| 单词 | cop |
| 例句 | One of the cops had his nightstick out and was digging around in Charlie's box. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Finally, the second cop came over to Lily in the passenger seat and motioned for her to roll the window down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The details are hazy since there weren't any witnesses, but what's clear is this cop shot an unarmed kid. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Plus, if the cops were out looking for a kid who stole track shoes, they might show up where the kid might be using them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Two cops had him by the arms, holding them out so he wouldn’t bleed on them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a lot of cops,” Javier said, walking over to the window and shielding his own eyes as Moss had done. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It seemed like a few seconds passed before light filled the van and the cop in the back pushed each of them out, grasping them by their clothing to direct them toward the exit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “What if the cops keep us out of the house for hours and then we really are too late going to rescue Mom?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Only Francie and the cop on the beat saw him come home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up and down the street; very few people were out and the cop was not in sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t protect me. Everybody in my neighborhood knows cops do whatever they want.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Leary was being mobbed by people who didn’t look like cops, but I couldn’t have cared less. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He looked first at one cop, then the other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Other than cops, the streets were pretty much empty of people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z You know, check the place out—make sure ain't no badges copping some z's in the back. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly what they did was run up and down the sidewalks and sometimes into the street, where the town cops yelled at them for creating a safety hazard. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z All I could really see was the cop over him, shouting. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Twenty million Montags running, running like an ancient flickery Keystone Comedy, cops, robbers, chasers and the chased, hunters and hunted, he had seen it a thousand times. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s not like the police. These small-town cops don’t actually expect to find anything. They’d be shocked to know the truth, probably wouldn’t believe it if you told them. But these guys...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But the cops said he fit the description of another kid on a bike. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The cop on their corner stopped them, examined the tree, and solemnly offered to buy it for ten cents—fifteen cents if they’d delivered it to his home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a handsome cop and strong. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, losing the cops was only the immediate problem. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Soon two cops are at the door, and I tell Darius to go hide in the bathroom. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if she could have called the cops anyway. I mean, I don’t know if what he did even means anything. If it even has a name.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On the street below, some fat cop was giving some delivery van a ticket. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Every day, six hundred of us show up for school, and there aren’t enough employees in the district and cops in town to spy on each and every one of us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I chuckle a little, then shuffle my feet in a little dance, and the cops stop laughing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was like acting in a Christmas play where the setting was a street corner and the time, a frosty Christmas Eve and the characters, a kind cop, her brother and herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s softened his voice like he’s the good cop now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Clayton wasn’t much of a runner but the thought of a train or a cop on his tail turned him into a sprinter. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They walked around the block three times, the cop pretending not to notice the hands that went up to hide smiles as the people saw a fully uniformed officer of the law so engaged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That wasn’t getting him anything, except to be noticed by the cops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The cops didn't get out of their car. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And how weird is it they put cops all along the border so no Mexicans could sneak in? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Five or six cops went in behind the first two and there was some shouting inside and then nothing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came in at seven that night, the news was going off and me, Mama, Ty'ree, and the cops were all waiting. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I turned to look toward Father, but three helmeted cops were pushing their way through the crowd to get to the fight. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “The cops are on their way,” I said. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The men and the women who were too sickdrunk to stand up were dragged away, one cop on each arm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So you had the kids just standing there looking at the cops and then you had Mrs. Davis moaning and going on about where Junior was. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You probably took a gander at the body the Chicago cops put on display. You reckon it was really Dillinger?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z These were the kids, sometimes as young as seven but normally no older than eleven, who served as the lookouts for cops. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One of the cops swivels his head in our direction as if I'd called him by name. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A black cop came along and told them not to let the fire get out of hand. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Forget about the cops, Ernie. Call the ambulance. I have rabies. It was in my hair.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The cop car is parked outside, but both officers must be inside, maybe even in the backyard by now if Peck snitched. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You still don’t get it. Your dad and them, they took the cops’ word over Bucky’s from the start. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops looked at each other and the guns came out again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I see what Freak has been seeing all along, a cop car cruising real slow along the road around the pond, which is what they always do after the fireworks. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “You need to exit the street immediately,” the cop says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cops gave us a gift that day, and I swore I would never get caught in a situation like that again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Rawiya guided Moss forward to their friends, and as she did so, Moss turned his head around to see Mr. Jacobs speaking to the cop, who remained as still and passive as before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops were eager to beat him, And shut him up behind bars, But then the Angels of Milagro Arrived in their jalopy cars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretty much tell her what I told the cops, except she doesn’t ask any stupid questions about Khalil. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She lets go of an open drawer and raises her hands as if she’s facing a cop with his gun drawn. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The black cop keeps his knee on Daddy’s back as he searches him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Me and him glanced at each other real quick, and then we looked back at the cops with Mong. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d pick me up from home a few mornings a month when I’d oversleep from a hangover and bring me to school in the back of his cop car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I wondered...maybe he was reliving what it was like to leave me every day to be a cop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I think the voices are coming from above. Maybe the firefighters or the cops are here after all. Come on.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As soon as we see the thugs preying on little old ladies and fleeing when the cops show up, we appreciate how an army composed of such men would operate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The cop, swinging his club, gallantly escorted Sissy and her charges around the block. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z While the other cops spread out, two big sheriffs deputies marched across the field and confronted the Cypress Bay fans. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the cop came up to them Lee said, “We’re not going to blow up anything. We’re just looking at the East River.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice, we ducked into alleys to avoid cop cars. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Two cops enter the waiting room just as I’m about to spontaneously combust. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I got a statement from him before he passed out,” said the cop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He added that he knew all about cops and how to handle them. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Only cops roamed the streets, if not on foot, then patrolling in squad cars, slowly driving up and down the avenues, from First to Fifth, from 125th to 96th, circling Spanish Harlem like sharks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The cops all had billy clubs and were spread out to protect the train. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He stands, just like a cop on TV, and walks around his desk until he’s looming over me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops load King and his boys into patrol cars, and the crowd claps and cheers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t get caught. I’ve been binge watching cop shows with my dad—there are ways.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The cops came back, looked in, clicked their tongues and joined it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop took out the silver blues harp, looked at it, looked at Clayton, then dropped it into a larger plastic bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The cops shot that boy in the stomach, he said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He was a good cop, a cynical but not unhappy man. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course Luke was right about the wine, the beers he hadn’t copped to yet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She looked past the stocky man in plain clothes and saw ten— maybe more—cops lined up behind him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Who lives in that apartment with you?” this cop with some gold braid on his hat said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of relying solely on old-fashioned cop know-how, he introduced technological solutions like CompStat, a computerized method of addressing crime hot spots. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Another trigger-happy cop who was quick to assume and even quicker to shoot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But he didn’t chase after us, he just stood there with his cell phone pinned against his ear, probably calling the cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cop snapped his pad closed, and each officer gave Carla and her mother a salute of farewell. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I said, “but the cops would have tried to talk to somebody before they left. They rang the front bell, and nobody answered. Then they probably tried Dri’s phone and got her voicemail.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But the cop ordered him to shut his trap. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “And it wasn’t necessary for that cop to pull the trigger,” says Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But Officer Callahan refused to do anything and restrained the black cop from making a move. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Half the mall cops followed him, half followed me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Everyone was on guard,” he said of his fellow cops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "Never mind about her. It doesn't matter how the cops got onto you, all that matters is they did. And now what do we do about it?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The cop said, “I want to take a look in the trunk.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The cop checks his clipboard and looks up and down the pebble walkway that connects all three of our houses. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One of the employees threatens to call the cops. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The cop raised a hand to his head, running it through his hair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Right,” she continued, marching this way and that across the living room and waving her hands about like a traffic cop directing her thoughts and words. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Word on the street is that cops were starting to mess with people over at Maria Hernandez Park. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I want some gay ID card to whip out like a cop badge. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “How come Lavadie was there? Is he a cop too? I didn’t know he was a cop.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, go inside,” the white cop tells him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The only reason we were riding in the back of the cop car now was that Manny knew Vega’s ma and had made the police take us home. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He thought the cop had cleared his throat, but the smirk belied what it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “That’s the thing you know, that you want to tell the cops. Did they offer you a reward for it?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t expect we’ll get reassigned a cop better than Officer Hull.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “And what if the cops would’ve come? And who knows how bad them dudes were hurt, right? They probably ended up in the hospital. We got enough problems as it is, right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You wish that more cops wouldn’t make assumptions about black people?” she clarifies. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I hoped it wasn’t no cop, out patrolling the park. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The memory of sirens, of me walking into the principal’s office where the cops were gathered, of Annie’s cuffed wrists, her tear-streaked face looking up at me in shock, comes back to me now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The crowd was getting angry, and the cop was getting nervous. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s right over there and that camouflaged boat anchored there is a transport. The cops are always watching out for spies.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand Charlies are in the air, walking with us, reminding me that I could tell the cop everything I know. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Matter fact, how many of y’all been messed with by the cops?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This is like that talk she gave me about the cops. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We walked along the narrow side of the road single file, holding out our thumbs and watching for cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The officers there assume that all cops from New Orleans are corrupt, he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cop shook Oppenheimer awake and demanded an explanation. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the cops took off without even telling us to get up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “No radio either. I’m telling you, call the cops.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But what I was actually thinking was “What if it’s the cops?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Freak is whistling and the cop car spotlight comes beaming around the pond until it settles on us. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There was this kid, Shemar Carson...black dude, my age, shot and killed in Nevada by this white cop back in June. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He held up a hand like a traffic cop, stopping Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You had to give a cop your name. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The cops from the precinct, in memory of the capture of the murderer, sent a cross of red roses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She shake every single person’s hand — even the cop guard! Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z People had probably started snooping around—I mean, if I could find his secret blog, I imagine the cops could, too. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The cop motioned me to the ground with a jerk of his head. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z During dinner everyone is careful not to talk about Bobby the missing person—or the cops, or jail time—so there's nothing to do but chat and try to be happy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cops came, he was still gripping the broken bottle in his hand, and watching his own blood flow between the fingers of his fist and drip on the Mexican’s oiled wood floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He’s not wearing a white robe or a blue robe or a cop uniform. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She passed through the metal detector without a sound, but the cop on the other side put a hand up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On TV, cops need hard evidence or the bad guy gets away. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’d I tell you about not trying to charm a cop?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There were four cop cars and eight cops standing between the crowd and the train. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The lady who caught the incident on tape seemed to side with me and thought the cop was wrong. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “How I’m supposed to know who’s a cop? Everybody looks the same to me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop belted out something close to a groan. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I'm blinking because the light is so bright, and Freak is making a fuss and waving his arms and we hear the metal megaphone sound of a cop voice ordering us not to move. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I scanned the streets for cops and nosy neighbors as I reached into his bag and pulled out the can with the white top. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Get her to tell this cop the truth. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “So my father’s cop friend didn’t get an ID on the woman.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z With him were two bad women, and one of them tipped off the cops, who filled him full of lead on the sidewalk. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m not a cop, and they know it for sure. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it could’ve been King Lords, but what if it was the cops?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Finally the tall cop brought his nightstick down hard against Bucky’s temple. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Khalil breaks a rule—he doesn’t do what the cop wants. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Clayton didn’t say yes or no, although he was glad he had sat next to the cop when he got on the train. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z "I don't know. I thought the cops got him, too, but they didn't." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Well, call me a snitch and throw me on a plantation because I tell the cops everything I saw. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Smokes is what he said, but the cops don’t believe him.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sirens surrounded us, as the cop cars came braking to a halt, the driver’s door opened, and Spoon emerged. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’d like to see a jailbait vagrant like you trying to get the cops to believe you, especially when I tell them you been dipping into my cash register.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops pinned the killing on a small-time hoodlum, but Weegee thought he was a scapegoat. for all intensive purposes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I said. There’s no peace to disturb. I kept telling the cop: No. Peace. To. Disturb. Man.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “You know, Mr. Robi-chaux, now suppose you saw that cop that took you in.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She lands on her feet, arms outspread, and reports, “The Marshes have the holo up too loud. It sounds like I have cops in my head.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cops may not have caught up with me, but Uncle Sam sure has. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Think about it, the guy hasn’t showered in days, no place to stay, chased by the cops, pretty much wears the same gear 24/7. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cop stared at the mute children in the seat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where are you now? And I’ve only got a minute, because I need to patrol your house and make sure the cops never actually came.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But now that our houseguest was on the cops’ A-list for grand-theft school bus, it would probably be too risky to go out driving with him anymore. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z This investigation produced no information that would explain why Prince Jones would suddenly shift his ambitions from college to cop killing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We all said no and then the cop eased out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When you come into the hospital with a mental disability, they put a cop next to you so you don’t hurt yourself. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z By the time the cops busted the place Bodega had made a killing and couldn’t be traced because he never owned the building, the City of New York did. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The cop stopped Moss and gestured for him to put his arms up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Up ahead a Road Closed sign blocks the street with a cop car in front of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The emergency vehicles are everywhere, with cops telling people to get back. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Every cop in town did, or at least it seemed that way. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Taylor offered to call my mom, but the cops made it clear that since I'm 17, I'm considered an adult when placed under arrest—aka there was nothing Mama could do. