Arti Bonner

Arti “Armanti ‘Monti’” Bonner was remembered by the names people called him—Monti, Goldenchild, Monti Bon Bon—little flashes of closeness that survived him. He was a 20-year-old Black male from St. Louis, Missouri, the kind of young man friends described as kind, helpful, and thoughtful, someone who carried an easy smile and a steady, level-headed way of handling whatever came his way.

On August 6, 2009, his life ended in gun violence in Saint Louis. What remains publicly vis ...