In the quiet early hours of March 5, 2017, the life of Uti Makasini, a 27-year-old Tongan man, was brought to a violent and tragic end in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally from California, Makasini was at a Fairfield Inn hotel where a drug transaction involving a significant quantity of marijuana soured, erupting into a fatal robbery. It was during this confrontation that Makasini was shot and killed. Two other men who were in the room with him at the time of the incident were left unharmed. The ev
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