About this episode

Joe and Rya discuss the implications of a Kansas law regarding gender markers on IDs and the consequences faced by Kris Ripper during a traffic stop.

Kris Ripper changed the gender marker on her license because Kansas law required it. Then a rainy night traffic stop over her headlights turned into a ten minute interrogation and the threat of jail time, all for doing exactly what the state told her to. Joe and Rya trace how a law sold as making IDs accurate for police did the exact opposite the first time it met the real world, and ask the question underneath it: what are these laws actually protecting when obeying them is what puts you in ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Rya

Topics covered

• law
• identity
• police
• interrogation
• legal issues

Keywords

• gender marker
• Kansas law
• traffic stop
• interrogation
• jail time

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kansas

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