Clifton Page

On a cold evening in Detroit, a man named Clifton Smith, aged 44, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was January 30, 2020, when he was visiting friends, 48-year-old Dorian Patterson and his brother Gerald. What began as a casual get-together with alcohol would soon turn into a scene of violence and tragedy. Another friend, 52-year-old Kimberly Green, was also present at the house.

Later in the evening, an argument broke out between a man they knew, Kenyel Brown, and so ...