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Cast

* Dominiqua Alexis as Interviewed Protester (as Dominiqua Lint) * Rico E. Anderson as D.J. Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart * Josh Evans as Police Interrogator / Firefighter * Kali Hawk as Lenore, Protester on the news * Jessica Joy Kemock as Townsperson * Tony Otto as Birmingham Police Officer * Jeremy Rodriguez as Joe * Rick Sharp as Jail Interrogator reenactment * Stephen Keber as Bull Connor

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