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<v Speaker 1>Dark Cast Network the best in indie podcasts. Check out

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, I'm Allison, and it's now time for Rainbow

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<v Speaker 1>Crimes and hopefully some Unicorn justice.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey guys, it's me CJ. I sure hope you're all

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<v Speaker 2>doing well. I've been on my own now for almost

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks and I haven't burnt things down yet. I

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<v Speaker 2>touched up kitchen cabinets, purchase and put up new curtains

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<v Speaker 2>Santa curtain rod in the living room area. I got

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<v Speaker 2>new couch covers for the cats to put holes in,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm about to start painting the kitchen walls. I

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<v Speaker 2>hate house painting a lot. I saw my bathroom to

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<v Speaker 2>paint with the Kills mold paint and then a coated color.

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<v Speaker 2>And the cabinet in my bathroom. Ugh, it's so gross.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta paint it too. There's always so much to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to my friend Charlie who once sent me a

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<v Speaker 2>Unicorn defensive tool, I've started making defensive tools from resin

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<v Speaker 2>for the Pride in the Park and I've just started

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<v Speaker 2>getting to the shirts. Oh and I'll mail off my

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<v Speaker 2>patron shirts as soon as they're done. I did get

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<v Speaker 2>them started, so I'll get those mailed off soon. This

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<v Speaker 2>Minnesota is from Atlanta, Georgia. In twenty ten, the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>ten Atlanta Black Gay Pride, hosted over Labor Day weekend

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<v Speaker 2>September third through the sixth, was a landmark gathering for

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<v Speaker 2>the LGBTQ plus community, organized heavily by groups like Life Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 2>That year marked a major milestone with the debut of

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<v Speaker 2>the Cson Film Festival, expanding the festival's arts and cultural

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<v Speaker 2>programming beyond the traditional parties and picnics. However, the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>ten festivities they were deeply overshadowed by tragic violence that

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<v Speaker 2>shook the community. First, just days before the weekend long event,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the organizers of the LGBTQ Black Pride, fifty

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<v Speaker 2>year old Duran Robinson, was shot in the chest, where

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<v Speaker 2>he died in the middle of Hadlock Street. No one

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<v Speaker 2>has ever been charged for Duran's murder. It's been theorized

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<v Speaker 2>by some of his family and friends that he was

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<v Speaker 2>being carjacked. A witness reported hearing a heated argument and

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<v Speaker 2>then a screen before hearing a gunshot. Police believe he

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<v Speaker 2>was murdered by someone he knew. Duran was also a

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<v Speaker 2>co owner of a pretty famous LGBTQ club called Tracks

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<v Speaker 2>in Atlanta. Durand's murder is believed to not have been

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<v Speaker 2>a hate crime, as Duran's sexual identity is really not known.

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<v Speaker 2>He might have been gay, he might have been bisexual,

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<v Speaker 2>he might have been straight, or he might have been asexual.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing that is certain is the LGBTQ community embraced

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<v Speaker 2>him as a kind and loving man who was always

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<v Speaker 2>down to help a person in need. In fact, police

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<v Speaker 2>had a person of interest that Durand had once helped Oubt.

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<v Speaker 2>This person had an alibi for where he was at

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<v Speaker 2>the time Durand was murdered. Duran's case is pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>very cold, But the story I was really wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>share with you happened on Sunday, September fifth, twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 2>the day the Pride events were really starting to wind down.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty five year old Calvin Streeter had come to Atlanta

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<v Speaker 2>from North Carolina for the Gay Black Pride festivities. He

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<v Speaker 2>had planned on staying in an apartment with some of

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<v Speaker 2>his friends on Richmond Circle. Twenty one year old Samuel Blizzard,

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<v Speaker 2>who was endearingly called Battie, was also staying at the apartment.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel was a Georgia State University student studying criminal justice.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel was staying at the apartment until a dorm freed

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<v Speaker 2>up on the campus. The morning of September fifth started

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<v Speaker 2>out pretty normal. Calvin got up and he drove to

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<v Speaker 2>a nearby convenience store to pick something up. In the store,

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<v Speaker 2>he engaged in a conversation with twenty four year old

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<v Speaker 2>Derek Burden. The two seemed to hit it off, and

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<v Speaker 2>Calvin invited Derek back to the apartment to hang out.

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<v Speaker 2>Around two PM, Calvin and Derek were sitting on an

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<v Speaker 2>air mattress talking and that's when the renters of the

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<v Speaker 2>apartment emerged from their sleep. See, the renters had been

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<v Speaker 2>out clubbing and they didn't get back home until about

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<v Speaker 2>eight a m. These men were Charles Petaway, who was

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel's cousin in Delroy Bastian. Delroy came downstairs first, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was never introduced to Derek, so he went back

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<v Speaker 2>upstairs to get ready to go out again. Another friend

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<v Speaker 2>arrived around three p m. He asked who Dereck was

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<v Speaker 2>and Calvin told him to mind his business. Again. The

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<v Speaker 2>friend asked who Dereck was, and again Calvin told him

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<v Speaker 2>to mind his business. At that point, Derec took out

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<v Speaker 2>what appeared to be a black nine millimeter pistol and

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<v Speaker 2>he pointed it at the friend. The friend told him, man,

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<v Speaker 2>pick that gun up. Why you pointed it at me?

