In the late summer of 2017, the cycle of violence on the streets of Detroit claimed another life, adding a grim chapter to an already bloody weekend in the city. Aaron Hayes, a 27-year-old African-American man, found his life cut short by gunfire on September 24, 2017. His death was not a random act but rather the final, brutal chapter in a story that had begun over a decade earlier.
The roots of Hayes's demise were deeply embedded in the city's gang rivalries. In 2006, Hayes, known on th
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