On a warm summer evening in Salt Lake City, on August 20, 1980, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in an act of racial hatred. Ted Fields, a 20-year-old Black male, and his friend, 18-year-old David Martin, were leaving Liberty Park with two white female friends after an evening run. As they made their way from the park at approximately 10:15 p.m., a series of gunshots suddenly pierced the night. Martin was struck first, and as Fields rushed to his friend's aid, he too was fata
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