According to her mother, Bresha likes to write and read urban fiction. She loves to sing and write poetry, and her favorite rappers are DeJ Loaf and Common. These are ordinary teenage pursuits, and yet nothing about Bresha’s situation is ordinary — especially in a Warren, Ohio, courtroom, seeing her small frame in a blue prison uniform as she sat before a judge.Twitter contentView on Twitter What was more remarkable than the looks was the energy in the air: It was palpable. And it was contagious. A shaky mix of nerves and anticipation was vibrating off everyone waiting in line. It’s funny: I remembered having a pit in my stomach whenever I arrived at a concert—I didn’t want to miss a beat.Photographed by Laura Coulson Aly, who says she dreams of being president one day, explains that organizing is a way for her to have a voice in her community. “It’s one thing to go out protesting; it’s another thing to know what you’re fighting for,” she says. “That’s what I say topeople that can’t make it out but the motor of the series is the friendship between the trio. There's a lot going on in these young women's lives and Kiwi says that the focus shifts to being much more about their relationships than stealing things.