On the afternoon of March 7, 2012, a sense of normalcy was shattered in a New Orleans home, culminating in the tragic death of 20-year-old Wendell James Allen. Allen, a Black male, was at his family's residence when members of the New Orleans Police Department executed a drug raid. He was resting in an upstairs room when the commotion of the front door being breached, followed by screaming and crying, drew him downstairs to investigate what was happening.
Unarmed and wearing only jeans an
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