Lacy Lee Roberts was 27 years old. He was a Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, and his death left an empty space that doesn’t stay contained to one person’s life—it ripples outward through family, friends, neighbors, and anyone who ever counted on his voice showing up in the world the next day.
When someone dies at 27, it isn’t supposed to feel “final.” It feels wrong in a very specific way, like time broke the rules. Twenty-seven is still the age of becoming—still the age
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