Lorenzo Davis

Lorenzo “Woo Poo” Davis, a 28-year-old Black / African American man, died on November 14, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee. In the days that followed, the public record around his death took shape in fragments: an online memorial marked his death as a loss to gun violence, and an obituary placed him firmly in the everyday rhythm of the city—someone known by a nickname, someone who worked, someone whose family and friends would soon gather to say goodbye.

The obituary remembered Davis as ...

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