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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

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But look a little deeper, and the state’s refusal to drop the stop-and-frisk protest cases over the course of nearly two years is highly symbolic, because there’s a key legal issue buried in the case. “The question is,” says Daniella Korotzer, who represents some of the protesters, “do the police have a right to just tell you to move no matter what? And can you be arrested if you refuse?”

— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple

Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 129)