271:. In the interview, in which the news organization asked him about his previous use of racial slurs, Rosen stated that he is Jewish and that "I said it, but I'm not apologizing for it. Because, you know, people say that word has power. I mean, I don't think making Holocaust or Jew jokes has any power." Rosen has repeatedly used racist epithets at the men that he meets in his sting operations.
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overturned the man's conviction due to concerns regarding the credibility of the witnesses and another evidence-related issue that, the court stated, "severely prejudiced ability to defend" himself. Rosen and his team were detained by police during the incident.
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