Land of the Free
“How do you tell when a lawyer is lying?” Harvey Kash, 69, asked Carl Lanzisera, 65, as the two were waiting in line to enter the courthouse in Hempstead, N.Y. “His lips are moving!” they said in unison. The men, founders of the group “Americans for Legal Reform”, then told another well-practiced joke. A man ahead of them in line turned and “shouted” at them, Kash said, saying “Shut up, I’m a lawyer.” The attorney reported them to court personnel, who had the men arrested on disorderly conduct charges. “They were being abusive and they were causing a disturbance,” a court officer says. “We were outside on the street,” Kash responds. A civil rights attorney has offered to represent the men and fight the charge. (New York Newsday) ...How can you tell when a reform group is successful? When their story gets sympathetic worldwide press coverage.
Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11