Jarriell Jones

In the late hours of a February evening in 2019, a single gunshot broke the quiet of a Covington, Louisiana neighborhood, an event that would lead to the death of 25-year-old Jarriell Jones, a Black male. The initial incident, however, was deceptively undramatic. Jones was shot in the leg but, tragically, did not immediately grasp the severity of his injury.

For nearly five days, he went about his life, the gravity of his wound not fully realized. It wasn't until his condition took a dire ...

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