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  • The Marshall Project

    I’m 31. I’m a Lawyer. And I’m Still Getting Stopped by the Police.

    “Despite everything I have accomplished, this is still happening to me.”
    by David Ourlicht as told to Margo Snipe Jul 12, 2019 5 minutes

    Late one afternoon in March 2018, I had just left work to meet a friend in Brooklyn when cops stopped me on the street. I had just graduated from law school, so I knew enough to keep my mouth shut. I invoked my rights, but it didn't matter. They still tried to get me to admit to something I didn't do.

    After seven long hours in the precinct, they told me I could leave without charging me with anything. I had a big test coming up the next morning—the MPRE, the professional ethics portion of the bar exam. By the time I returned home from the precinct around 2 a.m., I couldn’t sleep. I was still going on adrenaline.

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