That the Freemans were African American was something that seemed to be mentioned in every news report, every article, and every social media post that Henry read about their personal tragedy. Nothing like the shooting had ever happened in their neighborhood before, each report would quote people as saying. It felt as though the writers were implying that the Freemans’ blackness had something to do with the violence that had been visited upon them, despite the fact that they lived in a wealthy enclave already brimming with temptation for anyone willing to hedge their bets against private
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