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that the cops were bearing down on him. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Because! You ain’t see what the cops just did to my dad ’cause they know I’m the witness.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “They know when the examinations for cops, firemen or letter carriers are coming up. They’ll always put a voter wise if he’s interested.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a month after the marriage, the cops were called in after she and her husband got into a physical altercation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Two cops had him in cuffs a moment later, and pulled him off toward the front office. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Listen! Here come some more cops!" someone called. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z What if we come across some cops and they know who lam? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Now, I know that cops love to get you to invite them in because then they won’t need a warrant and anything you have that’s illegal and in plain view they can arrest you for. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I didn’t have a problem with those cops. I had a problem with that tear gas can, and they threw it first.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “How would we explain that? I don’t trust cops.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The cop reached out and grabbed Moss’s other arm. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “But in the meantime, I think that I’ll just leave out this back door. If you see Marsha Jean or the cops, don’t tell them my whereabouts.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The cop asked some questions, quick and sharp. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were always for sale, but I didn't dare cop. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Cause I’m not sure you do want it. At least not bad enough to go ahead and cop.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “She took a tear-gas canister to her face after she tried to stop one of the cops from wailin’ on some poor kid. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Of course, that’s when the cops and the fire truck decide to show up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A soaking wet cop stood nearby, watching the ambulances fly down Broadway. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At the final turn, I see Mrs. Morehouse standing in the entrance to the parking lot, her palm out like a traffic cop, keeping cars from pulling in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Add an open and visible bottle, and we'd be inviting the cops to stop us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "You're the kid who ran up and down Manhattan and escaped the cops. Don't let all this celebrity stuff go to your head, all right? You're a long way from Hollywood." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d shown up with the cops just before those dudes could bash my head into the concrete. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The cop wiped it off and took out the bullets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z True, I hadn’t even touched the cop; the video footage showed it all. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Father says the cops are out to get folks who act militant.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Police sirens were wailing, and cops were not paying one bit of attention to all the black teenagers loitering outside the school, running down the sidewalks and the middle of the street. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Seeing that cop get away with murder probably made them think they’re invincible too.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For whatever reason this guy was half naked when the cops picked him up. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Then why did you choose to be a cop?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I admired your integrity, standing up for that boy in front of that dirty cop, especially if you got troubles with him at home. That takes courage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Should wait for the cops,” the guy with the cell phone said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Okay, so we don’t go to the cops,” I said. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And suddenly it occurred to me that he might have been angry before he resisted, before he'd even seen the cop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time, when the Colts were at work protecting their turf, the local cops looked the other way. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Look, all I’m trying to say is that not all cops are bad.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Border-patrol cops leaned into every car, talked to every driver, scanned tires, backseats, popped open trunks, checked under hoods. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then the cop asked him how long he had been there and Willie told him the same as Pedro did, except for Mr. Lynch, we had all been there about two hours. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Patricia ask me how me could tell the cop all our business. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Did you know black people are shot by cops two and a half times more than white people? Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z And the cop said they didn't live there, but one of his friends did. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I stayed in the hood and saw a cop kill my friend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You’ll get it when I’m ready to give it to you,” the state cop said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first cop had his cap on again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops were looking at me blandly as if to say, “Is that all?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Besides the cop, I’m the only person who was there. And you’ve seen stuff like this. It ends up on national news. People get death threats, cops target them, all kinds of stuff.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Marin screamed and we ran down the block to where the cop car’s siren spun a dizzy blue. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Glad nobody but those cops saw me running this morning, that was foolishness, too. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did the cops come and talk to you?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They pulled up right in front of us and the cops come out with their guns out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before the actual cops come and start asking questions.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Munching cabbages in someone’s backyard, apparently. The lady of the house is not amused. West side of the lot. Get her out of there before the cops come.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I already talked to the cops, Kenya. Nothing happened. What else am I supposed to do?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Never in my life have I seen this many cops in my ’hood. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They wait, rocking on their heels the way cops do. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But he kept returning to this: suppose somebody, or a couple of people, or maybe even a cop, was shot up there? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the time came for lights-out a cop came and took my stuff. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z For one, yesterday a Nevada grand jury didn’t return an indictment on the cop who killed Shemar Carson. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I hope the cops find him barefoot, frenzied, and naked in some roadside ditch a week from now,” Margo answered dispassionately. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was like the third degree, only he was both interrogator and suspect, both tough cop and hounded prisoner, a cruel spotlight pinning him in a blinding circle of light. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A line of cops guard the Walmart on the east side. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You made the call? Huh? You know it’s illegal to prank call 911, right? Lemme see if I can get one of the cops to come and have a word with you.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Our school is a long three-story brick building with a cop car perpetually parked out front. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone else on the street watched in amazement too, as the cops slipped out of sight without another word. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops exchanged a look, but Moss couldn’t read their expressions. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The last time cops came to our block, it was because Doña Rosa from across the street had died. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ma said the cops said that when they got to the house, he was sitting outside on the steps, shirtless, with the pistol beside him, guzzling beer, eating sunflower seeds, waiting. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “But you’re apparently running from the cops and you never mentioned that once.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And then the cops drew up outside the bank, and Shadow’s heart sank. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Another cop pulled up, came to my window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “They’re probably about to go the Garden High route. Have actual cops acting as security.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Every loony in New York comes out of the woodwork on nights like this,” the regular beat cop had warned her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The extra cops are now aligning themselves along two yellow tapes they string in the form of a corridor that leads from the street to the house just past where I am. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, listen, Brit. When they pick up this Erlone fellow, he’s going to tell the cops and the papers’ll have the story anyway. So call ’em now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The can of tear gas sails toward us from the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Matt says, “Yeah! Who did? And nice try, siccing the cops on us. When the whole thing was your fault! Ha-ha-ha! The hole thing!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I was climbing the circular stairwell, thinking that my parents were going to kill me for bringing these men upstairs, when suddenly both cops pushed rudely past me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z By the time I was a teenager, anytime I was profiled by cops or security guards, it usually wasn’t because I was black but because I looked colored. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “You tryna get us all arrested with your plots of kidnapping a cop.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “No no no no no. We call if there’s something to call about. She left the address for Q. Not for the cops. We have to find a way in there.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A cop in a rain slicker was directing traffic at the intersection. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The cop who stopped me a few months back is my reminder: I am now a threat to every white family in town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I forgot—I had to ditch it over the bar when the cop searched me earlier. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While the cops were still speaking to witnesses, he told her where the gun was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Between the line of Exclusion Guards on the inside and the cops in formation on the outside, I can’t see a thing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My dad, a cop, taught me and twenty-four other kids about it in second grade, when he gave his presentation on Stranger Danger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “But I did see that they put the lady cop who shot you in the back of a police car. She was crying.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I want to tell you a story. When I was a cop—” Pause. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Yes, he can tell the cops are suspicious, but he knows that to dig deeper, they would need a warrant. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then the kids started coming around and everybody was looking up at the windows where the cops were looking. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, only cops and criminals had guns. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cops had forensic evidence; that was news. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Think of the colon as a traffic cop that alerts you about road conditions up ahead. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you can imagine,” he told the cops, “I have some rather dubious clientele. What church for the poor doesn’t?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When the cops came, it wouldn’t matter who had started it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Rindlisbacher started looking for witnesses; the local cop showed him to Kaiserman, who was sitting in the back of an ambulance and gave the trooper his account of the swerving Chevy Tahoe. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Another cop car raced past the entrance to the alley behind me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And how much did cops even care about group-home kids anyway? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I said I wasn’t expecting anything, and besides I didn't like cops. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He threw his cop hat and his billy club on the ground. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He nearly falls, but a cop grabs his arm. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I pinched my eyes shut, tried to close my ears to the sound of sirens and the voices of cops. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She practices twirling her nightstick in front of the mirror, then smacks it against her palm, steadily, menacingly, like she’s seen cops do on television. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They start out with ballet and move on to disco, and then break-dancing, before the subway cops catch on. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers stood on both sides, not cops now but National Guardsmen, camouflaged, helmeted, nervously holding rifles with bayonets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The cop pointed his rifle toward the back of the van. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Many rap and hip-hop songs had lyrics referring to the “over-seers,” meaning any kind of cops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked me if I’d expected him to hit the cop back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He was using those tight interrogation skills, like on Grandma’s cop shows. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I checked out my pop’s shaving stuff and copped some of his aftershave lotion. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As she got close, I thought I was going to cop a whack on the bum, but when she reached me Sister Marie Patrice just grabbed my arms and tried to pull me out. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Once, a cop caught us up there looking to steal but we had no goods on us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma and me had been sitting in the waiting room at the Twenty-Eighth Precinct cop station in Harlem. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Jared: Dude, the kid attacked the cop and tried to take his gun. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But of course, classic Maverick. Every cop is automatically a bad cop.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There were several cops there telling people where to stand and giving them flyers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Still, no one is homeless, or cops to it anyway, thanks usually to a working husband or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you going to wet your pants, little boy?” one of the cops said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The cop takes one final look around and then steps toward the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Right when you entered the station, there was this room with a desk where a cop sat behind. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A line of cops streamed out of the courthouse and raced down the steps. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops made him show them the hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Lana asked cautiously, wondering whether there was an outside chance that Jones might be leading the cops to the place. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. The school is hiring cops to work as security at Midtown. My mom got an email about it and about the PTA meeting.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The craziest part is while I thought everything would be cool as soon as her parents got there, no matter what they told the cops, these dudes would not release me. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cop was shouting at me to get out of the car, to keep my hands where he could see them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As Phil pulls up to the driveway, the cadre of cops parts, letting us through. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Jones had certainly taken over when he found out that man was a cop, leading him right over to the cabinet under the bar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop grabbed the back of my head and shoved my face into the pavement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Bella had grown up in the Bronx and attended a tough high school near where I lived; his brother was a cop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Prayed he’d be safe from all the dangers that lurked for a young black man in Oakland—guns and crime and gangs and cops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That way, I thought, if they got caught, they could just tell the cops, “Hey, it was a gift. We ain’t no thieves.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter how many times I repeated my story to the cops; they couldn’t hide their skepticism. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The cop took a glance at Mr. Lynch. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s against the law to have your boom boxes turned up like that,” one cop said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes move a little like he wants to look at the cop car. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Of course, of course,” and even when the cops began to leave, the father added one last question. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z In flew the rage, and he actually laughed at the cops that stood there. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He smiled, sympathetically: I'm the good cop, said the smile. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Never let cops inside your house unless they got a warrant, that’s my philosophy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Tell you what, Kung Fu Theater. Why don’t I just call the cops right now. Let’s see how they feel about you waltzing into my store making threats.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Ms. Rochambeau, are we just supposed to talk about regular people killing people, or are we going to talk about the times when cops kill people, like black people specifically?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He looked a little less bored when he saw it was a cop knocking. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This one network is outraged by my “disregard for cops.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If a cop ever asked me to describe him, it would be hard because there have to be a million men who look just like him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I stood there, one leg in the street and the other raised above the curb, hearing whistles screeching and looked toward the library to see two cops coming on in a lunging, big-bellied run. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s Sam, the kindly retired cop who has to plug up his tracheotomy hole with one finger in order to force the cigarette smoke into his lungs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised his hands and the cop ran his hands over his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This kid is the son of a bad cop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “And it isn’t just guys who fear the cops, and families with boys. There’s a whole movement for the girls too. Hashtag SayHerName. It’s big. This is about everyone who fears cops.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She escorted the boys to the cop, who wasn’t interested in the wallet until the mention of Laura Friendly’s name. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be easy to quit if it was just about me, Khalil, that night, and that cop. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A white cop dude and his Black female partner shined a light on us, but kept on rolling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “What did you do to them?” he yelled at the cop, advancing on him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop held the gadget up to his face as if inspecting it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked away from the cops as I approached Maxie's building. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops were certain Mark was on that bus, and they were ready to greet it in the station. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Face down on the ground,” the cop yelled. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They told me it’s not smart to move while a cop has his back to you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cop’s gaze drops straight to it, and he reaches out in one quick motion and scoops it away from me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of the other cops threw their hats and billy clubs down too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Deckard works as a “blade runner,” a special type of cop who hunts down and kills replicants—genetically engineered beings that are almost indistinguishable from real humans. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They walked up to the curb where the cops were standing with Charlie. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe if Ms. Morales decided to call the cops, there’d be cops who could help with the code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The cop gave the bawling kid a nickel and told him to shut up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His partner had disappeared now and Clifton had the box slung to his left shoulder with the cop moving slowly behind and to one side of him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops stood outside for what seemed like forever, discussing our fate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine what would be the point of that, but Sammy says cops don’t always make a lot of sense. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops already think they got a few things on me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What did I do, man? I didn’t do anything wrong,” Wes pleaded with the cop who was reaching over to cuff him while the rest kept their weapons on him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t make sense, I knew, but it was a distraction and made me quit looking over my shoulder for cops every three seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “But when it comes to doctors and cops, nobody plays stupid like my mother.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A group of boys who were walking about ten yards in front of Richie and his friend had ditched what appeared to be a bag of heroin as the cop car approached. