In the summer of 2003, a young man's life was cut short in a violent act that left a lasting scar on the community of Irvington, New Jersey. Twenty-one-year-old Jihad Nasir Rivers, a male resident of the area, was killed on July 29, 2003. His death was the result of a homicide, and the circumstances surrounding it pointed to a grim reality of street justice. The investigation into his murder suggested that it was possibly an act of retaliation for another recent killing in the upper Irvington ar
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