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The statement they did not take

Tess had told the story three times before anyone opened a case form. At the front desk, an officer said she could bring a relative to translate. She wrote that she wanted an interpreter. He pushed the paper back and asked whether she had actually heard a threat. She underlined SAW. The trouble was not that she lacked words. The desk had decided which words counted before arranging a way to receive hers.

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Coercion, threatened confinement, financial misconduct and exploitation.

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