citizen
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Aurélien Martini of the USM magistrates' union said that citizen vigilantes "risked disrupting genuine police investigations that might already be under way into a suspect".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Because she acknowledged under questioning by customs officers that she’d once voted in a local election, despite not being a U.S. citizen.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
A federal jury convicted U.S. citizen Lu Jianwang of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China and obstructing justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
By evening’s end, a frazzled Ventura senior citizen — during a cloak-and-dagger assignation — had uttered a secret code to a person who claimed to be law enforcement, then handed him $25,000.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Suppose a citizen leaks information that exposes government wrongdoing, but breaks the law in doing so.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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