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Classmate with a Gun
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Leon Sykes
There was a boy in my algebra class in ninth grade who I'll never forget.
I'm Leon Sykes with a commentary from Youth Radio.
Everyday, he put a bullet on his desk. The teacher didn't know. One day, when
my teacher wasn't there, some knuckleheads came to the class, and were messing
with the guy, making fun of him. He calmly pulled out a gun and started polishing
it.
Three days later, security guards and a cop came to our class. They pulled six
of the black guys out of the room - including me. I guess they had no description
of their suspect except "black male". They searched us for weapons.
We didn't know what was going on. Then, they pulled out a seventh black male
- my classmate with the bullets. They found two pistols on him - loaded, with
two extra clips. I thought to myself, "Wow. He was really serious."
At school, I hear people talk about guns. I just shrug it off. They say if they
get into an altercation, they're going to come back with a gun. I never used
to think about it. I just let it go. But now I think that's a bad idea. You
can't play around when someone talks about guns. No matter what, we need to
tell.
For Youth Radio, I'm Leon Sykes.
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