Eric Smith, a 22-year-old African-American man from Forest View, IL, died on April 9, 1996, after being shot by two Forest View police officers. Smith, who was deaf and trained as a wrestler, was involved in a confrontation with the officers along the Stevenson Expressway near Harlem Avenue. The incident began when Smith, his mother Wanda Hogue, and his grandmother Lillie Pruitte pulled over to the shoulder of the expressway. Smith had become agitated, and his mother wanted to better communicate
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