war criminal coming to town, so we thought we'd give our students a chance to make a dent in their student loans and work for global justice at the same time."

Dr Rice will be in Auckland on July 26, where she will meet with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Opposition leader John Key.

She will make her first trip to New Zealand after attending a meeting of the Asean Regional Forum this week in Singapore.

From wikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Citizen's-Arrest

Warnings

* Every state in the US has different laws; guidelines are not the same, and your best option is often simply to observe and report. Crime Stoppers may pay you a reward.
* A citizen's arrest must be made during or immediately after the crime, or else it is illegal. In some states the crime must be a felony, only a Police Officer may make an arrest on a misdemeanor.
* By making a citizen's arrest, you're exposing yourself to possible lawsuits or criminal charges (e.g. impersonating police, false imprisonment, kidnapping, or wrongful arrest) if the wrong person is apprehended or if you violate a suspect's civil rights. This risk varies considerably from country to country, but in the U.S. in particular, a citizen's arrest is a legal minefield, and dealing with a suspect's lawyers is often more dangerous than apprehending the suspect.
* The State of North Carolina does not recognize a citizens arrest. (Andy Taylor and Gomer Pyle aside). In fact, you are more likely to be arrested for trying it than anyone you might bring in, due to the state's vigilante laws.
* Unless you want your last words to be 'I am making a citizens arrest' do not attempt to apprehend a suspect with a weapon, just get a good description to give to the police.


(This last point could very very big in this situation.)

It should be a cooperative effort with dozens or a hundred or more NZ citizens overwhelming security and taking her into custody.

Just leave a trail of Ferigamos (sp?) to an undisclosed location. And slam the door.