Eldrick Smith, a 53-year-old Black male, was a lifelong resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, a city that pulsed with a vibrant rhythm that matched his own. Known affectionately as 'E' to his friends and family, he was a man who had deep roots in his community. He had walked the halls of John McDonogh High School and later earned his commercial driver's license from a trucking institute. His life was one of connection, both to the roads he traveled as a truck driver and to the people who knew and
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