Kahlif Hampton

In the winter of 2014, the life of a sixteen-year-old Black male named Kahlif L'Ron Hampton was tragically cut short in his own home in Kansas City, Kansas. On the evening of December 14th, what should have been a safe space from the world became the scene of a devastating act of violence that left a family and community in mourning.

Earlier that day, a dispute had reportedly taken place involving Kahlif and other young people who lived near his family's townhome on North 70th Terrace and ...