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Had headphones in, didn’t hear the order from the cops to put his hands up. Got shot, and died right there.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You got some ID on you?” the black cop asks Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cops must've been called from the inside, because the whole place was soundproof. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z That person isn’t going to lose their nerve just because there are a few cops around. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He crossed the space between him and the three cops in a few steps, and he enjoyed the utter shock on the face of the cop who held the bullhorn. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I mean, there’s so much video evidence of what that cop did to you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I turn, stare at the traffic, the back of the cops’ heads. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The cops have been around to the father’s, asking him whether he knows anything about all this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “As in that cop who hassled us last night?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t come around here talking to my boy. I will call the cops, yuh hear? Lolly, cut upstairs!” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Within an hour, every New York City cop seemed to be in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They raised their hands to him and watched Diego disappear into the crowd beyond the line of cops, protest signs still raised, joining voices still punctuating the early evening air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The two uniformed state cops and Kyril Montana shook their heads. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard he had cops working for him and everything. He pulled in big money.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Since it was illegal to ride in the back, anyone who heard us might call the cops. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But he was a cop, even if just a small-town cop, so he was brave enough to take the first bite. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When the intern got the flask back from the cop, there was only an inch left in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They had some bad black cops in Harlem, too. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was just thinking—Why do you run head-on into a cop car with its lights on? and then I thought, Well, she hated authority figures.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t imagine cops are into fluffy stuff like art.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Her stepmother continued to be the bad cop. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She unlocked the door and then the cops eased me and her back. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss looked back toward the cops who had been coming their way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of thing that happens when a cop puts on a uniform, or when you wear a pair of sunglasses so people can’t quite see your eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Clarion is across the street from the precinct, and Pete liked to buy the cops ending their eight-to-fours a pony beer or two. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The junk was still in the car. The cop that stopped us wanted to know where we got it. A little checking was done, and, as they say, we were ‘returned’ to Phillipsburg, Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A little while later, the cops pulled away. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Sure enough, right after Mong said it a big Mexican cop wearing sunglasses got out and leaned against his trunk, waiting for us to get up to him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cops just looked for a while and then they started getting themselves together. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop grabbed the farm boy by the shirt collar and marched him from the yard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The hate in the cop’s eyes, the reciprocal hate blossoming within myself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Jus steps around her and looks each cop in the eye. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Your alarm’s gone off again,” one of the cops told Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If I had known two cars were going to crash on that corner, I would’ve run back to the party and called the cops immediately. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “A lotta empty space and a few cops throwing signals at each other. Half the time I gotta watch you, brain, to see you don’t try to sell them a drink.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was a cop, he was frustrated by the revolving-door nature of the justice system. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cops stumble back a little, reaching for their billy clubs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We were like cops on a beat, the guys who knew the local players, the ones who saw it all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the cops would be looking for us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I was creeped out of my skin and waiting for a cop to reach up over the stem and yell, "Gotcha!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The cops were eager to put their taxpayer-funded billy clubs to good use. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As a known hustler, it’s also the easiest game in town to get away with—no contraband for the cops to find if they frisk you. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Want to wait on the Polokov retirement until the Soviet cop gets here to help you?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that's always speeding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “After I finished. I couldn’t stop because there would be nothing left after I stopped. You were right this morning when you said Em nothing but a crude cop with crude cop hands.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My cop walked me in and sat me down at the front booking desk. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then, just after we pass by, the cop behind us puts on his lights and things get about twenty million times worse. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Before the three of us could get back to the car, the cops pulled up beside us and arrested my dad for leaving the scene of a crime. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “That’s how I knew he was copping for that drunk dude, because Mr. Miller don’t seem like he drink in the morning.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He and the cop linked hands and made a cradle. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z As the cop moves on to Donna, who has, unbeknownst to all of us, a fake ID, it begins to dawn on me that I am completely up Claire Creek without a paddle. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When murder suspects are stressed, they sometimes make mistakes and tell the cops a story that might later become evidence against them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Just then, the cops showed up and ordered her away from the car. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A cop in uniform and a man in a suit came in. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I snuck out of the house anyway and almost went to jail myself when I got caught outside past curfew by the cops. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Once I knew the place was clear of cops, I pulled the silver shoes out and slipped them on my feet, lacing them up tight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “You stay right where you are!” this big cop called out, and like he meant it, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Only, he's married, the cop, so be can't marry her or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The cop called in the number-plate registration and discovered that it didn’t match the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His wife watched in horror as two undercover cops appeared, trained their pistols on him, and told him to freeze. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He asks us what you call policemen in America and Malachy says, cop. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Darren notices too, because he says, “Something bad must have happened. Look at all these cop cars!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs was on the ground, sobbing something terrible with his hand over his face, and the cop who had struck them stood frozen and uncertain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mary went to her door and started fishing out her keys and the cops stood on either side of the door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My name is Sergeant Moore, and this is my partner, Officer Vincent Childs,” he said, gesturing to the white cop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop took a step forward, but the canister had rolled towards the man, and he stepped on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z By the time my father got himself together to run, the cops were already outside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Right then the cop slapped him—a thick, heavy smack right across the face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The paramedic was about to explain for the fifth time why I needed to go to the emergency room, when two cops led Diego through the crowd, his hands zip-tied behind his back. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I scream at the top of my lungs, hoping Khalil hears me, and chuck it back at the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I could never do that, ’cause cashiers would probably call the cops. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m surprised it wasn’t the cops,” he said, looking up at her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He and the three others were still being watched by dozens of soldiers and cops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “And it sounds like this other cop who hurt Reg had just the same type of temper. So when we gonna say that this is enough?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was talk about arresting me for busting up the hospital—the cop with the nightstick was in favor—but finally they released me into the custody of Grim. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z That cop’s stick stopped in the air, and him and his partner glanced at me and Ma and the cop behind the desk, who looked like this was just any other night. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Rarely if ever did W.P.O. cops show up in San Francisco. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The cop directed him to a rooming house, where he was given a cot in the hall. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Uncle Carlos is a cop, and he wouldn’t ask me to do something that would hurt me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He looked around and talked to one of the other cops, then into his walkie-talkie. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, I’m—” And before she could finish her sentence, the sentence that would’ve explained that she had tripped and fell over me, the cop cut her off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then one of the cops came back and called the Hulk over; they needed information from him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cops had hurricane business to worry about. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Like most Americans I am no lover of cops, and the consistent investigation of city forces for bribery, brutality, and a long and picturesque list of malfeasances is not designed to reassure me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you mean that I must get whacked over the head by cops to prove that I’m sincere?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the cops started running around the front of the car and slipped on some dog doo. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "That's him! The plague boy! He's the one spreading all the pox! Get the cops!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I never in my life have been so glad to see a cop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found a whole bunch of stuff online about weapons used against protestors. I’m pretty sure the cops used something called a Mosquito against us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Within seconds, she was pulled off to the side and pushed up against the wall, her legs spread, arms pinned, the cops ignoring her cries of protest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After that he looked at the two cops, who became very interested in the hands in their laps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At 5:28 p.m. a cop pulls us over because Dad has a broken taillight. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Instead of continuing the argument about how they would cop, they began to fantasize about what the gold could buy when it became legal tender. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Never again worrying about cop cars coming up over the hill or policemen walking into the store you’re at. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, one of us would act like a cop chasing the other one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I can finally see him, three bodies deep, barely protected by the plainclothes cops, who are busy holding people and cameras back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Javier had police officers in his family and thought that bad cops were a rare occurrence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If nothing else, the experience was good practice in the cop art of being stony-faced, of not tipping your hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll speed up Flatbush Avenue—the artery of fat Brooklyn—right to the Brooklyn entrance of the bridge, with the potholes and cops stationed all night. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “The cops have better things to do. Man, it’s just my luck the mayor was at the concert! What kind of mayor goes to rock concerts?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z His eyes widened and he shook his head as the cop waved the nightstick at him like a scolding finger. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop looked over at us and didn’t say nothing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I clipped a chain and the cops came along and caught me red-handed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z All the way to my car I expected cops to grab me by the shoulder just as they had when I was exchanging the hot stereo. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z By now, Tracy had turned the bus around and was pulling onto the shoulder behind the cop’s cruiser. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Amazing,” I said, “the streets are crawling with cops and you break into my house. Amazing. New York’s Finest.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “That is the end of everything. Ida Nee will call the cops again. And we will never be able to return. I will never learn how to twirl.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “New York City is under quarantine because of the flu,” the cop said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She’s the good cop of my ghost world; Mom, the bad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “It don’t matter what today’s date is,” the cop said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z This made him the ideal runner because cops could never catch him with any betting slips. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t notice it as much when cops dress like soldiers because real soldiers carry themselves kind of like cops—the buttoned-up style, that righteous sort of edge. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until he hopped out and threw his arms up like some horned-up traffic cop that I really paid him any attention. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The cop breathes peppermint inches from my face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cops will track him down. But here’s our J-3 plan,” he said, changing the subject. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So here’s something, I don’t know, weird. You know how the cops came to the party the other night?” she said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s unusual to see a kid on a bicycle after midnight, so the cops automatically figure that you’re either running away from home or out stealing stuff. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z This one cop came over to where I was with my computer and pulled this massive assault rifle on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One of the cops had his hands on the side of his head, swearing over and over again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And maybe you’d be lucky enough to cop a cheap feel as the Holy Ghost took over her body. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the cops came out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let that old man alone, you dirty cop,” a woman screamed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We were far from Buck’s Peak, so the cops took us to the nearest police station. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some boy shot a cop and had a ’Pac song playing in the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The cop said, “Drive carefully,” and he touched the brim of his cop hat the way a cowboy in the moving pictures does. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It's two cops, a man and a woman. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the cops riding horseback added to the sense of normalcy, the clop-clop-clop of the horses’ hooves making a soothing noise. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I used to date the cop on the corner,” she says, “and I don’t want to attract attention by jaywalking.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The cop and the clerk thought I was stealing and wouldn’t give me a chance to explain. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Get your crude cop’s hand away,” Iran said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Did she have a lot to drink?” the cop asks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But a person who could spot a cop could also avoid a lot of trouble. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know where the blond cop had gone, but Moss suspected that the man had not stuck around to see what would happen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked back to Clifton, the cop was waving me away with his gun, sounding like a boy with a changing voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing left to do, the friend says, but to risk the cops, go downtown and beg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z George had to give it to the cops. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t loud, but I was still surprised Mr. Nabu hadn’t called the cops to complain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was at the window, waving at the departing state cop. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange moment for the epiphany; only now, as they all struggled to escape the cops, did Moss know how influential he’d been. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Occasionally a cop strolled by and saw to it that there was no cutting ahead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At which point, Herbie Goldfarb, on whom all the cop cars outside somehow hadn’t registered, tripped gaily through a pebble barrage and into the store to buy a candy bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The report did not, however, contain any mention of the night-vision photograph, meaning we had something the cops didn’t: a timeline. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Seeing me, flanked by cops, the crowd quiets. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z By the time the cops had arrested the four boys and gotten us all to write out our statements, it was almost seven o’clock and a cold rain was falling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But no cop showed up to make my decision for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I was showing my identification to another cop when someone tackled me from behind. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It took the cops and other frightened adults three hours to persuade him to put the gun down. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a cop for over fifteen years, however, and he was very sensitive to police work and to people’s attitudes about the police. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The uniform is also an easy cover for cops. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, apparently not. The cops said there was another kid, but he got away.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This main wall, some twenty-four feet high, is punctuated by twenty-one distinctive wall towers but is otherwise as blank as a cop’s face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop, unharmed, exited his vehicle and walked toward the offender. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He directed his question to the cop behind the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Right about then I thought the whole thing was going to come to a quick close because I saw two cops coming over. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure Dad’s the best example of a good cop,” Spoony said quicker than quick, the words sharp enough to cut. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I already went through this with the cops.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That was what people did in stupid films about cops and robbers—the police were always asking for reinforcements. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Moss raised his eyes up to the two cops, and he wanted so badly to be brave and calm, but his eyes blurred once more. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop jerked his head, motioning the agent into the hall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z That whole mess with the visitors’ bleachers and Mr. Bridges and the cops had pushed the game past the four o’clock barrier. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her blue sedan stops at the curb, and then two Chicago cop cars pull up behind her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a couple of cops but very few other people walking around. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Kneeling, one of the cops was examining Clifton and making notes on a pad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can I speak to A. Haddock?” asked the cop across the street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And of course, it worked the other way around too—especially when the cop involved was the older brother of your oldest friend. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s a cop in charge of making sure things are okay in the ER and someone must have told him they had a depressed kid in 22, and now he’s trying to be helpful. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She quickly retrieved it and passed it to Nathan, who handed it to the cop. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Shamika said that this isn’t the first time our folks have gone up against the cops. Was she referring to us and Papa?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z All I remember after that is the judge saying something, Momma sobbing, and Daddy telling us he loves us as the cops haul him off. