How to Use citizen's arrest in a Sentence

citizen's arrest

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• The killing played a critical role in Georgia's push to pass a hate crime bill into law and the overhaul of the state's citizen's arrest law.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 6 Mar. 2022
• The case has caused nationwide pain and outrage, and raised questions about the scope of citizen's arrest laws.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 May 2020
• The defense had sought to convince the jury that the McMichaels and Bryan were trying to execute a citizen's arrest, which was legal at the time in the state.
  — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2022
• The men claimed to be conducting a citizen's arrest of Arbery.
  — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
• Dunikoski says the defendants had no right to make a citizen's arrest.
  — CBS News, 27 Nov. 2021
• Can armed White men in a pickup rely on a 'citizen's arrest' claim to kill an unarmed Black jogger?
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
• Two of the men -- Gregory and Travis McMichael -- claimed to be conducting a citizen's arrest and acting in self-defense.
  — Deanna Hackney, CNN, 7 May 2021
• The bill would eliminate the right for civilians to perform citizen's arrest with some exceptions.
  — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 17 Feb. 2021
• Other citizen's arrest laws specify whether the law can be used for felony or misdemeanor crimes.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 12 May 2020
• O'Malley said in the release that citizen's arrests are legal, but dangerous.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• Defense attorneys had said their clients suspected Arbery was a burglar and were trying to make a citizen's arrest, which was legal at the time.
  — NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021
• The defendants argued self-defense, as well as acting within their rights under Georgia's citizen's arrest law, which was legal at the time but later changed in the wake of the shooting.
  — NBC News, 24 Nov. 2021
• The prosecution said the men had no knowledge of any crimes committed by Arbery and had no intention of making a citizen's arrest.
  — Raisa Habersham, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• Georgia's citizen's arrest law, which was passed during the Civil War, was repealed earlier this year.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• The property owner attempted a citizen's arrest for trespassing and informed police of the incident, according to the Daily Mail and The Sun.
  — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• The defense strategy depends on Georgia's citizen's arrest and self-defense laws.
  — Kate Brumback, ajc, 14 Nov. 2021
• One woman who was unhappy with DeWine’s handling of the health crisis apparently plotted to conduct a citizen's arrest of the governor.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2020
• Several Democratic lawmakers joined protesters and called for Georgia to pass reforms including the repeal of the state's citizen's arrest and stand-your-ground laws.
  — Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2020
• Kemp also signed a repeal of the state's citizen's arrest law, which allowed private citizens to detain someone suspected of committing a felony in their presence.
  — Raisa Habersham, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
• Defense attorneys said Arbery lashed out violently with his fists to resist a lawful citizen's arrest by the defendants, who are white.
  — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2021
• An angry resident suggested last week that the Barry-Eaton District health officer should be put in a gas chamber, and a citizen's arrest was attempted at a public meeting.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2021
• The state's Civil War-era citizen's arrest law was originally enacted to enable Georgians to capture fugitive slaves.
  — Morgan Rimmer, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
• The potential loosening of restrictions feels like a setback for gun safety advocates who saw Georgia's repeal last year of a citizen's arrest law predating the Civil War as a step forward in the wake of Arbery's death.
  — NBC News, 26 Feb. 2022
• Georgia lawmakers will consider an overhaul of the state's citizen's arrest law, nearly a year after the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by two residents in Brunswick last February.
  — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 17 Feb. 2021
• Georgia's citizen's arrest law was repealed earlier this year.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Then, there are Georgia's specific citizen's arrest laws, which Aveni says are particularly loose.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• Defense attorneys in the state trial contended the McMichaels, suspecting Arbery of burglary, pursued him through neighborhood streets to conduct a citizen's arrest.
  — Pamela Kirkland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
• The defense attorneys contend Arbery was mistakenly identified as a suspect in local burglaries, and was killed while trying to escape from the three men during a citizen's arrest.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• Prosecutors argued the pursuers acted on rumors and had no immediate knowledge Arbery had committed a crime, which is required to claim a citizen's arrest.
  — Pamela Kirkland, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
• Fox's lawyer argued that the citizen's arrest comment showed that Fox wasn't really up for kidnapping the government, but instead suggested an alternative.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024