http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arrest/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:33:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050949/posts After her brief visit to Perth, the United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, will fly to New Zealand tonight. Dr Rice will fly into Auckland tonight and her minders will need to be on alert after a student group announced a reward for anyone who could arrest her. Auckland University's Student Association is offering $5,000 to anyone who can make a citizen's arrest. Association president David Do says Ms Rice should be ashamed of her role in the Iraq war. "I think New Zealanders have an inherent sense of fairness and justice and they understand why we are doing... ABC News AU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050949/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts North Carolina sheriff's deputies left the children of an arrested illegal immigrant woman on the side of a highway overnight stranded in a car, attorneys say. Lawyers for Maria Chavira Ventura say she was stopped June 14 for a traffic violation along Interstate 85 in Alamance County, N.C. Deputies arrested her for driving without a license, leaving her three children, ages 14, 10 and 6, alone in the car with a man they barely knew, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reported Wednesday. The man, a church acquaintance who was catching a ride with Ventura, abandoned the children in the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048105/posts Click here for the video... [WARNING: Cussing involved] Break.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048105/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047693/posts Police need more evidence, state justices saySupporters of marijuana decriminalization celebrated Thursday's decision by the state Supreme Court restricting police from arresting passengers simply for being in a car smelling of pot. Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047693/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035899/posts Censorship. Book burning. The Criminalization of Christianity. It's here and it's now the law in the state of Colorado. The Ku Klux Klan can march. The Nazis can hand out brochures. Skinheads can do whatever it is that Skinheads do. But in the state of Colorado, the only group who is NOT allowed to be heard is … the Christians. They're the ones who disagree with same-sex marriage, cohabitation, and believe the biblical view that homosexuality is a sin. But if they voice that objection from now on, it had better be inside the four walls of a church. If... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035899/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2033179/posts Larry Sinclair–the gay man who’s accused Senator Barack Obama of sharing gay sex and drugs with him in a Gurnee, IL hotel room in 1999–held a press conference at the National Press Club today. He began the press conference by handing out press packets which contained little new information. He ended up his DC appearance in handcuffs, led away by the DC Police. He’s currently being held by the DC Police, according to Larry Sinclair Arrested at NPC Press Conference; UPDATE. [UPDATE at 6:53: Sinclair was arrested by DC Police after 2 US Marshals showed up and presented a warrant... Blogger NEws Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2033179/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033030/posts Larry Sinclair's press conference today at the National Press Club ended with the surprise appearance of US Marshalls, who presented a warrant for Sinclair's arrest. The DC police arrested and led Sinclair away in handcuffs. UPDATES UPDATE at 6:32 pm Wednesday June 18, 2008: Sinclair was indeed arrested by DC police immediately after his press conference and is being held, at present, by the Washington DC Police Department. Sinclair's being held at the 1st Division, 415 No. 4 Street SW. No charges have been announced. According the The Mitch and Nan Show blog: After a phone call to the Washington... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033030/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:15:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032810/posts Quick little story showing that I’m not the only one who doesn’t listen to his owner. Thankfully for a Bridgeport, Ct police officer, neither do snakes. (Police officers in Bridgeport, Connecticut, responded Tuesday to a report of domestic disturbance. Apparently, 21-year-old Victor Rodriguez was threatening his girlfriend with his pet python. As the officers entered... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032810/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:10:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032374/posts You ever notice the annoying voices that owners use to speak to us? I can live with that but here’s a trend I’m happy they stopped dead in its tracks. (Jayna Hutchinson, a 33-year-old Vermont woman, was charged with cruelty to animals and resisting arrest after a police officer caught her staring at his dog in a “taunting/harassing manner.”) Dogs on the scene have reported to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032374/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031178/posts Woman pulled cop from wrecked car in 2002, but police said she stole service weapon A trained nurse, Rachelle Jackson immediately ran toward the sound of the crash. A Chicago police car had collided with another vehicle and was starting to smoke, two officers still inside. Fearing an explosion, she quickly pulled one officer from the passenger side.She never imagined her act of kindness nearly six years ago would land her in jail for more than 10 months on charges that she robbed, battered and disarmed a peace officer. Jackson filed a lawsuit, and on Thursday a federal jury found... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031178/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:49:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024871/posts An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun. Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.' The IT consultant was set to fly off on a business trip to Dusseldorf in Germany when he was pulled to one side. Brad Jayakody w Brad Jayakody wearing the Transformers T-shift which caused offence at Heathrow Mr Jayakody said the first guard started joking with him about the Transformers character... thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024871/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023704/posts Brushing aside Mr Monbiot’s attempted citizen’s arrest, he said: “I think in my own individual case it’s kind of comic.” But he added: “I think there’s a larger issue here. You have a democratically elected parliament and its government assessed the war as legal and proper.” When individuals took actions outside the law, in their eyes to bring those responsible for the war to justice, “that is the point you move towards lawlessness and fascism,” he said. And when one’s views do match those of the democratically elected government, “you have to accept that”, he added. Dismissing Mr Monbiot’s attempted... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023704/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 21:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022684/posts Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said that the House Judiciary Committee would be willing to arrest Karl Rove if the former White House official doesn't testify about his role in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. Wasserman Schultz, in an interview on MSNBC Tuesday, echoed the demand of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) that Rove would not be allowed to invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying. Rove could not invoke the privilege since he said he did not have conversations with the president about the attorneys' firing, Wasserman Schultz said. Asked by MSNBC host Dan Abrams... The Hill's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022684/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 23:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021879/posts The author, George Monbiot(as in moonbat) said he plans to do this Wednesday after Bolton speaks at the Hay Festival. He will ultimately be unsuccessful as John Bolton's aura of complete and utter awesomeness acts as a force field of which he can't penetrate..... We have all but forgotten the war with Iraq. We tend to see it now as little more than a “political mistake”, like the 10p tax fiasco or Labour’s mishandling of the byelection campaign in Crewe. The press and public attention have moved on and focused on more pressing matters, like the price of property. ......John... Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021879/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 14:15:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020328/posts The Texas Department of Public Safety is withholding trooper dashboard camera video taken during the arrest of Texas representative Mike Krusee. Using the Texas Public Information Act, KXAN requested the video after the state lawmaker from Williamson County was arrested for DWI earlier this month. A state trooper pulled him over after he noticed him driving erratically in northwest Austin. The license plate on his vehicle also had expired last December. Elected state officials all have personalized license plates. Therefore, the trooper would have known he was pulling over a state official before asking for identification. A spokeswoman for the... KXAN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020328/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 18:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017174/posts An FBI probe into the May 4 bombing of a federal courthouse led to a woman being charged Friday with using a false identification to try to obtain explosives. Authorities said, however, that no one has been charged with the bombing, which damaged the courthouse lobby and sent more than 100 nails and other shrapnel flying as far as two blocks. No one was injured. Rachelle Lynette Carlock, 31, was arraigned in federal court in El Centro on an eight-count complaint charging use of false identification to obtain explosive materials, being a felon in possession of explosive materials and fraud.... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017174/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 01:33:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016289/posts ROME (Reuters) - Italian police announced on Thursday the arrest of hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in a sign of the new right-wing government's determination to clamp down. Police arrested 383 people including 268 foreigners, with 53 immediately taken to the border for expulsion, in a week-long operation stretching from northern Italy to the Naples area. Silvio Berlusconi swept back to power for a third term as prime minister last week promising to get tough on illegal immigrants, blamed by many for crime. He is readying new laws to screen immigrants and jail or expel those breaking the law. Those... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016289/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012507/posts A woman who was a passenger in Cedric Benson's boat when he was pepper-sprayed and arrested Saturday night said the Chicago Bears running back did not seem intoxicated and did not resist arrest, according to the Chicago Tribune. Elizabeth Cartwright, 22, a senior at the University of Texas and a friend of Benson, said she called her father and asked him to call police about the way Benson was treated by officers of the Lower Colorado River Authority, which patrols Lake Travis, a man-made lake northwest of Austin, Texas. "I called my dad and told him, 'Call 911, my black... ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012507/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 15:56:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009205/posts "Why are we talking about this in the White House?" John Ashcroft nervously asked his fellow members of the National Security Council's Principals Committee. (The Principals were Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General Ashcroft.) "History will not judge this kindly," Ashcroft predicted. "This" is torture. Against innocent people. Conducted by CIA agents and American soldiers and marines. Sanctioned by legal opinions issued by Ashcroft's Justice Department. Directly ordered by George W. Bush. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009205/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:20:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2004284/posts UPDATE: Now with a possible, if x-rated explanation, after the jump. You have been warned. UPDATE: The New York Times report -- CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog -- omits the sex equipment and partner details. Commenters are clueless as a result..... American Digest http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2004284/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000989/posts COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday, reported KMGH-TV in Denver. His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, told authorities she is a member of the Crips, police said. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman told police. Internet Broadcasting http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000989/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997487/posts 5 April 2008 [For Immediate Release] China arrests over 2300 Tibetans in Tibet The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) learns that the Chinese authorities are stepping up the offensive arrest drive inside Tibet with renewed vigour and fervour. The latest information emanating from Tibet indicates over 2,300 Tibetans from various parts of Tibet have so far been arrested by the Chinese authorities currently detained in detention centres located in Townships, Counties and Prefectures in various administrative regions of Tibet. According to TCHRD documentation since 10 March 2008, the Centre has documented a list of 301 Tibetans whose... Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997487/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996205/posts SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5 today after allegedly spitting at a police officer. It is understood she was on board a British Airways flight when the incident occurred. BAA has confirmed a passenger on board a BA flight was removed. Passengers on the aircraft said the supermodel was rude to staff and officers after an issue with her luggage, which resulted in her being handcuffed whilst on board. According to sources Ms Campbell, who has a reputation for her... Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996205/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995942/posts Group says Chinese police arrest 70 in Xinjiang Reuters - 1 hour 29 minutes ago BEIJING (Reuters) - Police have arrested 70 people from China's minority Uighur ethnic group in the Silk Road oasis city of Kashgar, fearing trouble when the Olympic torch passes through the city in June, an exile group said on Thursday. (Advertisement) Calls to police and government offices in Kashgar went unanswered, but others in the restive region of Xinjiang say security has been ratcheted up ahead of the Beijing Games in August. The report comes at a tense time for China as it confronts ethnic... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995942/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995379/posts 1 April 2008 [For Immediate Release] China arrest over 572 monks from Kirti Monastery in two-day raid From credible information received from multiple sources in Tibet by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a total of 572 monks from Ngaba Kirti Monastery were arrested by the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) and Public Security Bureau (PSB) following a two day raid in monks' residence on 28 and 29 March 2008. As reported earlier by the Centre, more information on the number of monks arrested following two days of raids in Ngaba Kirti Monastery in Ngaba County (Ch:Aba... Tibetan Center for Human Right and Democracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995379/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:28:37 GMT