Terence Lester, wearing a black hoodie and a beanie, sat atop a tall, black curbside refrigerator in the Atlanta suburb of ...

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I tried peeling the kitchen wall with my fingernails, but that didn’t work, so I pressed hard with my fingers and a flake of the “stucco,” which is what I call it, fell off. I don’t know if it’s ...