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Teens learn awareness of relationship abuse

The 17-year-old high school senior stepped on a small stage in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall and launched into rhyme just as yesterday's drizzle gave way to sunshine.

"It was all good in the beginning," Tyriek Overton said as he began his short rap. Then, he said, a few months down the line, a man hits his girlfriend and expects her to understand. "But you shouldn't even try to. You know...

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