Christian Alexander Jones, an 11-year-old Black/African American boy, spent the first days of July 2014 doing what kids do when school is out—moving from house to house in his Midfield neighborhood just outside Birmingham, Alabama, looking for something to do with friends. He had recently finished the fourth grade at Midfield Elementary and was known around the community as “Number 81,” a standout for the West End Panthers youth football team, the kind of child adults remembered for always
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