The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another. If you have been the subject of an arrest by the police or other state or federal official which took place without probable cause, in bad faith or if someone deprived you of your liberty, you may be able to make a claim and recover damages, including attorney's fees and costs. Your rights are safeguarded by both the United States Constitution and state common law. False imprisonment¹ is frequently alleged³ by a person who feels that he or she was unlawfully arrested. If the police did not have "probable cause" to arrest you, you can sue for false imprisonment. "False arrest" is really just a type of false imprisonment. The police have probable cause when there are enough facts to lead a reasonable person to conclude that you are committing or have committed a crime. This is a considerably⁴ higher standard than the mere⁵ "suspicion" an officer needs in order to stop you briefly⁶ to investigate possible criminal activity. If you feel that you have been the victim of a false imprisonment or false arrest you may wish to contact an attorney. Time is of the essence in many of these cases. In some instances, claims may be barred if they are not brought within a short time after the date of the occurrence. For more information, talk with an attorney.

　　翻译:

　　法律保护市民不被错误的剥夺自由的权利。如果警察或其他州或联邦官员无合理原因、违反规定对你实行逮捕,或者有人非法剥夺你的自由,你可以提起诉讼,要求赔偿损失（包括要求对方支付律师费和其他费用）。你的权利受美国宪法以及州普通法的保护。认为自己被错误逮捕的人通常会抗议这种错误关押。如果警察没有正当理由逮捕了你,你可以以错误关押为由提起诉讼。错误逮捕属于错误关押的一种,当有足够证据表明行为人正在犯罪或者已经实施了犯罪行为时,警察就有了合理逮捕行为人的理由。为了迅速将案犯逮捕以便对犯罪活动进行调查,这个结论必须证据充分而非仅仅是怀疑,如果认为自己被错误关押或错误逮捕时,你也许希望能和律师联系。时间在许多案例中会成为至关重要的因素,一些发生过的案例表明,如果在案情发生后较短时间内没有提出诉求,法庭将会拒绝审理。需了解更多信息可向律师咨询。

　　单词注解:

　　1、deprive vt deprived, depriving （常与of 连用）

　　（1）剥夺；夺去

　　（2）免去

　　2、allege² 来自拉丁语allegare发出,提及

　　（1）断言；宣称

　　（2）〈法〉指控

　　The police allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof. 警方声称这男子是被人谋杀的,但未提出任何证据。

　　3、mere （源自拉丁语 merus 未混合的,纯的） adj

　　仅仅的；只不过的

　　A mere child cannot do the work of a man. 仅仅是个孩子是不能做成人工作的。

　　It's mere conjecture⁷. 这纯属猜测。

　　The cost is a mere fleabite. 这点费用算不了什么。

　　4、suspicion中古英语 suspecion <古法语 sospecon <拉丁语 suspicere 怀疑 n

　　（1）怀疑, 猜疑；被怀疑

　　Suspicion crept into his mind. 不由得他不产生怀疑。

　　（2）少量,微量

　　above suspicion无可置疑

　　under suspicion受到怀疑

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