{"id":1888,"date":"2020-07-11T03:33:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T07:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:18:10","slug":"stars-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1888","title":{"rendered":"Stars Behind Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stone’s sentence commuted.
\nJustice again looted.
\nPrinciples jack-booted.
\nConvictions rerouted.
\nWhite collar crooks, relax.
\nThe Don has got your backs.
\nHe’ll cover all your tracks,
\nand shield you to the max.
\nFeel free to cheat and lie.
\nNo one will blink an eye.
\nThere’ll be no case to try.
\nNo court that he can’t buy.
\nAnd no amount of oversight
\ncan fix a system tilted white.
\nIt won’t be fair to black\u00a0or brown.
\nWe must start over. Tear it down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stone’s sentence commuted. Justice again looted. Principles jack-booted. Convictions rerouted. White collar crooks, relax. The Don has got your backs. He’ll cover all your tracks, and shield you to the max. Feel free to cheat … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1836,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1836","url_meta":{"origin":1888,"position":0},"title":"No More Castling","author":"Rick Young","date":"June 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jesus monkeys on a downhill slide. Everybody who's not white had better get inside. 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