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Journal entry 1 I saw that there was another riot today in the streets it consisted of the upper classes. They were mad because me and a few others because we go to the same school. One of them spotted me when I was looking at them when I was walking down the street. I turned and ran as fast as I could dodging into the alley by Teds grocery. Now that I think of it I should have ran the other way when I first saw them. Soon after the boy saw me he yelled out to let the rest of the group know. I was almost in the alley before the boy called out to the rest of his peers. I felt the adrenaline spike when I saw a fence blocking my path. The group of boys rounded the corner while I was trying to climb the fence. I can here the boys panting behind me and I climbed the fence even faster. I felt the first of there hands touch my foot when I grabbed the top of the fence. Then one of the taller boys grabbed my bag and ripped my …show more content…
At the diner we put up a fight and sat there with all the insults. It's was about half an hour before anyone showed up and it was right about noon. Then the first white man walked noticed we were there and walked out then came back in with more. The man from last time walked in then shouted and pointed at us. I got scared looked back and tried to keep my face straight and calm. The first of the men came right up in my face and started to yell, his voice almost defying and was hard to understand. After about five minutes he quits and another man takes his place. The next mans voice was a lot deeper like he was trying to make it that way. Just as I have guessed his voice slowly got lighter until it was like a child. The rest have already been yelling at this point. After an hour or so which felt like it was a whole day. The police show up and they ripped us from the seats and put hand cuffs on our hands and led us outside to the police van. I spent a few nights in jail and mama came and got me out.
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