Ravon Fountain, a 43-year-old African American man from Chicago, died on February 5, 2018. Fountain had been arrested in 1993 as one of several people charged in the murder of Darrien Payton, whose body was found in the trunk of a car in Chicago. He became a state witness after what he later said was coercion; Fountain recanted that testimony, alleging he had been tortured and threatened by police.

Charges against him were later dropped. In subsequent years Fountain spoke out about police brutality and the use of torture in interrogations and advocated for justice reform. His death in 2018 was described as a significant loss to the community and drew attention to systemic issues in the criminal justice system.

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