Anthony Smith

Death by Force

In the cold of a December evening in Washington, D.C., a young life was tragically cut short over a pair of basketball shoes. Seventeen-year-old James Anthony Smith, a student at Ballou High School, was shot and killed on a basketball court at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Southeast Washington. The fatal encounter, which occurred on December 18, 2017, was believed to be a robbery for the new Nike Air Jordan sneakers he had received as an early Christmas present from his mother. Resp ...Read More

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