In the bright afternoon of May 30, 2013, DeAngelo Watkins, a 28-year-old African American man, was at a car wash in the 3600 block of Millbranch in the Whitehaven area of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a routine task on a Thursday, under the full light of day, when his life was abruptly cut short. While washing his black SUV, Watkins was shot three times.
A forklift driver and a father to an eight-year-old son, his sudden and violent death sent shockwaves through his family. A witness at the
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