Brent Jay Nickens

On a cold December evening in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Brent Jay Nickens, a 22-year-old Black male, was shot on December 7, 2012, in the 2300 block of Westwood Avenue. The promising life of this young man was extinguished in an act of violence that sent ripples of grief through his community. Emergency services responded to the scene, and Nickens was rushed to a local shock trauma center in a desperate attempt to save his life.

Despite the eff ...