Example Sentences

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After Babb said that he had had no choice but to seize Gamble, Gespass pulled up the officer’s body-camera footage from that day and played it for the audience.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

This is the start of a formal police disciplinary procedure and is not a judgement on an officer's actions.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Velasquez said he later saw the kitten clinging to the officer’s pants.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

When officials tried to review footage of the encounter from the officer’s body camera, they realized that he had stopped recording before he entered the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Alfons couldn’t believe the officer’s audacity to call Adolf Hitler a mass murderer.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti