On a mild December evening in Morrow, Georgia, 15-year-old Laila Reneé Harris, an African American female, was looking forward to a night of fun at a high school party. Hundreds of teenagers from various metro Atlanta high schools had gathered at an event hall on Citizens Parkway on December 3, 2022, for what should have been a carefree celebration. Laila, a student at Sprayberry High School who was originally from St. Louis, was among them, simply enjoying the company of her peers.
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