In the summer of 2022, the life of 15-year-old Nykayia Strawder, a Black female, was tragically cut short in an instant of carelessness. On the evening of August 6th, Nykayia was on the front porch of her family's home in the Edmondson Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, when a 9-year-old boy with a handgun approached. While in the company of other children, the boy was showing off the weapon when it discharged, a single bullet striking Nykayia in the head. In the immediate aftermath, t
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