On a late summer evening in Meridian, Mississippi, the life of 20-year-old Demarcus Deangelo Smith was tragically cut short. On September 6, 2015, Smith, a Black male, was walking north on 25th Avenue near 16th Street with an associate. As they proceeded, they were passed by two other men heading in the opposite direction. In an abrupt and violent turn of events, one of the men who had just passed them began firing a weapon.
Smith was struck multiple times in the back. He collapsed at the
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