false arrest
Unlawful police seizure
False arrest is the unlawful restraint or detention of a person without legal authority or justification.
It can be committed by police officers acting without proper cause or by private citizens who wrongfully confine someone.
False arrest is both a crime and a civil wrong that can result in lawsuits: She sued the department for false arrest after charges were dropped.
Unlawful confinement of innocents
- unlawful detentionIllegal restraint of freedom
- police misconductUnlawful acts by officers
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
probable cause · Fourth Amendment · qualified immunity · judicial review · defense attorney · legal remedy · unlawful seizure · civil action
Without legal right
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- victimOne harmed by another
- abuse of powerMisusing entrusted authority
- racial profilingLaw enforcement by skin color
discrimination · prejudice · misconduct · corruption · violation · oppression · targeting · harassment
Civil court proceeding
- damagesCompensation for injury
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- civil suitPrivate legal dispute
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
attorney fees · plaintiff · litigation · verdict · monetary award · punitive damages · legal action · sue
Locking wrist restraints
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- jail cellLocked prisoner compartment
holding · incarceration · squad car · precinct · interrogation · pat-down · fingerprinting · mugshot
Wrongly recognizing something
- mistaken identityWrongly recognized as another
- erroneousContaining factual mistakes
- alibiDefense of location
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
unfounded · clerical error · wrongful accusation · mix-up · lookalike · database error · procedural error · human error
wrongful imprisonment
Unlawful confinement of innocents
- unlawful detentionIllegal restraint of freedom
- police misconductUnlawful acts by officers
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
due process · probable cause · Fourth Amendment · qualified immunity · judicial review · defense attorney · legal remedy · unlawful seizure · civil action · statute of limitations
wrongful
Without legal right
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- victimOne harmed by another
- abuse of powerMisusing entrusted authority
racial profiling · discrimination · prejudice · misconduct · corruption · violation · oppression · targeting · harassment · intimidation
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- damagesCompensation for injury
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- civil suitPrivate legal dispute
restitution · attorney fees · plaintiff · litigation · verdict · monetary award · punitive damages · legal action · sue · redress
handcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
jail cell · holding · incarceration · squad car · precinct · interrogation · pat-down · fingerprinting · mugshot · police station
misidentification
Wrongly recognizing something
- mistaken identityWrongly recognized as another
- erroneousContaining factual mistakes
- alibiDefense of location
exoneration · unfounded · clerical error · wrongful accusation · mix-up · lookalike · database error · procedural error · human error · acquittal
- injusticeinjustice, inequality, discrimination, bias, prejudice
- policingpatrol, police powers, police officer, badges, police car
- lawsuitslawsuit, litigation, civil suit, suit, court case
- rights abusestorture, ethnic cleansing, arbitrary detention, political prisoners, disappearances
- tortstort, negligence, tortfeasor, torts, tort law
- captivity crimeskidnapping, abduction, hostage-taking, human trafficking, unlawful detention