Tensions mounted, and I was once again transported back in time as city officials debated whether to arrest the boys or put them in jobs programs, or maybe even issue citations to their parents. I couldn’t help but worry about what was around the corner in a moment when Black death and suffering were more visible than ever, when calls to end police brutality still went unanswered, when nearly twenty-nine thousand Black Americans were dead from COVID and almost one-third of Black Americans knew someone who’d died from the illness, when mass evictions were threatening to further destabilize
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