Sentence examples for threatening arrest from inspiring English sources

Instead, I had to fly out the day before, book a hotel room and then spend the next day moping around the Houston airport till 3 p.m. — bored, indolent and increasingly irritated by those annoying constant security announcements threatening arrest to anyone making "inappropriate remarks or jokes concerning security".

Republican lawmakers, who called the Democrats cowards and accused them of abandoning their posts, made numerous efforts to get them back, including holding their paychecks, stripping their parking spots, issuing fines, threatening arrest and pursuing other legislation before ultimately maneuvering to vote without them.

Just before midnight on Sunday, according to people who overheard the incident, officials from Hunan knocked on the door of the cheap Beijing hostel where Ms. Ji and her 7-year-old daughter were taking refuge and forced them to return home by threatening arrest.

Sherwood police officers came to his door, demanding money and threatening arrest.

I say "attempt" to clean up as we continue to get reports of BP security detail stopping volunteers and residents from going on to the beaches in need of clean up, and even local police threatening arrest for trespassing to those driving around with their video cameras documenting what is going on.

The news organizations said in a joint letter to the Police Department that officers had clearly violated their own procedures by threatening, arresting and injuring reporters and photographers.

"They tried to block and threaten arrest.

Officer Spaulding, they said, singled out Latinos for traffic stops and arrested them or threatened arrest for seemingly minor infractions or for no infraction at all.

The police threatened arrest.

The threatened arrest failed to materialise.

Just minutes before the planned noon rally was set to begin, police threatened arrest for "unlawful assembly".