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The 57-year-old comedian has long felt his statements about the Kirk shooting were misconstrued.

"There is less room for error and you don't want to say anything that could be misconstrued and that can be hard to think about constantly," she says.

In a statement, a lawyer for the city contends that the ruling “misconstrues the city’s obligations.”

"This is how it has been misconstrued, or manipulated to make some cheap, political point," said Robinson.

Sworn declarations filed in federal court Wednesday also protest the claims against some detainees, stating that benign tattoos were misconstrued as evidence of gang affiliation.