On December 7, 1995, 23-year-old Jerry Jackson, a Black construction worker from Atlanta, Georgia, was fatally shot by Atlanta police officer Waine Pinckney. The incident occurred in the morning hours when Jackson and his friends were at a motorcycle shop on Marietta Street. According to reports, plainclothes officers, including Pinckney, approached Jackson and his companions, suspecting them of criminal activity. Witnesses later testified that Jackson was unarmed and appeared to be pleading for
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