Johnathan Sanders

On the humid evening of July 8, 2015, in the small town of Stonewall, Mississippi, a 39-year-old Black man named Jonathan Sanders was out exercising his horse, Diva. Sanders, a father of two, often preferred the cooler night air for these rides, preparing his beloved mare for the upcoming Neshoba County Fair. What began as a routine evening would end in a fatal confrontation that would grip the community and raise pressing questions about justice and race.

As Sanders rode his horse and bu ...

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Johnathan Sanders, age 26 - National Gun Violence Memorial