And you, ladies and gentlemen, are not deputy agents of the thought police.
It is thought that police are aware of fewer than a third of assaults that lead to the victim being treated in hospital.
What if he had reached for his cell phone and police thought it was a weapon?
Many have speculated that the police thought that the existence of the law would impede Mr Zimmerman's prosecution.
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The men were arrested in August 2006 when police thought the plan was ready to be put into action.
It seems likely that Parliament will be asked to rush through legislation so that the law does what police thought it did.
They are taking no further action and he has apologised, he said it was uncharacteristic and the police thought it was not behaviour befitting a visiting official.
The recent episode began Sunday, when many people in the northeast part of the town started hearing loud noises, but few thought to alert police, Ms. Kuss said.
Initially, police thought he was breaking into his own home.
Gilbert said police thought they'd caught a break in 2004 when convicted sex offender Edward Dukette, who served time in a Florida prison for raping and nearly killing a young girl, unexpectedly came forward to police claiming he had key information about Kathy Gloddy's murder.
In an apparent misstep, police initially thought the two suspects had robbed the store.
Police originally thought Mr Buchanan and Mrs Howell died in a suicide pact.
Ian Acheson, prosecuting, said Ms Leggatt initially told police she thought it was her ex-husband who had shot her.
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"(Police) thought we was playing, joking, they didn't believe us, " Samoylicz said.
Mr Aydogdu, who admitted opening the door without using his mirror, told police he thought Mr Harding had lost control of the cycle.
At first, Oviatt said, he thought Holmes was a police officer, but as he drew within 20 feet, he realized something was terribly wrong.
"I never thought anything bad about police growing up, until I got older, " said Turner, who recently got a GED and is in a work training program.
Imagine taking a call you thought was from the police, your credit card company or bank when actually it's a crook trying to get information out of you.
Some witnesses told police they thought they saw McDermott get off the boat when it docked and walk toward the parking lot, but they cannot be sure it was him.
He had just told the police he thought the driver was "absolutely steaming" and was "going to kill someone" and handed over the registration number when he was hit by McManus' car.
"We would not run that story had the police objected and never would we have run the story if we thought it was going to jeopardise the police investigation in any way, " he said.
In fact, from Holmes' appearance, Officer Jason Oviatt thought he was a fellow police officer.
"I don't think the prosecution or police ever seriously thought of me as a murderer, " he wrote.
The situation at the mine is still thought to be volatile, police add.
The neighbourhood watch volunteer had told a police dispatcher he thought Martin, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, looked suspicious.
As this went on, Loyau-Kennett thought: When are the police coming?
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Christopher Mackin, a 31-year-old known to police, is thought to have been shot up to four times during the incident at College Square North on Thursday night.
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They wanted to know whether the Rabbi thought they should cooperate with the police department.
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Massachusetts State Police officials at first thought the shooting was unrelated to the marathon bombings.
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