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Nicole McClure was arrested for driving under the influence,

then began a 24-hour ordeal in the criminal justice system at a time

when she was in desperate need of medical care.

Photograph: Chona Kasinger

The New York Times

Officers Charged Her With Drunken Driving.

But Her Brain Was Bleeding.

Nicole McClure said she spent hours in a jail cell, enduring taunts,

until a delayed medical check revealed

that she had a life-threatening problem with her brain.

NYT

February 18, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/
us/washington-woman-dui-arrest-brain-bleed.html

irony        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/13/
law-press-and-publishing-elton-john-libel-guardian 

weaponize irony        USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/
990274685/how-extremists-weaponize-irony-to-spread-hate

ironical

sarcasm        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/
1194336368/the-adults-review-grown-siblings

sarcastic        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/08/
g-s1-16077/3-columbia-deans-resign-over-texts-that-touched-on-antisemitic-tropes

mocking        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/08/
g-s1-16077/3-columbia-deans-resign-over-texts-that-touched-on-antisemitic-tropes

taunt        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/
us/politics/biden-trump-taunts.html

taunts        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/
us/washington-woman-dui-arrest-brain-bleed.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/
1198910134/trump-brings-back-birtherism-taunts

endure taunts        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/
us/washington-woman-dui-arrest-brain-bleed.html

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