Ask HN: Have you ever spoken truth to power?

A year and a half ago I heard of Arizona’s chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Kris Mayes, going on a “listening tour”. She was taking 3-minute statements from the public.My statement said, essentially, ‘I too am concerned. But people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.’ I opened with a brief history of federal protections for US citizens’ civil rights, then transitioned to how modern America's civil rights crimes are perpetrated against those who can't afford an expensive attorney to represent them.I next made the case that federal intervention to protect Arizona citizens' fundamental rights is more important than ever: “Modern Arizona’s protection racket is particularly vicious to women who make the mistake of trusting their doctor.” [0]My first example was the passenger who could have been anyone’s grandmother. The second could have been anyone’s daughter. Both women were punished for having health problems that were exacerbated by their trusted doctors’ prescriptions.My statement did NOT make the AAG’s highlight reel.Technically protection rackets are one of the businesses of organized crime. When a government perpetrates crimes against its own people, those…