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The right to be obnoxious
It was August 27, 2004, the Friday night before the Republican National Convention was coming to New York City. I was dating Danny and he liked bikes, so I joined him on the monthly Critical Mass bike ride around Manhattan.
Later, as the officer put on the plastic-flexi cuffs, I shouted, “What are you doing? This [...]
Pushing Off: the right to be obnoxious
Pushing Off
Dissent is at the heart of democracy. But I never want to be cuffed, starved, intimidated by the cops again.
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