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It's The Racism. And More.

It's The Racism. And More.

I was arrested and thrown in jail for a supposedly suspended driving license. The police in America are completely out of control.

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by Rich Herschlag

Late one afternoon in February 2006 I was driving south on Broadway in Manhattan when a patrol car got behind my 12-year-old gray Saturn and flashed its lights. I pulled over and watched a lone NYPD officer emerge from the patrol car and approach. I couldn’t fathom what I had done to deserve this. I wasn’t speeding—either a minute earli…

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