Gardealous Holmes

Gardealous Holmes, 27, was a Black man from Monroe, Louisiana, and on March 20, 2015, his life ended far too soon. The date sits like a hard marker in time, the kind that divides everything into before and after. Before, there was a living, breathing person moving through ordinary days, making plans, handling responsibilities, and being woven into the routines of the people who loved him. After, there was shock and the hollow quiet that follows a phone call no one is ever prepared to receive, a ...