“I think the very people—the very government—who was supposed to be protecting them instead kept failing them, kept abusing their power.” My throat tightened, and I had this feeling like I should stop talking—stop confessing to a feeling that hit so close to home. But I couldn’t. Like there was something in him that drew out the truth from me. “I think they felt trapped by the very system that was supposed to fight for them... and anger is just one symptom of becoming a prisoner.”