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z One cop grabbed one of my hands and his partner grabbed the other and they pulled me straight up out of my seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The cop watches us for a while, then scans the room with narrowed eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “The cops are looking for somebody,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When you ride in the back of a cop car, does that mean you’re arrested? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For example, she doesn't know that Mom got pushed around by Chicago cops when she was eighteen during the 1968 Democratic Convention. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewis swatted one of the cop’s hands away as another went in for the student’s leg. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’d watch that type of language in front of a cop if I was you, baby,” Granny said, flinching internally at the “baby,” but carrying out orders anyway like a good boy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Words rang in Bigger’s mind: This is a cop! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z For the most part, Jus isn’t surprised when a pair of cops approach him and Mama after Bras Preps commencement ceremony. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Worried, haggard, fitfully puffing on a cigarette, Bernabe Montoya separated himself from the group of about a hundred onlookers and trudged over to the state cops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The other cop ran to the little window of the bus station and knocked on the glass. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I thought she must have come to confront me about breaking into her house, and that cops would surely be busting down my door any moment, but I resisted the urge to panic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “How are we going to write this up?” one cop asked. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plutos stand together on the curb outside Clint’s Graveyard as a cop car speeds off down the street, taking the gang with no name away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Come back in here again and I will call the cops.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “She’ll call the cops and I’ll be grounded forever only in a jail cell. It would be best if you went in because nobody will arrest an old lady.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The cop said, “I’m warning you, the Flint police are on the way, this here is private property and they have orders to shoot anyone who tries to get on this train.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It was those same two cops—the white dude and Black woman that had shined their light on us—who showed up at the bodega after Manny had called them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My eyes watered as I sat in the backseat of the cruiser, watching out the window as the two cops picked Shea up off the ground and led him toward the backseat with me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The cop twisted his head to the side, and a low groan left Moss’s mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, most cops are good. I worked with a lot of great guys, really trying to make a difference. You need to know that they’re not all wolves.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "We'll go over to the station," one of the cops told me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z By the time I had reached my parents’ room, the overhead light was on and the cops were bending over my parents’ bed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “I’ll need to see your license, too,” the fat cop says to me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cars finally park and the cops angrily push their way out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops see a brother running at night, they pick him up for sure. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop gave me the most confused look. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cops put me in the back of a police car and shut the door. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z We stood our ground like Panthers standing up to a line of cops. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Was he weak because of the terror that washed over him whenever he saw a cop or a gun? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops had come to see him under the auspices of child welfare, making sure that Toby would have a place to stay for the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The cops just wanted to arrest folks, to feel like they were doing something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The cop pokes his head inside the trailer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “We have passes on the convoy out,” he said to the cop. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z One cop went down behind a car and when Mamie looked she said he was bleeding. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What do you want me to do, she said, call the cops? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another commotion, and then he saw the cops, three of them, all pushing people to one side or the other. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I told myself if there were cops they would have picked us up by now. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The cop from earlier shoved Moss to the ground, and the roar from everyone around them seemed deafening. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Man, will you get up!” the cop shouted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “And I mean it, too. I want you fellows—” he nodded at the two cops “—to put the word out, understand? Shorty, you too. You know how things stack up around here.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A traffic cop’s whistle was shrieking at the intersection as we crossed back to the building. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The taller, leaner cop looms over me, and I duck my head in a pose of mock humility. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Flora kept looking behind them to see if they were being followed by the cops. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He said that if the cops stopped us, they’d find out that we had no registration or insurance and that the license plate had been taken off another car, and they’d arrest us all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So, about once a week, the cops send out a message like this, a promise to pay anyone who can catch the criminal in question. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter. You need to go to the cops before she does.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cops will find the bike and tell them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “A cardboard jungle, somewhere you can get off the train and clean up and get something to eat without the cops chasing you out of town.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The narcotics cops had been known to rush up and get their hands on you and plant evidence while “searching.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Will she sell a ticket to a kid alone, or will she call the cops? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t know whether to send you home to play with my kid brother or call the cops.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd been arrested before; he knew how far to go with a cop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The stocky cop lifted the radio from his belt and spoke into it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Bloom had to park close to the cops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn't wear masks, they didn't even own cars, they didn't get but a few thousand dollars each time—they were just playing a game of cops and robbers until they were caught. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Just thinking about going into that station with all those cops makes me wanna puke. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At this moment, Sissy happened to look out of the window and saw a burly cop sauntering by. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By that point, Hugo had climbed around Matthew’s body and was on his back, looking at the cops over his brother’s shoulder. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He walked over to the cops, and the station turned into a boys’ club. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cop let his eyes rest on Sissy’s well-shaped bust which was not spoiled any by the tight waists that she liked to wear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If we try to backtrack and put distance between us and the crowd, we'll stand out like neon lights in a dark room, and the cops already have their eyes peeled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Craig was never one to be the bad cop, and my mother stuck to her self-imposed ceasefire on matters of my father’s health. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As they made their way closer to the machines, Moss got his first glimpse of the cops that had been sent to work what arguably must have been their worst assignment ever. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah. After seeing you face those cops the way you did, I don’t know, man. That did something to me,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Lefty Lewis was back to acting normal, but I kept wondering what was in the box he didn’t want the cop to see. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z That way if an undercover cop bought from Bodega, he couldn’t bust him for selling heroin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he was trying to steal those chips!” the clerk interrupted, shouting over the cop’s shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I remember looking up at the cop and feeling powerless. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Bolted last night while 1 was in the shower. Took my Jeep, too. The cops found it abandoned this morning up near the toll plaza at Cutler Ridge.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Train Ear didn’t look so big standing next to the cop. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z We talked about old girls we’d known and the racist store worker and if because of him the cops would be out looking for us tomorrow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Some cops got jumped around the corner,” Daddy says, one arm around Sekani’s chest to keep him still. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, Lorena is shaking me and telling me to wake up, that we have to leave because someone called the cops. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The emergency service ambulance and the cops arrived at the same time. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I could see that Clean was getting off with everybody standing around trying to cop a plea for Monkeyman. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell them my dad’s a cop and he will lock them up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Haltingly, I told her what had happened—that is, I told her the story the cops had settled on and that, after a great deal of counseling, I, too, had come to believe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The cop had bought it and driven away, much to Curly’s relief. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But before I could even get my fingers on the money, the cop had me knotted up in a submission hold, my arms twisted behind me, pain searing up to my shoulders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You think tellin’ the cops is going to change any of that? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The cops, he said, had been nice to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “And I know protests can be good. Just like I know that not all cops are bad. I married one.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Pretty good. But the cops arrested three comrades.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Another cop, a female one, turned to face the water. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “That line over there,” the cop said, and gave him a handout. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Look,” I said, stepping in front of Jack and holding my hands up in the air like a traffic cop. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He was beginning to feel like some escaped convict hiding out from the cops. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a second cop car pulling up, siren wailing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z What had the cop said to make him angry enough to lose his head? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Taylor wound up calling my friend SJ's mom, Mrs. Friedman—an attorney—and she had to come bark a bunch of legal hoo-ha in the cops' faces before they'd undo the cuffs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She scrolled through chat shows, cooking shows, home decorating shows, cop shows, movies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But I love you more. You’re one reason I even became a cop, baby girl. Because I love you and all those folks in the neighborhood.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cops took Mary downtown to make some kind of statement and I went on down to the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey!” he called louder and looked around to see if the cops had come out of their place beside the bank. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A cop shone a light directly into the boy’s eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There were three cops now, one watching the crowd and the others looking at Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but the cops asked me that, too. Said it was in Dad’s phone.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "You mean no hat?" the gentle cop suggested. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The cop was standing now and looking down at Clifton as though surprised, the gun in his hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She might even be mad enough at that point to sic the cops onto me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z More tanks, more cops in riot gear, more smoke. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then the cops came and started talking to me. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z It could be very dangerous, he was told, and they needed as many cops and soldiers as possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cops found the apartment loaded with evidence—fur coats, some jewelry, other small stuff—plus the tools of our trade. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Being wanted by the cops and trying to flee the country. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead, the cop put both hands on Reg’s back, and he shoved him through the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops didn’t bother to investigate any further. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ben whispers, “The cop? He still watching us?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They’d called the police in all three towns, and in all three towns every cop on duty was driving and looking, trying to find a small boy traveling with a little spotted dog. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The cop looks at Mama and nods slightly. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She leaves the room along with the cops. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He watched as Kaisha ducked under one of the cop’s arms and burst through the device, leaping over Reg and dropping down on her hands and knees where Moss had been. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop picked up his broken watch and hustled Scruggs to a private room at the back of the store. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I’d like to see how the cop responds to a black man wearing a Confederate T-shirt over a black dress.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A truck is blocking the street in front of them: a red-faced cop standing in front of it waves and shouts and points them down the nearest street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He swore up and down that he hadn’t seen any creature in the woods that night—even though I’d shined my flashlight right at it—which is just what he told the cops. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When, in the night, poor Burt got so tormented that he had to go home, he asked the cop on the beat to ring the Nolan bell three times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the black canisters of tear gas in the belt loops of the cops. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the weather was first starting to cool off, I got arrested for lighting a fire in the park—the local cops aren't my biggest fans. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We’re almost out the door when we realize the cop still isn’t finished. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “They heard Joe was down there, you know, and everybody went, I guess, just to make sure the cops didn’t rough him up, and while they was there everybody signed your petition.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The knuckle-skull and the cop both startled and then hopped to attention. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The cops yelled into their bullhorns for order, which only fed the anger of the crowd. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I stare at the yellow envelope and wonder are its contents enough to make a small-town cop reopen a closed case? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My relationship with my mom was like the relationship between a cop and a criminal in the movies—the relentless detective and the devious mastermind she’s determined to catch. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Kaisha angrily grabbed her bag without saying a word, and she stood a few feet behind the line of cops, waiting for everyone else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Every time I try to sleep I start thinking about horrible things. Seeing Freddy. The cops and divers who kept pushing Bridget and my mom away. Reporters.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We were instructed never to reveal details of our home life to any figures of authority: teachers, social workers, cops, storekeepers, or even friends. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of cops got on at the next stop. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It seemed like we stood looking at the cops and them looking at us for a whole hour. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He’d stolen a cop car and was cruising through the streets. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “If you ask me, I think all cops need training on race relations. That girl was just being a teenager, and teenagers shouldn’t be brutalized for acting their age.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And so he told the cops, “Whatever you say, fellas.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of cops, too, or what might have been cops. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A dozen cops had rolled up on Concrete and he was trying to talk his way out of there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Was it an effort to cop a plea? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Tea flowed once more and music played until the neighbors called the cops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Bolted last night while 1 was in the shower. Took my Jeep, too. The cops found it abandoned this morning up near the toll plaza at Cutler Ridge.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We tried to explain that Billy had started it, that we’d been provoked and were defending ourselves and didn’t even aim to kill, but the cop wasn’t interested in the nuances of the situation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was wrong that he hadn’t been allowed to retrieve any possessions, and he felt that the treatment by the cops and soldiers had been rough. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I remember I was smoking out with my homies when the cops rolled up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Dejesus and Ortiz went over to a desk across the hall and started to joke around with the cop that sat there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Still, I don’t see how this could involve Lolo—or why he’s in the cop car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was waiting for Harp and Gully or some cops to pop up any second. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I gotta be able to judge if someone might be a cop and be able to refuse the sale. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Since Amber wasn't drunk either, or at least, not drunk enough for the cops to arrest her, they were allowed to leave. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “He’s out for the night,” the fat cop said, adjusting his hat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Stuff I learned in grade school, when the D.A.R.E. cops used to come around and teach us about the so-called war on drugs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But to the cops, he was just another black perpetrator with a story, and he was arrested and jailed. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They'll teach you to fight so you don't have to walk afraid—of the Stingers, of the cops, of the random crazies who go around making trouble. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then the van slowed down for a second, and the cop leaned forward, and Moss saw his chance. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop didn’t find it amusing, though, and his scowl deepened. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop grabbed a coat and walked toward us, and as he approached, I could see the blue veins through the translucent skin of his face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z We hiked through thick sand the opposite direction of Santa Cruz to lay low for the day, stopped about a mile past where the Mexican cop had asked our names. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cops are probably taking down every single Garden Disciple in Maple Grove. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We hardly had time to think when the cop car pulled in the alley going just as fast. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop rolled his eyes at Reg, a sign of his impatience, and began to question him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I made the second call telling the cops that the drugs were in another coffin.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen old photographs of cops siccing dogs on people. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “You want to get your head bashed in by some overexcited cop? No. We’re going. Now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Sure it’s all a misunderstanding,” says the red-haired cop, almost jovial. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Why the cops would want someone who is trying to change the world in jail. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z At that moment, a cop walked through the front door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock one of the cops yelled through his bullhorn, “Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home! Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home. There’s no more food! Go home! Go home!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator,” he shouted at the cops. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He looked at me all proud of himself as the cop scribbled down his name. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "He burned down a bam. He shot a cop. He robbed a bank." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “I ought to shoot you, so help me God! Get out, before I call a cop!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was watching a movie of someone else’s life now, and he saw the cops get on their cell phones, probably to notify their superiors of what had happened. