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Jimma Reat

Case from Denver, CO dated Apr 01, 2012

Victim Details

Jimma Reat

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Denver

CO

2012-04-01

2012-04-01

25

Jimma

Reat

07/16/2026


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In the early morning hours of April 1, 2012, a confrontation on the streets of Denver tragically culminated in the death of 25-year-old Jimma Reat. A Black man and a refugee from what is now South Sudan, Reat had sought safety in the United States after escaping his native country with his family. On that fateful morning, he was a passenger in a car with his two brothers and another friend near 10th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard when an altercation erupted with individuals in another vehicle, re ...
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