National Park Service Tries to Make Amends for Events, Arrests in Eagle

The rangers handcuffed and detained Henry for about two hours for allegedly refusing to identify himself but did not arrest him.

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By Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Story Created: Jun 10, 2011 at 10:03 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Jun 10, 2011 at 10:03 AM AKDT

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doug said on Saturday, Jun 18 at 3:15 PM

It is incorrect that rangers "did not arrest him." Legally, a detention for 2 hours would be considered an arrest by the courts. At some point, if a detention goes on too long, or if the detainee is moved, it becomes an arrest. The rule of thumb is 20 minutes or so before a detention becomes an arrest. Hence, the rangers (presumably Joe Dallemolle and Ben Grodjesk) should be sued for false arrest, since they had no Reasonable Articulable Suspicion that Mr. Henry had violated a law. Obviously, the Park Service are permitting their employees to violate the law, and violate the Constitution of the United States. Hence, their supervisors are also liable. I thought that Alaska State Troopers should arrest Dallemolle and Grodjesk, and that they should be charged for criminal offenses by the state of Alaska. Evidently Dallemolle and Grodjesk are above the law. An apology is insufficient. Dallemolle and Grodjesk and their supervisors should be criminally charged, and sued civilly.

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