Examples of false arrest in a Sentence
He's suing the police for false arrest.
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He was named in nearly a dozen tort claims and lawsuits alleging use of excessive force and false arrest.
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The woman's charges were later dropped, and the lawsuit claims violations of the First and Fourth Amendments, battery, malicious prosecution, false arrest, and emotional distress.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The uproar from that false arrest narrative prompted viewers to start a petition on change.org.
—Ramal Nasim, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
New Orleans police have reportedly spent years scanning live feeds of city streets and secretly using facial recognition to identify suspects in real time—in seeming defiance of a city ordinance designed to prevent false arrests and protect citizens' civil rights.
—Ashley Belanger – May 19, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The woman's charges were later dropped, and the lawsuit claims violations of the First and Fourth Amendments, battery, malicious prosecution, false arrest, and emotional distress.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The uproar from that false arrest narrative prompted viewers to start a petition on change.org.
—Ramal Nasim, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
New Orleans police have reportedly spent years scanning live feeds of city streets and secretly using facial recognition to identify suspects in real time—in seeming defiance of a city ordinance designed to prevent false arrests and protect citizens' civil rights.
—Ashley Belanger – May 19, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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“False arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20arrest. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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