arrest
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I think when people talk about not wanting to criminalize homelessness, the policies there are really around not punishing people for not having a home, not wanting to arrest people for being on the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
This led to his arrest for sedition and, ultimately, his ongoing exile in America.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Confirmation of his arrest was swiftly followed by news of a Reform Senedd member's defection to Plaid Cymru.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The police can arrest you, but you’re going to get out immediately because there is no place for them to go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The elderly vegetable lady three stores down told me that the cat had mewed at her door the night of our arrest and she had taken him in.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The authors, Jason Robey of the University of Iowa and Michael Light of the University of Wisconsin, analyzed data on crimes, arrests and prison admissions between 2000 and 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The BBC's Stuart Whincup was with the police as they carried out the arrests.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Your morning catch-up: SoCal remembers two news veterans, the driver accused in a fatal Metro bus crash had multiple drug arrests and more big stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Police say its database, searchable with a few keystrokes, has sped up arrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
On August 3, 1959, two years and eight months after our arrests, and after a full year of legal maneuvering, the actual trial commenced at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He was arrested in Exposition Park about 12 hours after his sister, Romy, discovered the bodies, police have said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Hamza El Kharroubi, 29, was briefly arrested during the protests.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lumbard said the plaques had already been recycled by the time authorities arrested Green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
And he defended Mr. Trump up to the moment when Jimmy was arrested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
As the war intensified, the Gestapo arrested people who denounced Hitler, the Nazi Party, or the war.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
In Europe and elsewhere, co-ordinated, multi-national police and customs operations take place regularly, seizing large numbers of stolen antiquities and arresting some of the traffickers.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Police officers can be seen handcuffing and arresting a man in video footage from OnScene.TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Macron has been pushing for French children to spend less time in front of screens, which the government fears is arresting their development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Berlin expelled a Russian diplomat in January after arresting a woman suspected of spying for Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Neither he nor any part of the arresting party secured the house or collected any evidence.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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