"Pre-trial Detention" → We locked you up before proving anything.

'Pre-trial detention' sounds like a necessary procedure. The translation: locking up legally innocent people because they're poor. The largest group in American jails? People awaiting trial.

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"Officer-Involved Shooting" → A cop shot someone, but we won't blame them.

"Civil Asset Forfeiture" → We took your stuff without a trial. Good luck getting it back.

"Resisting Arrest" → We needed an excuse to use violence.

"Routine Traffic Stop" → An excuse to pull over and search you.

The dictionary of police encounters that officials don't share. Four phrases that sound procedural but mask troubling realities. Notice how many appear in your local news?

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We’ll stay
Forever this way

Me and Law School ATM
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The GOP Plots to Remove Federal Judges America's legal system is sacred. It's also the last thing standing in the way of the MAGA party procuring unfettered power in a divided country.

GOP Plots to Remove Federal Judges

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Should States Fund Religious Charter Schools? The Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments in St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond without Justice Amy Coney Barrett; states nationwide eagerly await decision.

Should States Fund Religious Charter Schools?

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Should States Fund Religious Charter Schools?

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It does have big words like “unreasonable” and “domestic tranquility” #constitutionallaw #usconstitution #legalspeak

Just wrote a paper on all the reasons this EO is unconstitutional - spoiler alert, there are a lot

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