The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another. If you have been the subject of an improper detention by another or an arrest by the police or other state or federal official, and if it took place without probable cause, in bad faith, or if it illegally deprived you of your liberty, you may be able to file a lawsuit and recover damages. The police have probable cause only when there are enough facts to lead a reasonable person to conclude that you are committing or have committed a crime. This is a considerably higher standard than the mere "suspicion" an officer needs in order to stop you briefly to investigate possible criminal activity. A possible case of wrongful detention might involve store personnel who generally have the right to detain a person they suspect of shoplifting. However, the investigation must take place in a reasonable amount of time, and the store personnel can't look in the person's bag without permission unless they actually saw the person steal an item, or the item is in plain view. If this is not the case, the store would either have to call the police to investigate or let the person go, otherwise it may be considered wrongful detention. For more information on wrongful detention, talk with an attorney.
法律保護市民不被別人錯誤的剝奪自由。如果你已經(jīng)被他人、警察、其他州或聯(lián)邦政府公務(wù)員不適當(dāng)?shù)目垩骸⒒蝈e誤逮捕,或者在沒有合理理由、違反規(guī)定的情況下違法剝奪了你的自由,你可提起訴訟并要求賠償損失。警察只有在掌握充足證據(jù)的情況下才有恰當(dāng)?shù)睦碛上陆Y(jié)論說某人正在或已經(jīng)進行了犯罪。為了迅速將案犯逮捕以便對犯罪活動進行調(diào)查,這個結(jié)論必須證據(jù)充分而非僅僅是懷疑。錯誤扣押還包括這樣一種案例,比如商店職員通常來說對被懷疑為如店行竊的人有權(quán)進行阻止,然而,這種調(diào)查必須在合理的時間段里使用,除非店員確實看到他人在行竊或一目了然知道物品被盜,否則不經(jīng)允許無權(quán)搜查他人的包裹。如果事實并非如此（店方認(rèn)為有繼續(xù)調(diào)查的必要）,可以叫警察來介入調(diào)查或者讓此人離開,否則就會被認(rèn)定為非法拘留。想了解更多有關(guān)非法拘留的信息,可找律師咨詢。
單詞注解:
1、 detention n. 拘留, 禁閉, 阻止, 滯留, 留堂
2、 shoplifting n. 入店行竊
3、 detain vt
（1）留??；阻住；扣押
（2）延遲；耽擱
法律保護市民不被別人錯誤的剝奪自由。如果你已經(jīng)被他人、警察、其他州或聯(lián)邦政府公務(wù)員不適當(dāng)?shù)目垩骸⒒蝈e誤逮捕,或者在沒有合理理由、違反規(guī)定的情況下違法剝奪了你的自由,你可提起訴訟并要求賠償損失。警察只有在掌握充足證據(jù)的情況下才有恰當(dāng)?shù)睦碛上陆Y(jié)論說某人正在或已經(jīng)進行了犯罪。為了迅速將案犯逮捕以便對犯罪活動進行調(diào)查,這個結(jié)論必須證據(jù)充分而非僅僅是懷疑。錯誤扣押還包括這樣一種案例,比如商店職員通常來說對被懷疑為如店行竊的人有權(quán)進行阻止,然而,這種調(diào)查必須在合理的時間段里使用,除非店員確實看到他人在行竊或一目了然知道物品被盜,否則不經(jīng)允許無權(quán)搜查他人的包裹。如果事實并非如此（店方認(rèn)為有繼續(xù)調(diào)查的必要）,可以叫警察來介入調(diào)查或者讓此人離開,否則就會被認(rèn)定為非法拘留。想了解更多有關(guān)非法拘留的信息,可找律師咨詢。
單詞注解:
1、 detention n. 拘留, 禁閉, 阻止, 滯留, 留堂
2、 shoplifting n. 入店行竊
3、 detain vt
（1）留??；阻住；扣押
（2）延遲；耽擱