Brief Summary Of Teel's Stepson By Mike Tyson

Set in his hometown of Oxford, North Carolina, Tyson chronicles the events following the public murder of Henry Marrow, a black Vietnam veteran. The murderers were a white store owner, Robert Teel and his son Larry. Robert Teel’s stepson also played a role in the murder. The pair justified their actions by saying that Marrow made inappropriate comments to Larry’s wife. Tyson was ten years old at the time of the event, yet he calls this event a turning point of his life.
Following the murder, in which Marrow was beaten and shot twice, once in the leg and once in the head, the town is in an uproar. The Teels, even with witnesses to the murder and a confession from Teel’s stepson, are acquitted of the charges. The black residents of the town