Michael Earl Leggs, 19, a Black man from Nashville, Tennessee, was killed after a late-night encounter that unfolded just a short walk from home in East Nashville at the end of March 2009.
Just before midnight on Tuesday, March 31, he was on Gatewood Avenue when a man stepped in close, produced a gun, and issued a stark command: put your hands up. The moment had the feel of an ambush—quick, direct, and terrifyingly controlled. Instead of backing away, the gunman opened fire, striking L
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