Brian Dunson

Brian Bernard “King of Colors” Dunson was 22, a Black male from Detroit, Michigan, and the little that remains publicly about his final hours feels like a door left ajar on a life that should have had so much more time. His name still carries warmth and color in that nickname, a small flash of personality preserved against the cold simplicity of what followed.

Late in March 2011, Detroit’s record of violence caught up with him. One account places the killing on March 26, 2011 at 457 ...