In the late summer of 2021, a life was tragically cut short in Memphis, Tennessee. Andre' Thomas Smith, a 17-year-old Black male, died on August 31, 2021, following a violent encounter in the Riverside neighborhood of South Memphis. The events that led to his untimely death unfolded at the Riverview Park Community Center, a place that should have been a safe space for community engagement. An argument escalated into a physical confrontation between Smith and another teenager, Javon Lee White, wh
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