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I heard Uncle Carlos tell Daddy it gave the cops another reason to watch King closely. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Search warrant in hand, the cops were sure to be on their way to my apartment, my laptops. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Unless you come clean, right now, I’m calling the cops. I’m serious.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She dropped her bag on a folding table, and one of the cops immediately began to search through it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops say that thing: “Anything you say will be used against you.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He was running out of tolerance for the pushy young cop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was at that point that a cop pulled me aside and told me what I was in for. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But he was still a cop through and through, and the strict expectations he had at work for his officers were the same ones he had for his children at home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Cops pull you over because they’re cops and they have the power to pull you over; it’s as simple as that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They wanted the cops to go after Luke and then forget they’d ever stepped foot inside the Deuce. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "Well that's when you shoulda seen him. When he seen them cops riding up he reached back of his saddle and come up with some kind of old shield." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The frustration would turn to anger at the cops, the lawyers, the judge. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z My dad had served as a cop for over seven years before he had to shoot someone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For a cop, he didn’t seem to get out much. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z In my mind I was leaping forward, lunging at the cop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cops wouldn’t ride back there, you crazy? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop frowned his disapproval with everything he had. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I'd punish my face as if I were a cop roughing up a suspect for a confession. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A man cop, no less, to make things even worse. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At the curb the girls recognize the cops because they have to do them for free. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The flashing cop car is gone, and so is James’s car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cop sighed, too, and turned to Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I never said anything about killing a cop.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They didn’t scatter and run the way the white cops wanted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Why do so many cops feel the need to own a mustache? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A couple of cops walked ahead of me, so I slowed down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Big Jerome was telling Bennie some story about getting picked up by the cops on Marcy Avenue. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “The police were called to a house party because neighbors complained about loud music. The cops are saying when they came to break up the party, she was insubordinate.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And if any cop stopped Reginald, he had in his pocket both the peddler’s license and the manufacturers’ outlet bills of sale. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We were standing outside, lined up alongside the car, when one of the cops came back. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I yell for somebody to call the cops. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The cop perked up, slipping between me and the clerk to get a better look. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cops made us go up first and they came behind. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We weren’t sure it would help to report them to the cops, because no one likes a rat. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He and the cop had somehow become a team; this was the fifth person they’d carried over from West Broadway. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z There's always been cops hanging around, looking askance at everyone. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The cop walked back around to stand in front of him, and the amusement was still on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They passed single file between the cops—six in number, Moss counted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Just don’t trust the police. I don’t want to give them any reason to stop me. You know about all the black people getting killed or hurt by the cops, right? Even when they’re unarmed?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A good cop enforced selectively, using his judgment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s a hick town, I suppose, filled with farmers and rednecks and racist cops who stop eveiy Indian that drives through. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Neither of us had to say that the cops would've been ten times better than Doris. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I'm looking at the cop who’s shaking his head, talking in his radio. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t answer to you or this school,” the cop sneered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So the cops come to our house and search the adjoining office and warehouse. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Now a Juvenile Hall staffer asks the cop to remove your handcuffs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They huddled next to the Mexican cop, talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "There's nothing dumber than a dumb cop," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z We were three adolescents hanging out at a car wash without a car; any cop worth his doughnuts would figure we were up to no good. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The cops order the crowd to back up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “That girl’s probably got the cops coming already.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, before the Geek Club, Jesse had some ugly bouts with gangs and drugs, and several run-ins with local cops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What if they know that it’s my fault that cop hasn’t been arrested? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z One day, I remember, we were sitting on the park bench when all these cops rolled up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We ain’t got time. Skri’s waiting for us. Let’s sell these birds before the bird cop finds us and we go back to jail.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I was so afraid any minute ambulances would come speeding up to the gym, or cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I had to always check because when I was her age, I remember trying to look up skirts and cop feels. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Now I could see the cops eyeing us and looking at the coffin and one of them was talking on his radio. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss kept looking to the door, a fear swimming over him, a certainty that at any moment, the cops would burst into the shop and take him away to finish the job. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z From the look of outrage he directed toward the cops, I got the feeling that he felt they were villains, and that he wanted to take Sergeant Caputo apart like a rotisserie chicken. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Witnesses are speaking to the cops and I don’t know what they could possibly be saying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A beat cop from the neighborhood strolls in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around the courtyard, thinking the cops are going to come in through the breezeways and arrest all of us for murder. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But the cop would be Clifton's historian, his judge, his witness, and his executioner, and I was the only brother in the watching crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was that kid, so I tried to throw off any potential cops by walking. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Justyce: Too bad you weren’t around to say that to the cop who cuffed me for tryna to help my girl. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He held up a hand like a traffic cop, stopping Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I started looking around the marina to see if I could spot the cops. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Rashid and Frankie and Z had told the FBI and the cops and everyone else who interviewed them what she had said before letting them all leave and setting off the final bomb. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I just wondered where God was when I was being mopped by that cop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Use them and someone might see and call the cops. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z All denied it, so the cops searched them all and found ninety dollars of Richie’s col- lege-bank-loan money in his pocket. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how she could have hit the cop by accident unless she was asleep.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I rolled through the three other stop signs in Casavilla, and we were a mile down Pennsylvania Avenue before we saw a cop car roar past us with its lights on. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I tried explaining to Blackjack that taking a flying horse to a donut shop would give every cop in there a heart attack, but he didn’t seem to get it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But by the time the cops booked my father, my mother had been dead for hours. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I sat on the back of an ambulance while the cops questioned me and paramedics pressed gauze to my head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He says, “We already told the cops. We came around the house and he...I don’t know.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The cop started asking him a bunch of questions, but the guy kept shaking his head and saying he didn’t understand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, “like the cops are really working this case.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z This time, the taller cop drew his nightstick and laid it across Bucky’s chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She asked me to go find a policeman, but I told her I didn’t like cops. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Willie was bleeding right next to me and now the cop was shot in the head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop who unlocked the barred door looked sheepish, as if he couldn’t believe Chief Taylor had actually stuck me in there. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z That night the cops came to our place. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He was one of six cops, National Guard soldiers, and soldiers-for-hire on the boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Lima was the lead cop on the arrest. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He better not call the cops though, or I’ll be spending my End Day behind bars, or maybe find myself on the wrong end of some officer’s club. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Not until the cops have examined every inch of the house. You think cops are going to believe anything we tell them about an alternate world?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Officer Brian Cruise Jr. has been on the force for sixteen years,” the voice-over says, and more pics of him as a cop are shown. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Roosevelt, who became a colonel, brought together a group of fierce cowboys, American Indians, Texas Rangers, prospectors, cops, and elite athletes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Johnny and the cop were sitting at the table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually it’s a show I like, about cops and lawyers solving crimes and stuff, where everything gets settled in the end. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If my dad slowed down the car to shove me out of it, the cops probably would have deemed it a fair punishment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t call the cops to break up the party, I write. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “No way. You think the cops don’t already know what you’re doing?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He lives in the Bronx and this cop just pushed him when he was hanging out with his boys. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “She was really drunk, so she could have thought she wasn’t going to hit the cop, although I don’t know how,” Takumi said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But the cop wouldn’t have an answer for that one. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “But Dusty’s got connections with the Coast Guard and the cops,” Dad complained. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was just silent, sitting there with my eyes glued to the TV screen, listening to my parents being interviewed by two cops in the dining room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The idea made me think that perhaps I shouldn’t have pointed that out to her—getting a cop’s attention would definitely bring their harebrained trip into Mexico to a standstill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But I can make things appear to those who want to see them, and small-town cops are always looking for trouble, aren’t they? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When the cop pulled me over, it was one of those situations where I wanted to say, “Hey, I know you guys are racially profiling me!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cop covered the last few feet between them in no time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop's hair hung on the sides of his face, his uniform was dirty, and I watched him without emotion, hesitated, hearing the sound of footfalls approaching. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The blond cop had grabbed Bits and hauled them away as they screamed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A crowd of people blocked the entrance of a police station and wouldn’t move until cops started arresting everyone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The cops were still there, standing by this kid Charlie, who was holding a large box. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop looked from Moss to the camera trained on him from over Moss’s shoulder, then back to Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Outside, I kept expecting to hear a cop’s siren wailing away in the distance, racing toward us, flipping on its spotlight and calling for us to “Freeze!” over their loudspeaker. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A cop reached forward, grabbed ahold of her head scarf, and tried to pull it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I heard sirens coming up the street, and I swear I would have stayed staring if it hadn’t been for the cop car that pulled up onto the sidewalk between us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Like junkies who save their fixes for when there’s no cops around. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The cop knocked on the door and we couldn’t hear anything anymore. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z She started looking around for somebody to go with her when a cop grabbed me by the arm and said, “You come with us.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The car moves on and so do the cops, and the useless gunman is left holding the bag of money. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We snuck around to the small cliff that stood between the ocean and the highway where the car was, peeked around at the cop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cop pushed her forward, and she stumbled a few times before gaining her balance back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if the cops are actually looking for me,” Rufus says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Ask Jennica. She told it to the cops. You know she wouldn't lie." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Did you paint that cop car?” he bluntly asked the boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like with the cop searching my room at 4:30 a.m. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop and my parents talked in the driveway for a while, and then the cop drove off only to come back an hour later with a man who introduced himself as a sketch artist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I peeked from behind a tree and could see a bunch of cops standing around with pistols out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z That cop didn’t kill me, but the thought of Carlos getting with Tiffany might be the fatal blow. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he had meant that for us or the cop behind the desk. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Then they both went back to the first cop's car and held another conference. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z One of the cops jumped out of his cruiser and ran to the bus waiting there, a bus heading south to Oregon. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “In class, some kids talk about what a good cop my dad is. He is a good cop. But he can’t be if he killed a kid, can he?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z All the same, he disliked going to cops like Bill Koontz for help or advice because that usually meant he wound up siccing them on his own people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever! It’s because the cops came and messed my whole groove up,” Carlos shot back. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was not a gung-ho cop; he wasn’t quick to make an arrest, or to pull a gun, or to nail people just on general principles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite having nothing to do with it, for four days now, he’s been waiting for someone—cop, reporter, angry mob—to come after him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cop read them slowly, nodding as he did. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “No. Uh, Dad, I’m at a bar. The cops just busted it, and I’m not allowed to leave unless you pick me up.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z They’re mostly cops and insurance salesmen who bet on football games and smoke disgusting cigars. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I flashed what Harry calls my Anne Hathaway smile at the cops and said, “Thank you for your help in our time of need.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The cop was standing on the corner of Eighty-fourth and Amsterdam, bullhorn in hand. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Someone had told me that the cops never hit there in any routine patting-down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the cop with the red moustache. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then there were the ones who shot bystanders and cops, their partner, or, by accident, themselves. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He pushes past a cop, and for a fleeting second, our eyes meet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Another cop car pulled up and then another, then all eight cops started asking the crowd to disperse, only holding a few people back to ask questions. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The way soldiers and cops and firefighters seemed to have each other’s backs, no matter what. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But I remember standing there watching my mom, flabbergasted, horrified that these cops wouldn’t help her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cop shook his head and pointed his right index finger in our direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Ms. Wyman is standing there ail of a sudden with her hands on her hips like a cop who’s pulled us over, except there was no siren to warn us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z If you think I’m telling tall tales, get chummy with some white cop who works in a Black Belt district and ask him for the lowdown. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He followed her finger and saw the line of cops in black gear, their batons out, their shields up, as they completely blocked Broadway at 4th Street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop said, “This is America, boys, you’re sounding like a bunch of Commies, you know I can’t let you on this train. I got kids to feed too, and I’d lose my job.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The cop said to go ahead and added, “Next time you’ll know better than to clown around with a policeman.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Rather than humiliate myself, I copped to it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He told himself this was a completely different situation, and willed himself to calm down and ask the cop where the end of the line was for the food giveaway. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She just told the entire neighborhood and eventually someone must have tipped off the cops. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And remember that you didn’t do nothing wrong—the cop did. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “He felt that the cop was harassing him.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mama’s jaw drops, but before she has a chance to respond, the cops come back. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Griffiths holds up his hand, like a cop stopping traffic, but I continue. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Charles took one look at me and my mom, out of breath, crying, barefoot in our pajamas, and hid us in his storage room while he called the cops. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The detective nods as the white cop pulls out a notepad. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If any cops were gonna find us now they’d pretty much have to scour every section of the beach, and even then they might miss our hiding spot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You know that cop they say I popped?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After a few facts about her had been established, the mean-faced cop with the big voice and the pad asked her if she would answer a few questions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I’m always dodging the cops as it is, and now I’m dodging West Indian Archie on top of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d never been beaten up, but he’d been stopped on the street several times, questioned by cops, asked to turn his pockets out and lift his shirt up, for no reason. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “So drunk? So drunk? The cop car would have had its lights on. Pudge, she ran into a cop car that had its lights on,” he said hurriedly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The cops found it and two hundred and fifty dollars in his pockets. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I asked All around us, sirens wailed I figured it wouldn't be long before more cops cruised by, looking for juvenile delinquent gym-bombers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When they got down to the last five or so someone yelled that the cops were coming and they all ran. