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I couldn’t read her expression; probably I had insulted her She turned, moved toward the upstairs staircase, and paused

"This is the second ti silently up the carpeted steps

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"Rushmore McKenzie, this assassin in blue, this killer of children," the minister chants from behind his podium

Benjaun against un Put your hands in the air"

"This is just another example of the racism that is rampant in the St Paul Police Department," the minister says

There’s a S him to drop it Instead, he raises his hands slowly--slowly--slowly--slowly The gun is nearly level with his chest when I squeeze the trigger

"Proof--as if we need any further proof--that it is iet justice in a white man’s court"

The iainst the convenience store

The woman screams

The man shouts an obscenity

"There is no hope in the system for people of color," thea hard ti on the lake Up North where I built my cabin Each tiain Finally, G K rested a gentle hand on my shoulder I opened ht she was an angel

"Are you all right?" she asked

An ice pack, the contents o, slid to the hardwood floor as I pushedposition on G K’s sofa I stretched, slowly, purposefully Every muscle felt like a rubber band that was extended to the breaking point--a littlebehind my eyes, and e, unruly ocean Yet as stiff and achy as I felt, I kneould be much worse later It’s been my experience that the body doesn’t hurt nearly as much the day after as it will the day after the day after

"Are you all right?" G K said