Savion N. Latimer

In the cold just before Christmas, a botched drug deal in a Beloit, Wisconsin parking lot claimed the life of 16-year-old Savion N. Latimer, an African American male. The events of December 23, 2016, would unravel a story of a robbery gone wrong, leading to a young man's death and the incarceration of his associate.

The plan, according to court records, was for Savion and his friends to rob a man of marijuana. Joldany Rodriguez, then 19, along with Savion and two other 16-year-olds, drove ...