wrongful arrest
Unjustified police custody
Wrongful arrest is the unlawful detention of a person without legal justification or proper authority.
It typically forms the basis of a civil claim against police or other officials who arrest someone without probable cause, without a valid warrant, or in violation of constitutional rights: She sued the city for wrongful arrest after charges were dropped.
Distinguished from false imprisonment, which covers any unlawful restraint, wrongful arrest specifically involves the act of taking someone into custody.
- mistaken identityWrongly recognized as another
- racial profilingLaw enforcement by skin color
- stop and friskPolice search without arrest
- unlawful detentionIllegal restraint of freedom
- emotional distressPsychological suffering or torment
legal appeals · false imprisonment · financial loss · reputational damage · constitutional law · systemic bias · psychological trauma · public advocacy · compensation claims · police misconduct · police brutality · due process · habeas corpus · probable cause · innocent until proven · abuse of power · social stigma · criminal procedure
- police reformpolice brutality, police misconduct, body cameras, community oversight, qualified immunity
- injusticeinjustice, inequality, discrimination, bias, prejudice
- policingpatrol, police powers, police officer, badges, police car
- false accusationsfalse accusation, false charge, false claim, bum rap, frame-up
- rights abusestorture, ethnic cleansing, arbitrary detention, political prisoners, disappearances
- government tortssovereign immunity, qualified immunity, absolute immunity, civil rights violations, color of law
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