On a summer day in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 11, 1995, the life of 17-year-old Jamel L. Collins was tragically cut short. Collins, a Black / African American male, had spent part of the day driving around in a borrowed Jeep with an acquaintance, Joel Brown. Their paths crossed with Tremayne Clifton near the Mary Fogarty Elementary School. There had been a recent dispute between Collins and Clifton concerning drug-dealing activities.
Despite the underlying tension, Clifton was gi
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