In the fading daylight of a late September afternoon, tragedy struck in the heart of Brownsville, Brooklyn. On September 28, 2020, a 25-year-old Black male named Jaylen Flowers, a resident of the nearby Clinton Hill neighborhood, was fatally shot. The incident unfolded in the courtyard of the Howard Houses, a public housing development on Mother Gaston Boulevard, a place that had become increasingly familiar with the specter of violence. Police responded to the scene shortly before 2:25 p.m. to
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