Matthew D. Zavala, a 20-year-old Black/African American male from Chicago and a Private First Class in the Illinois Army National Guard, had recently begun charting a path that blended college plans at Harold Washington College with weekend drills and the disciplined routine of the infantry. Friends and soldiers who trained with him described a motivated, bright young man with a future they expected to unfold overseas, not on the streets of his hometown.
In the early morning hours of Sat
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