Ignacio Tapia

Death by Force

On a warm summer night in 2007, in a modest neighborhood just west of downtown Oklahoma City, friends and family gathered at a small house on Northwest 11th Street to celebrate the birthday of Ignacio Tapia, a 31-year-old man whose official records listed his race only in a vague “Other” category, without specifying his ethnicity. It was July 13, the date of his birth as well as the date of the party, and by late evening the celebration had settled into the familiar rhythm of laughter, conve ...Read More

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