This is an I-Heart podcast.

This is our American stories.

And up next, it's time for our rule of law series, where we tell stories about what happens

when the rule of law is present or absent in our lives. And we tell these stories because

what we have here in this country, my goodness, the rights we have, the interests that are protected

from our property rights, which are very important, write down to our most basic civil

rights from free speech, and right through the criminal procedure rights, which are very important, write down to our most basic civil rights from free speech,

and right through the criminal procedure rights, the right to an attorney and the right to a speedy trial.

These are not normal things in other places around the world, and our founders, well, it's their work that enshrined these rights and the separation of powers that created this

great country.

And that's why we tell these rule of law stories.

And up next, our own Monty Montgomery, with a rule of law story you won't believe.

James King was born and raised in Michigan.

And that's where our story begins in the state's second largest city, Grand Rapids.

Summer of 2014, I was, I think, 21 years old at the time, going to school at Grand Valley State University.

I had an internship at a place called The Geek Group. I also had a summer job as a low voltage technician.

I got out of that job a little bit early that day.

I stopped at my house for, made some lunch, and then I walked to my internship.

It was only about six blocks away, but I didn't make it there.

I didn't make it all six blocks.

I made it about four blocks, and then I was stopped by two plainclosed men who had asked me who I was.

When they asked me who I was, I'm perhaps being a little bit naive, but I've always been a little bit pro-social, so I told them who I was.

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