Justice In The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas

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The novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is built upon the idea of justice for the oppressed and unfortunate. In the story, a black teen named Khalil is brutally shot and killed by a white police officer in an act of racism. Khalil was pulled over for a broken tail light and was unarmed. The cop claimed that he saw Khalil had a gun, but he was unarmed. The public took the story as an act of violent racism as Khalil was black and the cop was white. Khalil was just a young teen who had his whole life ahead of him and did not deserve to die. In retaliation for the situation, people started protesting to get justice for Khalil and bring punishment to the cop who shot him. I agree with how justice is represented in this story because this is like