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Mid-summer, the ice cream truck arrived, and Gemini, Isis, and I had rushed outside. I had a Tweety Bird ice cream, Gemini had Sonic, and Isis enjoyed a plain ice cream sandwich. All three of us sat on the porch, eating our ice cream as the sun beamed down on us.
But when I tried to eat my bubblegum eye, it fell to the ground. "Oh no, the eyeball fell!" I said, getting a little upset.
"Here, you can have mine" Gemini said, taking the gum eyeballs from his ice cream and handing them to me.
A smile was now on my face. "Thank you, Gemini" I smiled as I took the gum balls and popped them in my mouth.
Isis looked at me and said "That is so nasty" Gemini laughed and teased her, "Nah, what's nasty is the ice cream that's all over your mouth! Could you eat anymore sloppier?" He pointed to the smudges on her face. Isis scowled at him, getting ready to respond, "That's why-"
That's when we were distracted by the sounds of two boys running down the block, with police cars chasing them down. They stopped the car, jumped out, and drew their guns, yelling, "Get on the ground now!" The boys complied, and a cop cuffed their hands behind their backs.
They slammed them on the ground, and we winced as their faces hit the concrete. My daddy, watching from the front door, called out, "Y'all come over here!"
We hurried towards him, Isis asking, "Daddy, what do you think they did?" He scooped her up and held me close, Gemini beside us.
My daddy gazed at the boys being taken away in the police car. "Baby girl, it doesn't matter what they did or didn't do. No one should treat you like that."
I countered, "But people don't get chased by the police for no reason, Daddy."
Gemini added, "Right, you only get chased if you've done something bad."
My daddy looked at us, shaking his head. "One day you'll understand. People like us are targets. The color of your skin is seen as a weapon, and you'll never be unarmed."
We nodded, taking in his words. We didn't fully understand, but we knew he was right.
And just like he always was my daddy was indeed right we are targets but why ?
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support goes each way. this is the intro to all of this lol vote, comment
