In the early hours of January 29, 2017, downtown Indianapolis was thinning out after a Saturday night when Wilbur Morton, a 29-year-old Black man, left the Bu Da Lounge on East Market Street with the crowd being ushered outside at closing time. What should have been the usual noisy spill of patrons onto the sidewalk instead turned into a chaotic confrontation in the middle of the street. As tensions rose and voices escalated, a large fight erupted among people who had just been inside the club,
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