Ryan Stokes, a 23-year-old African American male, lost his life in a violent act of retaliation on the streets of Detroit, Michigan. The events leading to his death began weeks earlier on December 1, 2010, inside a local nightclub. On that evening, a verbal altercation broke out between a friend of Stokes and a man named Leon Cottrell. The dispute escalated quickly, resulting in security personnel removing Stokes and his group from the venue. Tensions remained high between the two factions, simm
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