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<v Speaker 2>When Derek didn't answer, the friend went upstairs to get

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<v Speaker 2>Delroy so they could go run errands. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Calvin might have thought this Derek guy was hot, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was a hot mess pulling a gun on someone

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<v Speaker 2>for asking a simple question. Bred flags were all over

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<v Speaker 2>that little scenario, But I do get the feeling Calvin

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<v Speaker 2>was attracted to Derek. Derek is between five nine and

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<v Speaker 2>five ten, with light brown skin, and he wore his

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<v Speaker 2>hair in short, little dreadlocks. By telling his friend to

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<v Speaker 2>mind his own business, maybe he thought he was playing

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<v Speaker 2>it cool in front of Derek because he was hoping

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<v Speaker 2>to get some Later in the early part of the evening,

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<v Speaker 2>as Samuel and Calvin were at the apartment, Derek returned.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel aka Fatty let Derek in, although they had never

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<v Speaker 2>met before. Once inside the apartment, Derek pulled out his

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<v Speaker 2>handgun and he forced Fatty to his knees. He then

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<v Speaker 2>shot Fatty point blank, execution style in the back of

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<v Speaker 2>his head. Derek then went searching for anyone else in

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<v Speaker 2>the apartment. He found Calvin, who was in a back bedroom.

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<v Speaker 2>Derek shot Calvin in his head and left him for

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<v Speaker 2>dead in the room. As he went around the apartment

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<v Speaker 2>looking to steal anything of value, he was also looking

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<v Speaker 2>to see if any more people were there, so it

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<v Speaker 2>seems Calvin and Fatty were the only ones there at

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<v Speaker 2>the time. He ended up taking Fatty's laptop and backpack

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<v Speaker 2>and then fleeing the apartment. Not too long later, homeowners

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<v Speaker 2>in a nearby subdivision detained a suspicious appearing man. This

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<v Speaker 2>man was lurking on their property, so they called the police,

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<v Speaker 2>but by the time the Atlanta Police showed up twenty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes later, great response time. By the way Atlanta PD,

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<v Speaker 2>the suspect had gone, leaving behind a backpack. Inside the

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<v Speaker 2>backpack was a gun, the actual murder weapon used to

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<v Speaker 2>kill Fatty and Calvin in Fatty's laptop. Around ten PM,

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<v Speaker 2>Delroy arrived back at the apartment. He was there to

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<v Speaker 2>pick up Calvin and Fatty to take him to the

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<v Speaker 2>Pride events, but discovering his friend's dead. He called for

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<v Speaker 2>the police, an investigation was conducted, evidence was gathered. Police

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<v Speaker 2>had no idea who would kill these men. Finally, a

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<v Speaker 2>year and a half later, DNA would come back from

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<v Speaker 2>a cigarette butt that was found in the apartment belonging

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<v Speaker 2>to a man named Derek Burden. The reason his DNA

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<v Speaker 2>hit from the database was because of prior felony convictions

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<v Speaker 2>for robbery and burglary. Remember Last Minuneso, the real murderer,

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<v Speaker 2>was also caught for DNA on a cigarette bud. Moral

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<v Speaker 2>of the story, if you're a killer, don't smoke and

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<v Speaker 2>leave your butt around. Derek was finally picked up by

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<v Speaker 2>the Atlanta police in twenty twelve, nineteen months after murdering

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<v Speaker 2>Calvin and Fatty. At his trial, the homeowner who had

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<v Speaker 2>detained him where Derek dropped the backpack testified, and I

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<v Speaker 2>believe the bevy of other witnesses who saw Derek in

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<v Speaker 2>the apartment on September fifth, twenty ten, they also testified.

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<v Speaker 2>Derek was found guilty of six felony charges of murder,

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<v Speaker 2>three for each of his victims, and that was incorporated

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<v Speaker 2>into a malice murder charge. He was also found guilty

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<v Speaker 2>of armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession

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<v Speaker 2>of a firearm with intent to commit a crime, and

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<v Speaker 2>possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was

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<v Speaker 2>found guilty of all charges on December thirteenth, twenty thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Derek was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility

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<v Speaker 2>of parole, plus an additional ten years currently under the

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<v Speaker 2>jurisdiction of the Georgia Department of Corrections in a maximum

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<v Speaker 2>security facility. Derek did file on a pill with the

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<v Speaker 2>court system. He claimed that his prior felony convictions should

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<v Speaker 2>not have been admissible in court because it was irrelevant

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<v Speaker 2>to the case he was being tried for. Now guess

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<v Speaker 2>what his appill was denied. I urge all of my

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<v Speaker 2>Rainbow Warriors to be careful who you bring home. They

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<v Speaker 2>might be cute on the outside, but no one knows

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<v Speaker 2>for sure what darkness they harbor on the inside. Rest

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<v Speaker 2>in power, Calvin and Fatty. I now leave you with

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<v Speaker 2>a joke or two. One lesbian spent the night having

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<v Speaker 2>sex with thirteen different lesbians, and it wasn't all at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time. It was all at different times. The

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<v Speaker 2>next day she died. Her autopsy report came back that

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<v Speaker 2>she died from a crack overdose. And lastly, two condoms

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<v Speaker 2>walk by a gay bar. One turns to the other

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<v Speaker 2>and says, hey, want to get ship faced. I heard

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<v Speaker 2>that warriors all your groans. I love you and you

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<v Speaker 2>matter so very much. Remember it's not a crime to

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<v Speaker 2>be gay or to live your truth, unless you're a murderer.