It's getting tough for the thugs. 


Quote from hapaboy:
God forbid the mugger's civil rights were violated in the course of his criminal activity.
Quote from Rearden Metal:
You're misrepresenting and misunderstanding the concerns of civil libertarians like myself. A private citizen fending off an attacker <b>cannot possibly be guilty of civil rights violations.</b> The concern is mainly directed at government agents. If the mugger had been arrested and held for weeks without habeas corpus- <b>that</b> would be a civil rights violation.
Leghorn's the man!