Eric Benjamin Hadley Jr., a 24-year-old African-American man from New Orleans, Louisiana, was spending the last day of 2012 the way friends said he often did—close to cars, close to the work he loved, and close to the people who knew him as a humble, steady presence. He was a car enthusiast who poured hours into body work, the kind of person who treated a vehicle like a craft project and a calling, not just transportation. To the people around him, his pride and joy wasn’t flashy; it was per
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