The development of a two-tiered justice system in the West is perhaps the greatest success of the totalitarian plutocrats advocating technocratic neofeudalism. This is only exacerbated when law enforcement refuses to do its delegated duty and arrest the wealthy and powerful when they commit crimes they can still be held accountable for. When law enforcement fails or refuses to arrest the wealthy and powerful, the responsibility to do so legally and ethically reverts to the private citizenry.

In countries whose legal systems are based on English common law (including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK & USA) the legal ability of law enforcement to arrest people who have committed a crime is actually delegated to it by the people. This is why law enforcement agents have limited jurisdictions - because their authority is delegated by the local population.

Outside of their delegated jurisdiction, law enforcement officers generally have the same rights to perform a citizen's arrest as any other citizen. In the US, this means that the power of a citizen's arrest is the right of every adult citizen that can be performed throughout the United States for any criminal act. The caveat is that the citizen's arrest must abide the respective states law governing the same.

Don't take my word for it, here an excerpt from an interview with Hal Von Luebbert, a former police officer and detective from Iowa:

“Actually citizens have more powers of arrest than police,” said Hal Von Luebbert, a former police officer who trains people in arrest techniques. “Citizens delegate their authority to police with all kinds of restrictions, but the power resides within each adult citizen to conduct arrests anywhere in the nation.” Arresting people in another nation is not recommended by Von Luebbert. “The powers are for American citizens within our own national borders,” he said.

What are the laws and rules? “Actually, citizen arrest is a duty,” Von Luebbert said. “If you are an adult, and you witness a crime, your duty is to make an arrest. You need to be the eye-witness. You cannot act on hearsay. But if you see a crime being committed, you are obligated to make an arrest during the crime or soon after.”

“A police officer cannot make an arrest outside his limited jurisdiction,” Von Luebbert explained. “And they can be sued for false arrest.” As a citizen, you can arrest anyone, anywhere in America, and again — it is your duty as a citizen to make the arrest. You can call the police for help, but you do not need to ask for help.”

And what about arresting politicians or agents of the state? Read Von Luebbert's complete comments here. In the comment section he also reports the following surprising facts:

The fact is that literally tens of thousands of citizens arrest of illegal aliens have already occurred. One ranch has made 12,000 citizens arrests successfully. The guy who arrested six illegal aliens at gunpoint,. Sgt Patrick Haab, was not only successful, but when the federal government had him arrested by the county, he sued for false arrest and won a $300.000 judgment.

In the U.S., you can be sued for literally anything, what you say, do, even think. Freedom has never been free. But most states’ law prohibits suit for citizens arrest; more, suits of that sort are all but impossible to win. That’s because all the citizen needs for valid arrest is what is called “probable cause.” If a reasonable person would believe a crime has been committed, he may – and must – make a citizens arrest. You can also be sued by a victim of the crime for failing to make an effort to stop it.