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by Exoristos 599 days ago
How do they fine you without arresting you? Tape a citation to your back as you walk past?
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amanaplanacanal 599 days ago
Most people's idea of arrest means taken into custody, rather than the actual meaning of stopped.

If they prevent you from walking away, you are arrested.

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nobody9999 599 days ago
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/arrest
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nobody9999 599 days ago
If a state trooper pulls you over in your car for speeding or throwing trash out of your car window to give you a ticket, are you now under arrest?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/arrest

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