Originally Posted by theking

No. I had a friend that went to a bar to retrieve his wayward wife. He demanded that she leave the bar with him and when she refused the ensuing argument attracted the security guards. They told him to leave the premises and he told them that he would not leave without his wife. They grabbed him...and escorted him from the bar. When he broke loose from them outside the bar he began fighting back. There were three security guards and he of course lost the battle. The security guards called the cops and when the cops saw that my friend was sober and listened to his story...saw that he was pretty beaten up...they refused to arrest him and instead...asked him if he wanted to make a citizen's arrest...which he did. The cops took the security guards to jail where they were booked on battery charges.

When the case went to court the security guards pled no contest to the charges. They had to pay a fine and was given suspended jail sentences.

BTW...this happened in California.