Ronald Douglas Crosby

Ronald Douglas Crosby, 56, was killed on January 14, 2009, in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 5400 block of Jamestowne Court. He was a Black man.

A single line like that can feel brutally small for a life that was anything but. It pins a person to a date and an address, as if the place where someone dies is the place they belong. But Ronald belonged to more than a block number. He belonged to the people who knew the sound of his voice, the rhythm of his routines, the way his presence filled u ...