At the court I approach the bailiff to ensure Monte’s on the docket. Monte Cullors? she asks. Yes, I say. She looks over some materials and disappears for a moment and then returns and looks me in my face. I want to warn you: your brother is in really bad condition. It’s very alarming. Her affect is flat. I don’t know what to think. What do you mean, I ask? He’s on a gurney, she says. She pauses. He is strapped down, she continues. Restrained, she says. And also, she continues, using the same flat tone, his face is covered with a spit net, she concludes. This woman, who perhaps has a brother
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