{"id":13674,"date":"2023-03-29T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2023-03-29T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:05:22","slug":"dear-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcaf.nb.ca\/en\/dear-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Nic Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend\u2014but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can\u2019t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up\u2014way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. 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