Marcus isn’t so lucky. He pivots, trying to see what’s coming at him, but in that same moment, a rioter lunges into the street beside him, heaving a bent-up metal bike frame over Marcus’s head—right at the cops. They jump and scatter but one’s not quick enough. The bike smashes into his shins, felling him. Another goes after the rioter. The third cop comes at us. Marcus gets caught in melee. A baton crashes down on his shoulder, bringing him to his knees. Through the black-clad legs of the officers, I see his mouth open in a scream, his arms go up, swinging wildly. The baton comes down again.
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