On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:07:53 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


'Arrest' is a precise legal term. Military Police do not have arrest
authority over civilians.


"Arrest" is a term used in everyday language. One meaning is "to seize and
hold under the authority of law." If you don't think military police have
the power to seize and hold civilians on a military installation then you
know nothing of military police.

And I am using 'arrest' in the manner I have been trained to use it.

As I stated 'arrest' is a specific legal status. I am not using the
'everyday' term because doing so give the impression that the military
has law enforcement powers over civilians.


"It's not American foreign policy, or the plight of the
Palestinians, or America's longstanding support for Israel.
A group of people with money and weaponry have simply
decided that we, as a civilization, are unfit to live, and
want, eventally, to exterminate us."
'Christian Century' magazine