King Javier Black, a 9-year-old Black boy from the Atlanta area, spent June 3, 2023 the way a child should have been able to spend any summer day. According to his mother’s account in local reporting, he had been swimming with family, came home, changed out of his wet clothes, and hurried back outside to play with friends. What first sounded like a child struck in a seemingly senseless shooting soon took on a more painful shape. East Point police later said King was shot at a home on East Wash
...Read More
Account
