Eric Benjamin Hadley Jr., a 24-year-old African-American man from New Orleans, Louisiana, was spending the last day of 2012 the way friends said he often did�close to cars, close to the work he loved, and close to the people who knew him as a humble, steady presence. He was a car enthusiast who poured hours into body work, the kind of person who treated a vehicle like a craft project and a calling, not just transportation. To the people around him, his pride and joy wasn�t flashy; it was persona
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