false arrest
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Her lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California, seeks damages for violations of federal civil rights and state law, including false arrest, unlawful search and seizure, and defamation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
She brought a civil-rights suit for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and conspiracy.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
In response to the report, Ton-That was apologetic, saying "one false arrest is one too many."
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023
“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 ● Mar. 31, 2023
The ranks of the pickets were constantly being thinned by false arrest and imprisonment on every charge and no charge, until on August 19th there were but eighteen men on the picket line.
From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith
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