In the Cedarbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, on a Sunday afternoon, the life of 21-year-old Alex Cherry was abruptly cut short. The young Black man was engaged in a conversation with a political candidate on April 24, 2016, on Vernon Road, even expressing a desire to get involved in the upcoming election. Moments after this hopeful exchange, a man approached him from behind and fatally shot him in the head.
The brazenness of the act, committed in broad daylight, sent shockwaves through
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