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Rex

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3. Arrest does not always mean the person must be booked and given a trial date.

Reply to tazkcmo (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 05:53 PM

Apr 2015

A person can be arrested if they are being held under suspicion and then released later.

EDIT - Maybe 'detained' would have been better wording. However, the person was not at liberty to just get up and leave...so yes they were under arrest.

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Nope. tazkcmo Apr 2015 #1

Arrest does not always mean the person must be booked and given a trial date. Rex Apr 2015 #3

That is not correct. Drahthaardogs Apr 2015 #4

No. tazkcmo Apr 2015 #5

Yes words mean something, I guess you should go look up what arrest means. nt Rex Apr 2015 #6

No. tazkcmo Apr 2015 #7

No. He was arrested. A person can be arrested without charge. Luminous Animal Apr 2015 #8

I wish I could reach through the computer right now and give people like you the best... 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #9

Why? tazkcmo Apr 2015 #15

LOL, you are so clueless. nt Logical Apr 2015 #14

the daily isolated incident. KG Apr 2015 #2

Would it satisfy some of you word police to say the kid was "brought in"??? joeybee12 Apr 2015 #10

One of the key identifiers SwankyXomb Apr 2015 #11

Copologist are the first to play semantic games uponit7771 Apr 2015 #12

The only thing Jamaal510 Apr 2015 #13