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Read this excerpt from "It's My Constitutional Right!"One cop grabbed one of my hands and his partner grabbed the other and they pulled me straight up out of my seat. My books went flying everywhere. I went limp as a baby--I was too smart to fight back. They started dragging me backwards off the bus. One of them kicked me. I might have scratched one of them because I had long nails, but I sure didn't fight back. I kept screaming over and over, "It's my constitutional right!" I wasn't shouting anything profane--I never swore, not then, not ever. I was shouting out my rights.The police report of this event states that Claudette kicked and scratched the police officers. How can the reader trust that Claudette's version of the story is accurate?The reader can trust that the author likes Claudette more than the police and writes kindly about her.The reader can trust that the author wants to hide the truth about Claudette's behavior.The reader can trust that the author believes that Claudette had a right to fight back.The reader can trust that the author has consulted many primary sources and confirmed that Claudette's story is true.
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