Joseph Robinson

On a cold autumn evening in Baltimore, the life of 30-year-old Joseph Jose Robinson, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. On November 17, 2008, Robinson was killed in the 500 block of South Smallwood Street. The incident was recorded as one of the 234 homicides that occurred in the city that year, a figure that, while grim, marked the lowest number of killings in Baltimore in two decades.

In the immediate aftermath of the event, the investigation into Robinson's death ...