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William Rivers Pitt | Random Notes From the Police State

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Contrary to a number of addle-brained pontifications offered by people who have never set foot in the 617 area code, we were not 'cowering in our homes,' and Boston was not transformed into a 'police state,' and it was not 'martial law.'"

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