false arrest
Example Sentences
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“More than one million searches have been conducted using Clearview AI. One false arrest is one too many, and we have tremendous empathy for the person who was wrongfully accused.”
From New York Times
The contractor confiscated the Mexican farmworkers’ passports, demanded exorbitant fees from them and threatened them with deportation or false arrest, according to the U.S.
From Seattle Times
Similarly, in three dozen false arrest lawsuits, Americans caught in the ICE dragnet alleged that officers took them into custody on the basis of cursory computer searches.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s crucial that people must be able to come here to petition their government as enshrined in the Constitution. And that they can do so without being subjected to false arrest, to brutality, to suppression, to assault,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights lawyer and co-founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund.
From Washington Post
The jury found Prince George’s County police officers Sean Tunstall and Daniel Black liable for battery, false arrest and false imprisonment.
From Washington Post
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