In the early hours of June 16, 2020, a gathering in Battle Creek, Michigan, intended to celebrate a life lost, became the scene of further tragedy. Leon Jackson, a 30-year-old Black/African American male, was among a crowd of 200 to 300 people at an outdoor party on West Rittenhouse Avenue. The event was a memorial for Elijah Williams, who would have been celebrating his 24th birthday had his own life not been cut short by violence the previous year. Just after 12:30 a.m., the commemorative atmo
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