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop gave his lines right and Francie picked up her cues happily and the stage directions were the smiles between the spoken lines. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you told your mom? And she didn’t call the cops or anything?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He and Rawiya turned together to see Mr. Jacobs standing toe-to-toe with the cop, his own nose just inches away from the helmet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops took us to the police station and threw us in a cell and pulled us out one by one for questioning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The six-foot-four activist added, “If I ever assault a cop, he’s going to leave there with some physical markings.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The cops had her back there in lockup right now with me and Ma waiting in this room out front. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z They put handcuffs on him and put him in the backseat of the cop car, and we all waved as they drove away. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually there’d be a police chase, cop cars flying through after some guy with a stolen car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cop said, “Not here. You’ll be on the bus to detention. Your guardian can pick you up there. Except you,” he said to Train Ear, whose hands were still bound behind his back. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z And the cops will only get to Dray if Kasim snitches. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At some point they got themselves into some kind of trouble, documented only obscurely in Chuck Day’s journal: “Talked ourselves out of a coupla places... cops, etc.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One minute I’m trying to figure out where my money could be, and the next minute, the cop was pounding on the door and everything else faded from my mind. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z But when the police cars all pulled up in front of Big Joe’s and the cops came out with their guns drawn we knew something serious was going on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quiet down. Any minute the neighbors are going to call the cops!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When he turned back around, he saw the cops at the top of the steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z White cops have pulled over a black woman. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We go through metal detectors as usual, but it’s hard to focus on anything but the guns on the cops’ waists. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I know all about the convoys,” the cop said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Shorty said, nodding to the cops, and then to Emerson Lapp, as he walked out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops finally stopped kicking Bucky, cuffed him, and hauled him into the back of one of the police cars. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z That’s because when crime is rising, people clamor for protection, and invariably more money is found for cops. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The cop spun around, yelled out “Hey!” and sprinted around his squad car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z In the front seat, Quang-ha says: "What are the cops doing in your driveway?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We listened to the radio while the cops asked Dad why the van wasn’t insured, and why he’d removed the seats and seatbelts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You want me to cop a plea,” I said, “and I don’t know what to say.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I looked at the cop as I kneeled in front of him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “People are afraid to testify. It’s a serious thing to stand up and say the cops are lying.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z If the cops were coming, I wanted to see them first. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The cop put a hand under Moss’s arm and lifted, and he stood. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He and his fellow cops wouldn’t go out at night. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z No cops had been shot, but the guy who had slipped in the dog doo was having his elbow looked at. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “How often have the cops killed someone in our city? In this country?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t have much time to wonder on this, because right then the desk cop spoke up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Somebody must have seen us, ’cause within thirty seconds Ms. G’s car was surrounded by five cop cars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A good cop, after all, wasn’t the one who ticketed you for doing thirty- three miles an hour in a thirty-mile-an-hour zone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops can say, “It’s you we want,” and they only have to pull the trigger to seal the deal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the girls said, "I shot a cop ... so what!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z A few cops are talking under one of the streetlights, too, their eyes scanning the loud group of kids that’s near the corner. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Maybe they even heard about me calling the cops. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Only then did he realize he didn’t even know the cop’s name. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He watched protestors taunting cops and smashing windows, police tossing tear gas and bashing heads with nightsticks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No matter who tried to put me in one: schoolmarms with their rulers, cops with their nightsticks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z People hurl rocks and glass bottles at the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z His sign says, “School or prison?” with a picture of an armed cop. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then the bearded cop hitched his chin at his partner. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “That right?” the cop said, nodding his head and staring at each of us, one at a time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z All the men and boys and women that were left in Hooverville were bunched up on one side and the cops were on the other. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “All your other friends have been fine with it,” said the blond cop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And after a while that gets boring, so when the cops arrive like this it breaks the day up nice. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He awoke on a bench in the Long Island Railroad Station, a cop rapping on his boots with a nightstick, his escape money gone, the MacNamara sisters ready to eat him alive in Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The cop looked so awkward with all that gear, Moss thought, but his brain wouldn’t react otherwise. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops constantly drive by, but that’s the new normal in the Garden. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But if the media makes a big deal out of it then the cops look bad. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z They're putting handcuffs on my wrists and my ankles and they're sitting on me and going, "We'll have to medicate him," and this one cop says, "With what, an elephant gun?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z What do I care if the cops get the story straight? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But later on Bigger No. 3 was killed during the days of Prohibition: while delivering liquor to a customer he was shot through the back by a white cop. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The uniformed cops inside the apartment ignored us, coming and going through the kitchen and using the service elevator, taking cartons of foodstuffs with them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z And that other guy who got beat up by a bunch of cops and nobody would have known about it if somebody hadn’t recorded it on their phone. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Moss glanced toward the south and saw more people trying to claw their way out of the line of cops that stretched across the street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The worst time was when Mack’s father called the cops because he wouldn’t come down from the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a cop, and he saw bad things happen to good people every day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It’s not nearly as many cops as it was on Magnolia, but still...they’re cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z This is what Peaches and Squeezie were saying to the cops. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to be in one of those towns, the cops said. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She told me the cops had already been called and were on their way. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “You’re just lucky the old guy isn’t going to press charges,” the cop said, practically slamming the door on John’s foot and then getting into the driver’s seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The other cop marched Nathan to the curb and sat him down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ducky’s mom had came to the game and she took him home and me and Nick copped the subway uptown. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But then we’re pushed back toward the bar by those who were in the back room, because there are cops coming in that way, too. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A couple of guys had hopped a freight and the cops thought they may have jumped off in our area. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Every few seconds I’d look for cop cars even though we were a long ways from the store and I supposedly didn’t care. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I started running the story down and got about halfway through, just up to when the cop pressed me, when Spoony lost it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The tribal cops had to pull twenty or thirty adult Spokanes off the court before any of them assaulted a teenage white kid. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The man who is supposed to attend to me says, “We need another ambulance. And we need a funeral car. Why aren’t the cops here by now? There’s a bunch of dead people.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Joe stared at the cop for a good ten seconds, then said “Huh!” and suddenly sat down, picking up a magazine again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A rap sheet, dude. Dana’s been busted before, is what the cops told my mom.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon as he found a way he’d call the cops and give our description and they’d be out looking for us for real. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That way, we avoided any attention from being seen socializing with cops. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Njemile went through next, and one of the cops asked her to take off her wig to show him what was underneath. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When nobody came out two cops wearing bulletproof vests rushed the door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned how black parents would advise their kids to keep their driver’s license somewhere accessible, so they wouldn’t have to dig deep for it, lest the cops think they were reaching for a gun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Scowling, Ma raised her hand and shouted at the cop. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Vega and me asked the two cops that had picked us up at Manny’s to drop us off near 130th and Seventh Av’, so we could walk across the street to our building. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He became a cop in 1967 at a time when just about everyone in the world hated cops. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But one of the cheerleaders set it off, and the blond cop roughly pulled her to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My parents would have every cop within five states out looking. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Every now and then cops came in and out. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Okay, you couldn’t tell me your dad’s a cop before I hacked the DMV in front of you?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The cops had her laptop, and she wouldn’t have kept any-thing incriminating on that drive anyway. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Ever since my run-in with that cop, I’ve been on high alert. Noticing stuff I would’ve glossed over or tried to ignore before.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Becoming a cop would not make him a hero—but what kind of cop he became could have. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A Coconut Cove police cruiser had pulled up to investigate—Officer Delinko, the same cop who’d dozed off while “guarding” the construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes watered as the cop ran a finger around him, inside Moss’s waistband, rubbing against the part of his stomach that stuck out over the belt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Bloom had created an imaginative and effective defense, something few lawyers would have dared, considering the political overtones of Pacheco’s involvements, not to mention the fact that he had stabbed a cop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People yanked out their phones, calling the cops, but somebody must have called the cops already, because the berry lights flashed down the block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I forgot to tell the cops that Khalil got out with his hands up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "Seriously, Max? Do you not see the cops around here?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to say sumpin’ and she raise her bony claw hand up like a traffic cop. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even big things like when my dad, a cop, started working longer hours and could barely stand to look at me when he finally did come home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The guy, Jack Franklin—the cops just let him go. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z More people began to shout at the cops from the crowd. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As if he was waiting for cops to come breaking through the windows. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If someone’s lingo is wrong—if he comes up to you saying, “Do you guys know where I can buy some rocks?”—there’s a good chance he’s a cop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The collective gasp Moss’s friends couldn’t smother betrayed their escape, and the cop turned to see them slipping away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My heart pounds loudly, but Daddy’s instructions echo in my head: Get a good look at the cop's face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Or we were too stressed about getting picked up by some cop car that would eventually come creeping up over the hill behind us and flip on their lights. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well then, why did the cops say you did?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There are a few major tip-offs that tell dealers something isn’t right: If a person looks unfamiliar or really out of place, it’s probably a cop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe they just think the state cop pendejo factory is the most exciting show in town.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know. Billy Koontz, and Granny, and Bruno Martinez. They were all scared stiff, those cops. You would of got a chuckle out of it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another parent asks about the metal detectors, random pat-downs, and the armed cops. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t mind being a cop,” Cyril added. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Grace immediately pulled the car across four lanes of traffic, swerving past two cars and exactly zero cops. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Ever since that boy got killed, my heart races whenever I see a cop. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “My escort went for a walk hours ago and he hasn’t returned,” she told the cop. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “What the hell do you mean there’s no more food?” a man screamed, and rammed into the nearest cop. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I scrolled through the readers’ comments, mostly sympathy for Nicole, anger that the cops weren’t doing enough. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I gathered up my papers, which the cop had scattered all over the car and onto the sidewalk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I’m that much closer to talking to the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z One cop in all-black paramilitary gear stood in the lookout turret on top, and he surveyed the street as if he were looking for snipers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At least if he gave it to the state cops he was off the hook. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And our bosses. Neither of us was late for work all summer. When we don’t show up this morning, they’ll know something’s wrong. They’ll try to call us, then the hospitals, then the cops.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached in to grab a chocolate, and at that exact moment a mall cop came around the corner and saw me with my arm in up to my shoulder. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Because not only is Christmas coming, but my husband who is a cop will come up here and beat hell out of you if you don’t treat her right.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That way they could alert the crew that cops were creeping, but if the cops questioned them, they could simply say they were calling for a friend and walk away unscathed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then you’re supposed to make up a story whereby you indicate to the cop how much money you have on you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The reserved-seat ticket seller glances at me quickly, and when he realizes I’m not a cop goes back to his business. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I decided to give him a field sobriety test, like the cops do. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z You can just play with your Nerf gun all you want, anywhere you want, and no cop is gonna run up and shoot you. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z One day he was in the hospital and talking to all the cops and FBI agents like the rest of them; the next he was gone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mama gasps—Jus is sure she knows both of those clowns by name—and the cops exchange another glance. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But something is different tonight, something is happening . . . the girls don’t disappear as usual when the cops show up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the third day, the cops brought in the largest man I’d ever seen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I’m sure he’s talking to the cop, who’s telling him everything he didn’t tell me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He said the only people who ever called the cops over a street fight were white people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Brademas is like one of those TV cops in the interrogation cell. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They all watched as a cop roughly ran his hands over Kaisha’s body, lingering far too long on her chest and on her legs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The swastika guy! Brademas busted him this morning. Didn’t you see the cop cars outside?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Someone pulled him up—was it one of the cops?—and his feet ached. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Better yet, a movie star playing a cop. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, sir . . .” “You afraid I’m a cop or something?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cut it out before I ring up the cops,” Miss Annie’s muffled voice cried. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We began to walk back down Allerton Avenue, turning around every few seconds to see the cops, who were still staring at us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t see any police except for the young cop Janice had berated, who was making his way to the spot she had been pointing to. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z What was Mr. Harmon supposed to do if there were cops in the drugstore? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z That way he doesn’t have to see the four armed cops acting as security just yet. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “But you haven’t told us why the state cop brought you,” Andrew repeated. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some cops found a bunch of rods in a warehouse and were trying to figure out what they were. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop took his cash and let him go. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a lot later than I’d ever been up before and I was kind of scared of the cops catching me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Besides, Milton had had enough of cops and their blase attitude. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This is pointless,” Tagoe says in the back of the cop car. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And they would rather see Prince Jones followed by a bad cop through three jurisdictions and shot down for acting like a human. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The cops picked him up this morning in his underwear; he was in the lobby of the Post Office building, waiting to speak to the President. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The cop scans left and right and hears the mechanical voice warning passengers to stand clear of the closing doors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Know where the cops are at all times. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I could be all the way across the country in California and I’d still be white, cops and everyone else would still see me as just a “regular kid,” an “All-American” boy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cop told him to knock it off and said that the girl was to go and he was to stay in his room and wait to be summoned to the police station. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She’d bow first and then ask permission to cop a fly.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And I knew how to keep moving about so as not to attract the attention of any vice squad plainclothes- men or uniformed cops. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It took experience to be able to spot a cop. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the cops yelled, “You men know you can’t get on this train, just go on back to Shantytown and there won’t be no trouble.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I remembered Juan’s warning about calling the cops, but what else could we do? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We had all seen cops get away with far worse, so why would this be any different? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Seriously, dude. The cops told my mom he stepped on ’em while he was sneakin’ around the trailer.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t see another cop as long as I lived, it would be all right with me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z At least ten cop cars arrived, a news van showed up, and the boys who jumped Long and Tate were arrested. