Do you still have faith in the American justice system?

Do you still have faith in the American justice system?
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I haven’t had faith in the justice system for a long time. My first real world encounter with a police officer involved having a gun pointed at me while I was threatened about what would happen if I tried fighting the ticket in court. But at least the boys in blue revealed their true colors right from the start.
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