Leon Lucas Jr., a 49-year-old African American man from East St. Louis, Illinois, was tragically and senselessly taken from this world on February 22, 2014. His death, the result of gun violence, is a solemn reminder of the ongoing crisis facing communities across the country—where lives, like his, are cut short far too soon. A victim of circumstances that still remain publicly unresolved, Leon’s passing leaves not only a void in his family but also in the fabric of the community that knew a
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