Examples of false arrest in a Sentence
He's suing the police for false arrest.
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The uproar from that false arrest narrative prompted viewers to start a petition on change.org.
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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
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba and a Homeland Security (DHS) official, alleging false arrest and defamation stemming from his detainment outside an immigration detention facility last month.
—Nick Mordowanec
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Even worse, inaccurate matches by facial recognition technology systems run by police departments elsewhere have led to false arrests in other cities.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
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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
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba and a Homeland Security (DHS) official, alleging false arrest and defamation stemming from his detainment outside an immigration detention facility last month.
—Nick Mordowanec
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Even worse, inaccurate matches by facial recognition technology systems run by police departments elsewhere have led to false arrests in other cities.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for false arrest
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“False arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20arrest. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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