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But he was caught in a tight spot, running with a rough crowd, fighting, and getting picked up by the cops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Immediately Nick’s mom appeared in the Rael front yard and started winging pebbles at the state cops, who paid no attention. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No noise, and as long as there’s no noise, cops don’t care. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Getting me to call the cops goes against everything I stand for.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They had one cop who was a brother but he was trailing behind and looked like he was fixing to run any minute. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She could call the cops and I could get taken away. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Three cops got out, slammed closed their doors. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Has this situation made you fearful of cops?” she eventually asks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On the next block, a cop car slowed down and eyed us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Get up!” one of the cops yelled at him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “But he was with the cops, not these guys...” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z By this time the cops were shooting away at that window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean the cops are more suspicious at 4:30 in the morning?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z If a traffic cop pulls you over, do you wonder if it is because of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Later the cop made his report at the station house and gave a description of the unconscious man. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone yelled the cop’s name, and Moss didn’t want to look away, but he couldn’t help it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then if you show late he cops this nasty attitude and puts his mouth on you. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Ma’am, could I speak with you over here?” asks the cop. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She pointed up to the window that the cops had shot out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that girl would grow up to be a master investigator, or at least a cop. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The cops thought the person who had tipped them off deserved the credit, but the neighborhood knew better. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Even though the cop shot the monitor the explosion somehow fried the thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “A sixteen-year-old black boy is dead because a white cop killed him. What else could it be?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Marshall, normally quiet, had told me that the guards respected him because he hadn’t testified against the cop to save his own skin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere I looked, there were desks that were so huge and dark, you could barely see the people sitting behind them, and people moving in and out of offices—mostly cops. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z There will be a guy who steals a thing and puts it in your car and the cops find it—something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But it was dumb to call the cops. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But it started up again when Maniac asked where they were from, and Piper said, “Two Mills,” and Russell said, “Shut up! He might be a cop!” and bopped him good. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands were already up, a reflex from seeing a cop coming toward me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Shut up and stay where you are,” barked the cop at his mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Once I finally got it under control, I said, “Well, listen, if it makes you feel any better, the cops messed my groove up too.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sekani saw cops harass his daddy, but he’s doing so well in school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Get a cop. There’s never a cop when you need one.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Look at me. Is there one of me? Are there two of me? Could you accidentally drive into me if I were a cop car?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z If I tell what happened, the truth, then I can cop a plea to a lesser charge and pull 10 to 15. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour or so after the cops leave, Dad's on his way back to work, and I'm in the kitchen after lunch with Mom, and the phone rings. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I blow past a cop parked on the grass median. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z An old-fashioned cop with a fine red face and a frosty blue eye leaned in toward me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest, blackest, worst cop of them all in Harlem was the West Indian, Brisbane. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we don’t get outta here, the next cop might stop and question us,” Sonny says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes a cop would wake them up and tell them to move, but they’d just find some other place to sleep. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wanda shrieked, and then the first of the cops was upon them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The neighborhood, Jack told us, was full of New York City cops, most of them retired. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mama comes back to the car, she slams her door, starts the engine, and speeds toward the exit, right in front of the cop. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t ask where we were going, where the cop lived. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A handful of cops talk on phones, type on computers, or stand around. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I know. You only like the cops when they’re called on you,” Peck says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “So the cops called for the fire truck—and more police.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She was yelling at a cop and pointing back toward the steps of the church. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop stood and moved in front of Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sirens grew painfully loud, and the first cop car screeched up right alongside where Kevin was lying. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The cop pulled Moss’s shirt down and then knelt next to him, running hands down each of his legs, starting at the top, just inches from his crotch, and squeezing every so often. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I walked the rest of the way home, sticking to the shadows to avoid catching the attention of cops on patrol. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I used to watch American movies where cops would pull people over and say, “You didn’t signal” or “Your taillight’s out.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just knew we had to be out before the cops came. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was busy, cops typing reports, taking complaints, talking on the phone, and I sat there totally unnoticed until Dejesus and Ortiz came back and waited with me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z People saying that my father was a dirty cop and asking why everybody cared so much about me when my dad shot a kid for the same reason years ago. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cop didn’t move at all; he stood statue still. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop kept writing in his thick pad. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She looked to the cop texting in the corner of her office. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The neighbor had caught him, but instead of reporting him to the cops, he made Brian eat the entire jarful as punishment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if she is answering the cop or asking for permission. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And I learned that cops were smarter than I thought on the corner of Laconia Avenue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The cops took turns striking Bucky with their nightsticks, fists, and feet. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z His focus was now on the group of people he’d not been able to see from so far away: a line of imposing cops in riot gear who stood in front of the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops were on the verge of beating the man up when Jones shouted at them to stop. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z That was the last thing Vega and me had wanted—to get dropped off at St. Nick projects by two cops and have everybody see us and start wondering if we had snitched on somebody. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Who was going to call the cops on me? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “We got a report of a man with an automatic weapon,” this cop said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My cousin goes to North. She don’t got cops choking students. And Mr. Barre handed us all copies of textbooks.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The second we hit the parking lot, mall cops were coming at us from every direction, a dozen of them at least. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “And another thing. Julian can call the cops if he wants.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z But when that social worker and the cops leave the house, Mom cuts loose. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cops showed up at our house that night, Mama and Ty'ree were sitting at the dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “Who does he think,” he demanded, sniffing, spasmodically and wiping his nose with the back of his sturdy wrist, “he is, a cop or something?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Anytime the cops asked me questions I started speaking in broken Afrikaans with a thick colored accent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My brother Richie got married at eighteen over Mommy’s objections, divorced, then entered college, and was home on summer break when he got stopped by two cops while walking down the street with a friend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But this case was different, more personal to the cops assigned to it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z About fifteen seconds after his first left turn in this vehicle, Herbie was stopped by a cop who ticketed him for a nonfunctioning blinker signal system, an incident which took the edge off his glow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to say anything that could be interpreted as a threat to a cop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dad loves being a cop. He wanted to be a cop because his dad was a cop.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The cops weren’t likely to keep too much on the look for her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He pushed me through the demonstrators, cops, and bystanders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They rushed in on us, two squad cars with headlights off and cops in the front and back, engines roaring, tires squealing, while we scattered like flies into the junkyard nearby. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re clean,” the cop says, which is a strange piece of fortune. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can cop the money and then let the babes walk.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Another one of her coworkers lifts me and sets me on top of the cop car. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Ask him to give the cops the plate number and tell them that the driver of this vehicle, a black Civic, was acting suspi-ciously in the environs of Valedale Boulevard.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The bearded cop eyed the two rifles warily. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop walked up to my window, asked me the standard cop questions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The cop at the door turned, startled, and yelled, “Halt.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z But there was no sign of the cop who had cornered them, so he kept going. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You guys just sit tight for a minute,” the cop said, and he went around to his door, reached in for the radio and held it up to his mouth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas’s voice was even, the way cops talk to people standing on a ledge threatening to jump. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I ain’t the one fell asleep on the job. It was the cop!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The radio report is confusing—cops say Tariq had on a red bandanna, but T wasn't sporting no colors yesterday. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some people might have been embarrassed at being caught in a lie of omission by a crude cop with a tattoo of a goat on his wrist, but it didn’t bother me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Even with the cops and the university police all over, there's still plenty to worry about after sundown. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few blocks away, a line of cops in riot gear march down the street, followed closely by two tanks with bright lights. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Cops in plain clothes are easy to spot, because they still walk like cops and talk like cops, no matter how much they try not to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The line of cops was now advancing on them in unison. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Whatever the cop's talking about must be why the city's so creepy quiet, she thought. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Took three cops with billy clubs to finally pull him off. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My mom marched us in, and there were two cops on duty at the front desk. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “If you’re not back in an hour,” my sister said, “I’m either telling Mom or calling the cops.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I looked out the window, saw the two cops searching Shea’s bag with the spray-paint cans, and realized that Shea’s strategy was one of the dumbest ideas I had heard in a long time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z But then lining the sidewalk outside the station, blocking the entrance to the turnstiles, was a row of cops in riot gear. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cops reported their own car stolen and found it later on the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My solution is this: If I see wrongs I can’t right I call the cops and roll on. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the cops were coming up into the station? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t have even thought to call the cops. He was just a weirdo.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cops, almost all of them were white, but two of them were black. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cops told me never again to be caught in Grand Central Station unless I had a ticket to ride somewhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop moved behind Moss, and seconds later, he felt a gentle tug on the chain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’d no more than slipped him the gun from my belt when a cop I’d seen about came in the other door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the cops and firemen are coming in the kitchen and saying things I can’t understand and spreading out and kneeling by Diego. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We all knew the cop, O’Brien, and he knew most of us, but we didn’t like him and he didn’t like us. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the road just as two normal-looking cop cars pulled up next to the guy and cut their engines. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The cops and the FBI would hunt him down, rescue the two stolen dogs, send the other mutts to the nearest animal control center, and haul him off to jail. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Tell the cops the truth, and don’t let them put words in your mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He wants it to be clear to the cop that she wasn’t gonna drive so she won’t be in even worse trouble. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I don’t step out because Dray’s words working with the cops are like a giant brick wall that’s been placed in front of me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This cop was shaking us down for a bribe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “You need to watch where you step,” the cop answered. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He risked a glance; it was one of the advancing cops, their hands up, their focus not on any of the students, but on Daley. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I just wanna go to school. Get to basketball. Play. And now I gotta worry about cops running free over our school. How many of us knew that Officer Hull had a temper?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Such has been America’s attitude toward these boys that if one is picked up and confronted in a police cell with ten white cops, he is intimidated almost to the point of confessing anything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We talked about the Knicks and how we were going to cop some tickets for the Garden when the Chicago Bulls came in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The cops respond to the chants with tear gas that blankets the crowd in a white cloud. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z People getting beaten, and sometimes killed, by the cops, and then there’s all this fuss about it, only to build up to a big heartbreak when nothing happens. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z First his own revolver, and now a cop’s. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Bennie’s brother, Vincent, had been killed by the cops on the adjacent corner, just a few steps from his own front door. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The cops were still sitting in their car and one of them called over an emergency guy to see what was happening. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z One of us should just leave the room, say we need to use the bathroom, and call the cops. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “My daddy’s a cop,” he had said as he stood above Moss, his hands balled in fists. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop and Lefty Lewis were standing at the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He watches the cop in his side mirror. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt helped the cop lower another injured victim onto a plastic chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He looked like an actor—like a guy who might play an undercover cop on television. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Some cops bring Daddy out in an orange jumpsuit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She promised she’d make Carlos take us to his cousin Leo’s house because he’s a Chicago cop and might be able to help with Olga. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The ceiling was all shot up from where the cops had been shooting from the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss stumbled forward, his mother yanking him away from cops that had begun to march on the others. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You know, some people think the cop was justified. They say he was just doing his job,” I said, darting my eyes from the TV to my mother. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the squad car veered close to the curb and rolled along slowly beside me I knew what was coming before the cop opened his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Reg reached out and grabbed the edge of the metal detector, but the cop yanked him free. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She saw one of the cops who patrolled the Bridge coming toward them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Buses, taxis and limos swarmed through the skyways, patrolled by cops in night-black cars that reflected no light. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The other talk was about what to do if a cop stopped me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And what made the cop think he was a drug dealer? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cop glanced at his partner, then hooked his baton back onto his belt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop had a bit of pencil clutched in his big paw and he was painfully making small notes in a small notebook. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop’s expression changed, morphed into shock and confusion. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z However, if the cops show up they are given to flight. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “If he sees a cop car, he’ll just start killing people.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z None of the cops in the station looked in their direction, but many of the protestors glanced over at Moss’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Ne-gro, please. If I kill Tyrone, I’m going to prison. If a cop kills me, he’s getting put on leave. Maybe.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A cop as white as Chris points a gun at me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The friendly cop lifted his eyebrows and pushed his cap back on his head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One day, I remember, we were sitting on the park bench when all these cops rolled up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This new Vega in the back of the cop car with me, he was somebody I hadn’t met yet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He thought so too, and he pointed out that the cop could do anything he wanted, it wouldn’t change the fact that she’d gotten her beating. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Then why are you sitting in a cop car?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z All of them began to slowly back up, and Moss hoped desperately that they could find a way past the cops who still stood motionless in a line by the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Even fishier, according to the medical examiners, there was a two-hour gap between the estimated time of death and when the cop called it in. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Behind her, I catch a glimpse of cops unraveling a long stretch of yellow ribbon with the word CAUTION. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “No,” he says, grabbing his coat from the hook and looking as if he’s going to ask the cops. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, one of those pretend cops comes by in his little golf cart and tells me to head home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I had stood up to a white bus driver and two white cops. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As he got closer, he noticed that the engine was running, and that the two cops inside were murmuring into their walkie-talkies. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And after dark in Chicago, the place is loaded with cops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If that cop hadn’t murdered that boy, people wouldn’t have rioted, the daycare wouldn’t have burned down, and the church wouldn’t have let Jay go. