In the early hours of a Friday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota, a young Black/African American man named Mark Franklin Jr., 21, found himself in a fatal altercation while attempting to protect a friend. On March 15, 2019, Franklin was at a home on the 600 block of Elfelt Street when a dispute broke out between 19-year-old Theotis Thomas and his girlfriend. The argument escalated, and Thomas reportedly put his hands around his girlfriend's neck. Witnessing this, Franklin intervened, physically rem
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