In the quiet evening of March 5, 2009, Lester Marvin Walton Sr., a 66-year-old African American man, was simply enjoying a visit with his family in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was at his 92-year-old mother's home on Ashland Avenue, watching a basketball game on television with his wife, when the peace was shattered by the sound of gunfire. A bullet tore through the living room window, striking Walton in the neck and ending his life. He was rushed to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, but t
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