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On the cold night of January 28, 2000, in Providence, Rhode Island, the life of Cornel Young Jr., a 29-year-old Black male police officer, came to a tragic and untimely end. Young, known to his friends and family as "Jai," was off-duty and eating at Fidas Restaurant when a heated argument erupted in the parking lot. A man involved in the dispute, Aldrin Diaz, was seen with a gun. True to his duty, Young, who had been with the Providence Police Department for three years, drew his own weapon as r ...Read More
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Cornel Young
Male
Black / African American
Providence
RI
2000-01-28
29
Cornel
Young
11/05/2025
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I came across the details of Cornel Young Jr.'s case recently, and I can't get it off my mind. One t... ...Read More
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