In the turbulent underworld of 1970s Philadelphia, the life of Richard "Red Paul" Harris, a Black/African American man, was violently cut short. On the night of February 1, 1972, Harris was inside a bar at the corner of 17th and Dauphin Streets in North Philadelphia when he was shot and killed. His death was not a random act of violence but rather a calculated execution rooted in the city's burgeoning and brutal narcotics trade.
Sources from that time indicate that Harris was a member of
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