Do you know who murdered Willie Banks Jr in 1996? On the evening of November 15, 1996, in Portland, Oregon, Willie Banks Jr., an African-American/Black male, age 19, was driving with his girlfriend near Northeast 15th Avenue and Prescott Street. Around 8:30 p.m., they pulled into a local grocery store. He went inside to make a quick purchase, an ordinary stop on an ordinary night, before walking back toward the car in the cool November air.
When he returned, a man was standing at the passenger-side window speaking with his girlfriend.
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