I was in middle school (8th grade) and all of my teachers were talking about it. It got to be such a huge deal that all of the 8th graders got to hear the verdict. They stopped class for an hour and let us crowd into two rooms.
Unfortunately the class was racially divided on the issue. The Minorities cheered but the Whites hissed. In our immaturity we felt like we won something that day.
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