Civil Liberty Problems With Forcible Intervention
Sometimes direct interventions involve physical force (for example, by family members or friends) to capture or confine the targeted person. Civil libertarians argue that in such cases the intervention may be illegal because it deprives the person of liberty without due process of law.
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