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A small, black, south Florida boy, born under the name of Jahseh Onfroy, on January 23, 1998. Delivered by a black doctor in a hospital just outside the border of the Suncoast Estates. Not born into a notably safe area, Jahseh was surrounded by a dangerous community, with perilous people. The town looked as if it was the aftermath of a warzone. The buildings were precarious, worn down, and seemed as if they could collapse and crumble to the ground at any moment, any second. As Jahseh grew, he got more tangled into gang-like activities. He was getting involved in alcohol, guns, and the usage (and selling) of drugs. It seems obvious that getting mixed into these kind of acts would eventually get him hurt or killed, but he did not know, nor would

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