In the summer of 2016, a single act of violence cut short the life of Akbar J. Scott, a 42-year-old Black/African American man from Newark, New Jersey. On the evening of August 20th, Scott was found in the driveway of a residence on Irvine Turner Boulevard, the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident was one of three homicides to occur in Newark in a single weekend, a stark reminder of the city's ongoing struggle with gun violence.
In the aftermath of the shooting, which occurred around
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