King, saying that he’s a scholarship student at Braselton Preparatory Academy, is ranked fourth in his class, is captain of the debate team, has high test scores, and believes he has a bright future “despite growing up in a ‘bad’ area.” Unfortunately, though, “none of that mattered” the night before, when Officer Castillo arrested him. Martin Luther King, Jr., explaining that he admires the way Dr. Transitioning from the scene of Justyce’s arrest, Nic Stone gives readers a glimpse of Justyce’s diary, in which he writes a letter to Dr. Justyce tries to explain that he was only helping Melo, but Castillo punches him in the face and tells him not to “say shit,” calling him a “punk ass” who “couldn’t resist the pretty white girl who’d locked her keys in her car.” Just then, a police car drives up and a white officer named Tommy Castillo jumps out and grabs Justyce, handcuffing him and slamming his head against the car. Still, he takes her keys and maneuvers her into the backseat. He knows Melo is drunk and wants to make sure she won’t drive, but she tells him to go away when he finds her. He’s wearing a hooded sweatshirt and is on his way to find Melo, his ex-girlfriend. Seventeen-year-old Justyce McAllister walks through a wealthy neighborhood outside Atlanta, Georgia one night.
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