On August 6, 2021, the community of Kansas City, Missouri, was shaken by the violent death of 19-year-old African American Lionell Hamilton III. The incident occurred on a Friday evening when officers from the Kansas City Police Department were dispatched to the 12100 block of East 43rd Street, just east of Blue Ridge Boulevard. Authorities responded to reports of gunfire shortly after 9:15 p.m. Upon their arrival at the scene, they discovered Hamilton outside of a local business suffering from
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