On the evening of July 3, 2011, 22-year-old male Braheem Curtis—an African-American youth from Wilmington, Delaware—was among a small group gathered at the corner of Ninth and Kirkwood Streets. As fireworks crackled nearby in celebration of the approaching July 4th holiday, the mood shifted suddenly when 22-year-old male Sirron Benson, who lived in the neighborhood, confronted Curtis about the fireworks. In the heat of the moment, Benson warned Curtis to stop—or that he would “get his gu
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