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Former Prosecutor Gets Himself Arrested to Investigate the Justice System

Why does a white guy in a suit have to do to get arrested around here? Former prosecutor Bobby Constantino was determined to find out. When multiple police officers declined to arrest him for openly carrying graffiti tools–a misdemeanor that young men of color get stopped for routinely–Constantino tagged City Hall in full view of the police and they still wouldn’t arrest him. He had to turn himself in. 

[Photo credit: larrylorca, Creative Commons.]