On a Monday morning in Fairfield, Alabama, 48-year-old Mary Freeman Smith, a Black female police officer, was responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle on the 5300 block of Avenue H. It was October 23, 2006, and what began as a routine check would end in tragedy. Officer Smith, a respected veteran of law enforcement, had only been with the Fairfield Police Department for two months after a distinguished 21-year career with the Birmingham Police Department.
While investigating the ve
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