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1、Unit7NotonMyBlockPeoplethoughtEthelArmsteadwascrazytostanduptotheyoungmendealingdrugsoutsideherhouse.ButEthelhadhadenough.Summoninguphercourage,shewentouttotalktothegang.Thisisthestoryofwhathappened.EthelArmsteadlikedthegrayrowhouserightoff.Ithadanextrabedroomandabigbackyardwherehergrand
2、kidscouldplay.Themarblestoopwouldbeaperfectspottositonsummerevenings.ButwhenArmsteadarrivedhomefromworkthatfirstnightaftermovingin,shefoundabunchoftough-lookingyoungmensittingonherfrontsteps.“Excuseme,”shesaid,startled.“Ilivehere.”Thegroupofsevenyoungmenrosereluctantly,staringatherwithco
3、ld,hardeyes.Onceinside,Armsteadlockedthedoorandpeeredoutthewindow.Shewassurprisedtoseethatthemenhadalreadyreseatedthemselvesonhersteps.Incomingweeks,Armsteadlearnedthatherhouse,longvacant,wasusedbydrugdealers,whohidtheirdrugsunderthefrontsteps.Asasteadystreamofcarsandfoottrafficpassedby,
4、thedealersconductedbusinessonthestoop.Addictsshotupinthepathbehindthehouseandurinatedinthebackyard.Armsteadhadnoillusionsaboutthemenwhooccupiedherfrontsteps.AlmosteverynightforthetenyearsshehadlivedinthetoughOliverneighborhoodofEastBaltimore,shelayinbedlisteningtothesoundofgunshotsasthed
5、rugwarsraged.Butthishouse,withdealershangingoutonherstoop,wastheworst.Sometimesshecalledthepoliceseveraltimesaday,beggingthemtodispersethedealers.Butoncethepolicecardisappeareddownthestreet,thedealersdriftedback.Asa50-somethingmotherofgrownchildren,Armsteadhadnotimaginedfightingthisbattl
6、e.Butitwasn’tthefirsttimeshe’drisentoanunexpectedchallenge.Backinthemid-1990s,whenherowndaughterwasaddictedtodrugsandheryounggrandchildrenfacedfostercare,Armsteadgotcustodyofthethreeboysandonegirl.OnenightinSeptember2000,aboutamonthaftershemovedintohernewhouse,ArmsteadprayedtoGod.“I’mgon
7、natalktotheseguystomorrow.Helpme.”Thenextday,sheconfrontedtheleaderofthegroup,ayoungmaninjeansandawhileT-shirt.Armstead’sinsideswereturningover,butsheknewshecouldn’tshowherfear.“Thisismyspace,”shesaidcalmlyandquietly,keepingherfaceamask.“Ishouldn’thavetosay‘Excuseme’toget
