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The trial of the former police officer charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. begins today. Two years prior to his death, the teen wrote this poem about his fear of being killed.
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00:00I see mothers burying their sons. I want my mom to never feel that pain.
00:19Why are they shooting at him?
00:31I am confused and afraid.
00:34I pretend all is fine.
00:37I feel like I'm suffocating.
00:39I touch nothing so I believe all is fine.
00:43I worry that it isn't.
00:45I cry no more.
00:47I am confused and afraid.
00:51I understand people believe I'm just a statistician.
00:55I say to them I'm different.
00:57I dream of life getting easier.
01:01I try my best to make my dream true.
01:05I hope that it does.
01:07I am confused and afraid.
01:09Confused and afraid.
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