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Darnell Shackleford is a young black man who was being robbed by a white man when David (then working as a cop) was called to assist. Mistaking Darnell for the mugger, David shot him, assuming that the inhaler he was pulling from his bag was a gun. Darnell was left paralyzed from the waist down.
Darnell Shackleford Quotes in All American Boys
The All American Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Darnell Shackleford or refer to Darnell Shackleford . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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12. Wednesday: Rashad
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My dad, my dad, had paralyzed an unarmed kid, a black kid, and I had had no
idea. My dad shot a kid. I mean, to me, my father was the model of discipline and courage. Sure, he was stern, and sometimes judgmental, but I always felt like he meant well. But to that kid––and now my head was reeling––to that kid, my dad was no different than Officer Galluzzo. Another trigger-happy cop who was quick to assume and even quicker to shoot.
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Darnell Shackleford Quotes in All American Boys
The All American Boys quotes below are all either spoken by Darnell Shackleford or refer to Darnell Shackleford . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
12. Wednesday: Rashad
Quotes
My dad, my dad, had paralyzed an unarmed kid, a black kid, and I had had no
idea. My dad shot a kid. I mean, to me, my father was the model of discipline and courage. Sure, he was stern, and sometimes judgmental, but I always felt like he meant well. But to that kid––and now my head was reeling––to that kid, my dad was no different than Officer Galluzzo. Another trigger-happy cop who was quick to assume and even quicker to shoot.
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