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Leroy Is Guilty

LeRoy is Guilty By Elton Camp That LeRoy is guilty there can be no doubt That was well established when he went out He dared to look around as he walked along Although in the neighborhood he did belong Maybe if he’d shuffled and looked at his feet Then a sad fate he wouldn’t have had to meet Also, he was dressed in an intimidating way Although it was overcast and rainy that day But LeRoy had his parents’ permission Therefore, he set out on his little mission To walk over to the neighborhood store A thing he’d done many times before Having left his home, he didn’t come back LeRoy was guilty of walking while black

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Date: 7/18/2013 8:43:00 PM
I really like the way you wrote this. Terrible tragedies seem to be occurring a lot these days, but then that seems to happen periodically. When things just seem worse than the year before.
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