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Bring all of your belongs our Exclusive slaves will be there by 11:45 to pick you up in a Large Brown van, Be prepared to get searched and patted down once inside of the plantation A 1st cabin to your right !
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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Some passengers are also scanned with a wand or patted down.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Was the detainee patted down or searched? Was the vehicle searched?
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
Before he could be patted down, Acosta allegedly became uncooperative and combative, so troopers handcuffed him, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
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Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Some passengers are also scanned with a wand or patted down.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Was the detainee patted down or searched? Was the vehicle searched?
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
Before he could be patted down, Acosta allegedly became uncooperative and combative, so troopers handcuffed him, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Pat down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pat%20down. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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