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Elie Mystal

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Justice Correspondent: @thenation. Alfred Knobler Fellow: @typemediacenter Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort

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linkhttps://www.thenation.com/authors/elie-mystal/ calendar_today15-05-2009 22:47:11

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One of the first changes I'd make if I was allowed to write a new constitution would be to prohibit the police from lying.

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Just an FYI for people referencing the Civil Rights Movement as the ideal and legal means of protesting, students sitting in at lunch counters, in movie theaters, in bus terminals and marching in public parks were violating laws and ordinances and agents of the state were also…

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Ronnie Colvin, MS, CFP® Cotton: 'Do you hate America?'
Me: 'No, I'm quite fond of Montreal.'
Cotton: 'The UNITED STATES of America?'
Me: 'Define 'hate'?'
Cotton: 'Do you think the USA was a good idea?'
Me: 'It's better than the Confederacy your ancestors fought for, is that the question?'

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I’d also add that intimate-partner violence survivors are routinely arrested because, as with many things in the U.S., the only thing we have on offer for hard problems is criminalization and incarceration.

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Tom Cotton: 'Is the sky blue?'
Me: 'I don't have to answer that.'
Cotton: 'Are you aware, Mr. Mystal, that the sky is blue?'
Me: 'I'm aware that when visible light reaches our atmosphere it scatters as it interacts with gas particles.'

I wouldn't give that man an inch.

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