In the fading light of a late summer evening in Baltimore, tragedy struck on September 13, 2009. A young, 18-year-old Black / African American man named Israeli Mason lost his life on the streets of his city. The incident that claimed him unfolded in the 2000 block of McCulloh Street, a detail that would be noted in the city's grim ledger of violence. He was fatally shot, his future extinguished in a moment of violence.
News of the shooting was briefly captured in local media, a fleeting
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