In the spring of 2009, a series of events unfolded in an Oklahoma City pharmacy that would end the life of a teenager and ignite a community debate. On the evening of May 19, 16-year-old Antwun Parker, a Black male, entered the Reliable Discount Pharmacy with a 14-year-old accomplice in what was a planned robbery. Parker was unarmed, while his companion brandished a pistol. The pharmacist on duty, 57-year-old Jerome Ersland, a military veteran, responded to the threat by drawing his own firearm.
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