In the winter of 2012, the city of Memphis lost one of its own in a burst of violence that cut short a life of service and motherhood. Martoiya Veontwanneice Woods Lang, a 32-year-old African American female and a dedicated officer with the Memphis Police Department, was killed in the line of duty on December 14th. For nine and a half years, she had worn the badge, and on that fateful day, she was part of a team from the Organized Crime Unit executing a narcotics search warrant at a residence on
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