Nashon Lamar Orr

Death by Force

On November 8, 2010, Nashon Lamar Orr, 39, was shot and killed in Oakland, California, marking one of the many homicides that year in the city. His death was part of the broader surge of violence in Oakland, which saw a total of 94 homicides in 2010. Community members and religious leaders gathered later in the year for a ceremony at St. Columba Catholic Church, where they remembered and honored those lost, including Orr. The ceremony involved planting white crosses for each victim as a way to m ...Read More