The Fire at Freedom Pond Park
A need for justice
9 min readAug 26, 2021
He didn’t plan on watching it burn, but he couldn’t help himself.
The plan was to get the fire started, then escape back the way he’d come; across the frozen pond to the small park, which opened onto Water street, and then three blocks south to the small side street where he’d left the car. But as he got to the edge of the pond, he turned back to look at…
