trooper
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The state trooper told me the other driver was at fault.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In one instance witnessed by a Journal reporter in July, ICE officers in Lake Worth, Fla., snapped pictures of two Guatemalan men whom a state trooper had just stopped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper on a motorcycle pulled her over anyway.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
During a morning briefing, Patel highlighted a few specific defendants — including a state trooper from Minneapolis, an undocumented immigrant arrested in Norfolk, Va., and a former Washington, D.C., police officer, the Washington Post reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
When the trooper, too, began to get teary, Truman fell back on his strongman act of bravado.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Highway patrol troopers make the bulk of the stops in those states, either for apparent infractions or based on a tip from DHS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Frisco, Texas, police said Kneeland didn’t stop when state Department of Public Safety troopers tried to pull him over on Nov. 5 for a traffic violation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Shame!” and “We all saw this!,” a reaction resulting in one man’s quick expulsion from the Capitol by state troopers as the senators watched, some filming the altercation on their phones.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
The route was lined by troopers on foot from the Household Cavalry's Life Guards and Blues and Royals.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
The point being that there could be an entire battalion of storm troopers concealed below decks, and his helmetcam would never pick them up.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
