Not Be Allowed To Burn A Cross In A Public Park

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Tileak Spears

Case 2

The KKK should not be allowed to burn a cross in a public park in a black neighborhood

So i think it is not right to burn a cross in a public park in a black neighborhood because yeah it is going to affect black people because i think that is taking away some of the black people's rights as in the constitution of the 13 amendment black people are ⅗ person but there are people that have tried to change the constitution but congress didn't pass it i don't think that they was sure if it was constitutionally because that's like breaking some of the white people right to but if you ask me what i think i would say that it not right because personally i think the black people in the neighborhood will see you but then

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