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thenewgreen · 4774 days ago · link · · parent · post: Thoughts on video "Controversy heats up over Pro-Israeli ad in Times Square"

First of all it IS ABSOLUTELY her right to know what she is being arrested for. It's my guess that with good representation she will be exonerated. As for what I think of the video? Fuck the posters painting the non-israeli arabs as somehow less civilized as the Israelis. If the interaction of these two women is any metaphor for the two "states", then I'd say the non-israeli's seem the civilized group. She maintained her composure FAR better than I would have and the woman with the camera seemed nuts.

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cgod · 4773 days ago · link ·

You have no right to know what you are being arrested for in the U.S. You have the right to be held for a limited time if no charges are filed against you.

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thenewgreen · 4773 days ago · link ·

Thanks cgod. I had thought I remembered reading this as a "right" in the Jay-Z 99 problems post recently. Turns out I misread it.

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cgod · 4773 days ago · link ·

A good friend of mine is getting his criminal justice degree with the motivation of being an informed individual instead of being a cop. There are many things we think we know about police interactions that are wrong.

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thenewgreen · 4772 days ago · link ·

I'd imagine it's a fantastic education to get and if not, a good friend to have.