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Chapters 1-2

• NOTE: This study guide uses the terms "Blacks" in reflection of the word choice of the author within the book.

• Shakur’s story begins with her being shot after a traffic stop on a New Jersey highway.

• There were police everywhere, and they were threatening to kill her.

• Finally, she was put in an ambulance, where she passed out from the pain.

• When she regained consciousness, she was in a hospital.

• No one seemed to care if she lived or died.

• She was examined, fingerprinted, and questioned.

• The state troopers accused her of shooting a trooper, and she was beaten when she did not respond the way they wanted her to respond.

• The abuse finally stopped when a nurse with a German accent gave Shakur a call button.

• Then Shakur could press it when anyone tried to get near to hurt her.

• Some of the troopers...

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