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James didn’t like Martin Luther King Jr. So he decided to kill him. Martin was on his balcony thinking about civil rights. When BAM he was shoot in the neck. Susan screamed in fear after seeing Martin Luther King Jr on the floor dying. Susan didn’t think twice and and called the police. Officer Robert and others came, officer Robert was furious to see someone so evil to kill an innocent person. When Martin was taken to the hospital, Coretta (Martin Luther King Jr’s wife) was devastated to see her husband dying because of someone else. That day Martin was declared dead and everyone was sad (almost).
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