Shamar Cohen, 32, a Black African American man from Newark, New Jersey, was remembered by those close to him as respectful, friendly, and outgoing, someone who had attended University High School, gone on to study at Cheyney University, and worked in accounting while building a life rooted in his community.
On the night of June 7, 2018, that life was violently interrupted on the 300 block of 7th Avenue in Newark. Just before 11 p.m., witnesses reported an injured person lying in the stre
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