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A Writer Rants About Pro Bono.   Not quite; but the rationale is similar enough.  How dare you not represent me for free?  I often ask people for copies of tax returns.  "You ever given any money to charity?   Volunteer anywhere?  Do you even give blood?"  It's always those who have done the least for humanity who demand that lawyers represent that particular human, for free. "Want to Complain About a Cop? Better Bring Your I.D. ? And Maybe A Toothbrush."  I know my rights. Unless a camera is rolling, I'm unlikely to assert them.  I know who wins.  N.P.  and I had a Henry Gates-like encounter with a fat-necked, 22-year-old cop who had his hand on a gun, ready to draw,  after we had returned to N's law office to shut the alarm off.  Amusing story, in hindsight; though I was pulling up local news stations in the event the cop shot N...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).