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Wanda kept her eyes on the cops by the entrance to the administration building, and he swore that he could feel the rage pumping through her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Man, don’t tell me spirits are like cops...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We were just at the top of the stairs fixing to go down again, when the first cop stopped quick and I looked to see what he was looking at. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew that it didn’t matter that these two cops were Hispanic, cops are a race unto themselves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He gestures to the two cops standing at their squad car. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The boss cop said,“You lily-livered rats,” and it was like someone said, “On your mark, get set, go!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Mr. Haddock, this is the police,” said the cop in the car across the street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A voice on the cop’s radio cut through the static. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z But all the cops I’d ever seen were white so I knew this guy must be a soldier. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z One of the cops came over to us. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss’s instinct kicked in and his eyes darted down to the cop’s badge: TORRES. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The second cop’s baton caught Bucky on the chin and jerked him back up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He had undoubtedly shot someone in a psychotic rage, maybe a child, maybe a cop, maybe more than one person. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, the cops had tried to keep the jumper’s name quiet, but soon everybody was talking about the lady who jumped. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Or could the lack of a pinch be more accurately attributed to the fact that the off-duty cops simply pocketed Devine’s dough, parked in a deserted place, and logged eight hours of shut-eye every night? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The doors slid open, and more cops in black riot gear poured out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I gulp, because she's really got a grip, and if she's going to try to get this guy to call a cop or something, then I'm going to have to work to get loose. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And he occasionally carried out strong-arm tactics for the cops and their allies, who either paid him in hard cash for his trouble, or else sometimes in confiscated hard drugs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop opened his car door, allowing himself out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I looked into the crowd, trying to focus upon their faces, hearing someone yell, "Here come the cops," and others answering, "Let 'em come!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I look over my shoulder expecting everybody to be chasing us down with bats or the cops, but it isn’t either. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The second cop car cruised slowly down the street, lights flashing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He smiled at the cop, thankful for who had his back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For half an hour, the cops and government thugs tried everything to shackle my father’s hands, and each time, they failed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “The detective said she’ll be tested today. At the lockdown hospital. A prolonged psychiatric evaluation. If they declare her sane, she goes to juvenile detention. According to the detective, she’ll likely cop a plea.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A third cop gathered the stuff left behind and gestured for the cheerleader to enter the main office. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But if they were in a taxi, I would always tell the cabbie, “The Apollo Theater in Harlem, please,” since among New York City taxis a certain percentage are driven by cops. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We have to leave the old lady's place because you never know, the cops might come knocking on each door. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He bandages cuts and bruises, passes the time of day with cops, and since a good half of the girls are Christian Scientists, reads aloud his share of Science and Health on a Sunday morning. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I found him a place closer to my tomatoes but hidden by somebody's com, so the cops wouldn't see him sacked out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of seconds before the cop had thrown the guy to the sidewalk and pressed him face-first into the concrete. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cop on the beat came rushing up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been in cop mode since his colleagues arrived. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cops wouldn’t talk or nothing, they just kept piling Flint’s Hooverville into the fire. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Thoughts of Blanca, the pastor, the cops, Bodega raced through my mind like the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "Nothing happens to me. I walked alone all one night and nothing happened except a bicycle cop stopped me and asked to see my papers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At first I thought it was a cop and a shoeshine boy; then there was a break in the traffic and across the sun-glaring bands of trolley rails I recognized Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I overheard the cop and the other guy going back and forth with nothing getting across, so I stepped in and translated for them and sorted everything out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z O'BRIEN And if there were no cops in there, what was he supposed to do? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the cops started firing tear gas into the crowd. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I was hoping those two cops that gave me and Vega a ride home wouldn’t show their faces. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z What if that cop thought I had a gun?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The cop looked impatient; the last thing she needed was another invalid on her hands. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I saw myself, gun in hand, standing tall over the cop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The cop wasn’t a security guard, the weaponless kind with the iron-on badges. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Our side was getting bigger and bigger and the other cops started looking nervous. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Look, suppose a cop whacks me over the head and I suffer a brain concussion. Suppose I’m nuts after that? Can I write then? What will I have proven?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You get maybe one cop for a car accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The cop nodded and walked back toward his cruiser, where he met his partner coming back from the bus. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t say something right, and now that cop’s not getting arrested. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It seemed Nathan was on his way somewhere when the cops stopped him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The only people who work on televison now are cops, doctors, and lawyers, and they’re so busy they seldom get to go home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Two ambulances, a cop car, and a fire truck speed by, lights flashing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z No one in blue, no cops that he could see. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z There was some talk about the cops making us lie down on the ground. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two big, beefy- faced Irish cops came in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time she called 911, she was going to request cops who wouldn't send her alone into an occupied building. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Wes hurriedly smoothed the shirt down and put his hands in the air, not wanting the cops to think he was armed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z His hat wasn’t a cop hat or a soldier hat, it was the kind of cap men wore who drive fancy cars for rich folks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t torture, Shadow thought, just punctuation: I'm the bad cop. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “If we had killed that cop they would have rounded up all the men in town and cut off their heads and hung them from their patrol car antennas.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The stocky cop drew his nightstick and jammed the tip into Bucky’s stomach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z But I hadn’t, and now Ms. Faraci was going to wave that thing in the air until someone copped to leaving it on my desk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But why had he resisted the cop anyway? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a phone anyways, so I couldn’t even call the cops if something bad happened. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z After what I told the cops, I’m not sure what’s left to “investigate.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Why should they escape all punishment for their crimes? That’s not justice. What if the cops had nabbed two kids from Tangerine for robbing our houses? They’d be in jail now.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He took some papers from his pocket and handed them to the cop. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I mean those particular cops were so dumb it was pathetic. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Moss and his friends watched, frozen in place, as two cops clad in all black chased after the fleeing students, one of them with a baton raised in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cop told him he was going to book him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The cops grouped the boys together, lined them up against a fence, and demanded to know which of them had jettisoned the bag, which later turned out to be filled with quinine, not heroin. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their father, too, seemed uneasy around policemen; whenever a cop car was behind them in traffic, he kept looking at the rearview mirror and insisting on silence in the car so he could think. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Before I know it, I’m walking to my house with the cop. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z "That you, Rinehart, my man?" the cop who was not driving said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Others offered less charitable impressions, dubbing Harvey "a bloated alcoholic with the manners of a comically corrupt cop." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I swore every set of car tires I heard on the street was the cops scouring the neighborhood looking for us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “The cops were harassing him, but he’s okay now. Aren’t you?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Through the haze of semiconsciousness, I was expecting a cop, but instead I got... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Charlie’s a cop, remember? I was raised to abide by traffic laws. Besides, if you turn us into a Volvo pretzel around a tree trunk, you can probably just walk away.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Which was it, by truck or by cart?” the children sometimes asked her on their way to play cops and robbers in the alley. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Those cops are here to make sure that I don’t get jumped by the Latin Diablos. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The cops investigated, but neither Don Little nor anyone else ever said a word about what everyone assumed to be true. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything is fine, but I have something crazy to tell you. Did you know the cops are looking for another guy from your neighborhood with your name for killing a cop?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “And I want to talk to the cop who saw her die.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I look at the clock and wonder what cop at the Mount Pitts police station would be willing to sit down and deal with this. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The cops tried to crack down and one night caught four of us dividing up cases of the stolen wine on a dead-end street. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t say much to the cops, but I did manage to give them my parents’ names and phone numbers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Violet. Like, when people start breaking windows and beating each other up, and they have to call in the cops. A riot. You know. Riot?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the cops put the handcuffs on him and lead him away, I say to Marv, “Now do you see?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “One time he had a party, and when the cops came I shimmied out his window. I’m pretty sure it’s the same window.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z What could she do—go to the cops? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been where the wake for the Young Lord Julio Roldan was held after the cops had arrested him, killed him, and then claimed he hanged himself in his cell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Gomersindo Leyba said, “Knowing Bud, he probably rented his living room out at six dollars an hour to that state cop.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He bandages cuts and bruises, passes the time of day with cops, and since a good half of the girls are Christian Scientists, reads aloud his share of Science and Health on a Sunday morning. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The cop turned back around and began to write something on a clipboard. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Talking to Ms. Rosalie may be harder than talking to the cops, honestly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The cop stepped closer, cutting off my view. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The agent turned to face the cop who entered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “You haven’t asked my child about that cop yet,” Momma says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Look, kookie, move it. I don’t want no trouble with the cops.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "There's nobody here," the cop said to Eleanor, shining his light in her direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Are you okay?” one of the cops said again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Again she called the police, and the cops who showed up this time actually knew Abel. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I figured we’d still get there eventually—long as we kept ducking the cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z You go through this elaborate dance with the cop where you say the thing without saying the thing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just as bad was the chance another player could cop a whack from one of my artificial legs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The two cops walked slowly along the muddy walk and through a gate to their car. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I think the tribal cops might have looked the other way if my father had decided to strangle Gerald. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z "I can see that," said the smaller cop. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some more cop cars came and before you turned around there’s about seven cars and a whole mess of people milling around 145th Street, trying to figure out what was going on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Or else the cops already knew about his criminal record. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Mr. Elliot has already declared this a bust,” Mr. Jacobs insisted to the cop, still out of breath. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Shemar's family and friends say he was a good dude, headed to college, active in his youth group...but the cop claims he caught Shemar trying to steal a car. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z George wondered if his name was on that list the cops had found in the cabinet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve stepped over the bodies in the hallways, seen strong guys turn weak and cops spread sheets over brothers in the gutter. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The cop paused to listen, then ran back to the street and disappeared around a corner, headed south. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Except we never get pulled over, because no one, including the cops themselves, would put it past Brick to ice a cop to get himself out of a ticket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Okay,” one of the cops said on his way out, “be more careful.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Spotting a black policeman, the boys pulled him down to Twenty-Ninth Street and told their story in front of everyone, including the white cop working the Twenty-Ninth Street beach, Officer Daniel Callahan. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The cop growled at Moss and struggled to free something from his belt in the process. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The gruff cop pointed first to a hairy stretch of wrist beyond his uniform's cuff, then to his pink, hairless palm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z See, last year a kid was murdered by a cop just a few streets away from my grandparents’ house. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My shoulder ached where one of the cops had kicked me, but it was nothing compared to the knot of fear in my stomach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Then, turning to the cop, Dad says, "Officer, is there something else you need to search for?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got ourselves a li’l radical, Maverick. All on the news, throwing tear gas at the cops.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ellis would probably cry and turn him into the D.A.R.E. cops. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z There's always been cops hanging around, looking askance at everyone. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He’s been a cop for as long as Khalil was alive, and I wonder if in some sick twist of fate Khalil was only born for this man to kill. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “All right. Fine. We’ll think of something else. That place will be swarming with cops anyway.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe she can't imagine needing a cop for anything other than a car accident. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It occurred to me then that this cop was the first visitor I’d ever had in my apartment in all the time I’d lived there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cops, the jail, how she missed Grace’s soccer game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The cops who shot that kid in the park didn’t even ask him any questions, Amari said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Take them shoes off before I call the cops, but we just run. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then do I get up and back away from him, making sure to hold out my hands so that the cops can see them clearly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Put your teeth back in your head, boy, 'fore I knock ’em out,” the stockier cop said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He was unconscious when a cop found him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy, no older than sixteen, darted his head back and forth, apparently looking for cops, customers, or both. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Mom said the bomber had given a “message” to the cops. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “We locked it up last night after the cops left,” I said. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z When I was a cop: always came whenever he was either defending cops or insulting teenagers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly, lights flooded the yard, cops swarming, gathering drunken revelers as they came. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Gang members, housewives, whiskey swillers, beat cops, politicians, and butchers: each had a role to play, an axe to grind, and a deep loyalty to their own in the community that was Packingtown. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I drowned in recollection of the cop’s hateful look, the way he’d shoved my face into the ground. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I just told you I was trying to cop. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Mei-li and the cave and getting chased by the cops and Mong saying I was his best friend and then going swimming and me staring through the Mexican border at the kid selling clay suns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "So that's why the cop was here. Can you get arrested for hiding your real name?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I should, if I were going to stay in character, find an emergency room after work and try to cop a little charitable care. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops had been lifting some young dude through the front doors and he had fell, I guess. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “If you’re not back in an hour,” my sister said, “I’m either telling Mom or calling the cops.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There were plenty of cops there, and Alex went to one to ask where the buses to Yankee Stadium left from. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Joey spread her arms out to the side like a traffic cop and stood between Momma and Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “She said she’d call the cops on me if I refused.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I had passed right out in front of the cops. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The place was miles back from where we were, but cops can spread the word about what happens in different places mad quick through their system. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z One of the cops dragged the big clothes-washing pot over to the side and stuck his pistol down in it and shot four more times. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Them bad boys were clean enough for a cop to harass me just for having them on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The cops pushing his head down into the police car. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He pulls up to the curb and lets the cop pass, holding his breath, waiting to see if the car circles the block. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He was also the cop who had shown up last fall when there was a hurt goose on the recess field. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I could see a foyer and a big chandelier and a cop on guard. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I had been around long enough either to know or to spot instinctively most regular detectives and cops, though not the narcotics people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are the cops here? Did they...like, apologize?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “But you know, that one network gotta complain, saying you put them cops in danger.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was the cop that I'd passed on Forty-third a few minutes before. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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