On November 10, 2019, tragedy struck on the far east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, claiming the life of Joachim Rates, an 18-year-old Black male who had recently celebrated a birthday. The events unfolded on a Sunday evening as Rates was driving his newly purchased black Cadillac, a vehicle he had bought as a gift to himself. He was accompanied by his cousin, whom he intended to drop off at a girlfriend's house in the 1500 block of Tina Marie Circle. Just prior to the incident, the pair had sto
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