Goldie Burt Jr., a 51-year-old man from the small town of Duck Hill, Mississippi, was killed by gunfire on January 20, 2017, in or near the community he called home. In a town of only a few hundred residents, where U.S. Highway 51 cuts past modest houses and country churches, the announcement that someone had been shot and killed was more than just another crime report; it was a rupture in the everyday rhythm of a place that prided itself on being quiet and close-knit. Word of his death traveled
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