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In 2012, Sanford, Fla., would become the epicenter of a nationwide debate when George Zimmerman shoots and kills Trayvon Martin; Trayvon’s death ignites the Black Lives Matter movement and puts the city on center stage for the trial of the century.
The violent murder of 21-year-old Justin Cosby inside Harvard dormitory basement sends shockwaves throughout the city of Cambridge, Mass., and ignites a loving mother’s fight to clear her son’s name once the story goes public.
Austin’s peaceful atmosphere is shattered when a wave of bombings appears to target the city’s minority communities; multiple law enforcement agencies descend upon the city to try and put an end to the carnage before the body count rises.
Twenty years before George Floyd’s murder, Army veteran Roger Owensby Jr. was killed by Cincinnati police under similar circumstances; his death at the hands of law enforcement would help ignite three days of violent riots throughout the city
In 2013, mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was hoping to bring seismic change to his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss.; before he has his chance, he’s found dead under mysterious circumstances, sparking rumors of a political assassination.
The City of Flint, Mich., was plagued by deadly drinking water for nearly four years, as state officials repeatedly denied any problems; the crisis would become one of the most infamous State sanctioned public health disasters in American history.
When beloved Detroit rapper Blade Icewood is shoot and paralyzed in 2004, he launches a war of words against his attackers; the salvo of revenge lyrics only heats up the rivalry, leaving Blade dead in a barrage of bullets just 7-months later.
