This is Not Vigilante Justice

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I was alerted to the following story via digg.com:

How to Perform a Citizen's Arrest of A Bush Administration Official

That's out of the Huffington Post. The Raw Story has the background story of what happened:

Activists charged with trespassing after attempt to arrest Karl Rove

I haven't looked, but I wonder if there is video of this attempt to arrest Rove. I would love to see the look on his face.

Incidentally, the Huffington Post suggests that any citizen thinking about trying to conduct a citizen's arrest of Rove look at the following statute as a possible reason for said arrest:

§ 1505. Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees

Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigative demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes from any place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits another to do so; or
Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.


- Title 1, Section 18, Chapter 73, S. 1505 of the US Code