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“Ms. Ofrah opens a folder that’s on her desk, takes a piece of paper out, and pushes it toward me. It’s a photograph of Khalil’s black hairbrush, the one he used in the car.

‘That’s the so-called gun,’ Ms. Ofrah explains.

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A hairbrush.
Khalil died over a fucking hairbrush.”

“‘Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.’”

“All of this is my fault. The riots, gunshots, tear gas, all of it, are ultimately my fault. I forgot to tell the cops that Khalil got out with his hands up. I didn’t mention that the officer pointed his gun at me. I didn’t say something right, and now that cop’s not getting arrested.”

“Goodbyes hurt the most when the other person’s already gone.”

“The truth casts a shadow over the kitchen—people like us in situations like this becomes hashtags, but they rarely get justice.”