In the spring of 2012, the life of Markey 'Smoke' Gardner, a 37-year-old African-American man from Virginia Beach, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the evening of April 18th, Gardner was shot and killed in a violent encounter that would leave his community in shock and his family searching for answers that remain elusive to this day. The sudden and brutal nature of his death marked the beginning of a long and frustrating journey for justice.
In the immediate aftermath of the shootin
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