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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_01 Da’laysha Williams,13, and her best friend Ja’ka’elyn Brown,14, live in Spanish Town on the north side of Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_02 The abandoned white house on the corner of Gracie and Hurst streets is the informal recreation and community center in Spanish Town.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_03 Williams and Brown go to the white house nearly everyday.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_04 Just five minutes away on the south side of Florida Boulevard, life is different.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_05 The trash-filled bathroom with broken counter and sinks of the abandoned white house on the corner.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_06 Williams and Brown in the backroom of the abandoned white house. Brown has been hanging out in this house since she was 10 years old.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_07 Until it caught fire several years ago, the abandoned white house used to be a family home.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_08 The house is littered with used condoms, bullet casings, shards of glass, old Polaroids, beer cans and other trash.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_09 The kitchen sink in the white house on the corner.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_10 A view of the kitchen and the front room of the abandoned house on the corner.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_11 The front porch of the house is Brown and Williams favorite place to hang out and eat ice cream.
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Baton Rouge: That White House On the Corner_12 Graffiti saying “Fuck BRPD” or the Baton Rouge Police on the outside of the white house on the corner.
Brown and Williams heard about the shooting of Alton Sterling and the decision to not indict the officers involved. Neither agrees with the decision.
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