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Germaine Rucker

Case from Boston, MA dated Aug 10, 2003

Victim Details

Germaine Rucker

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2003-08-10

15

Germaine

Rucker

06/22/2026

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On a summer evening in Boston, fifteen-year-old Black / African American male Germaine Rucker was riding his bicycle in Dorchester, carrying a knapsack filled with necklaces he was selling. It was August 10, 2003, and the young man would not make it home that night. A group of youths from the Dudley Street neighborhood approached him on Wendover Street in an unprovoked attack. They knocked him to the ground and began to beat him. One of the assailants demanded, "where's the bag," and ran off wit ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Two are convicted in separate killings of Boston teenagers (Germaine Rucker and Nabil Essaid) 2006 - Newspapers.com
  • Newspapers.com: Roxbury neighbors rally to keep local market open (Germaine Rucker 2003) - Newspapers.com
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