In the light of a January afternoon in Augusta, Georgia, the life of James Bartell Smiley III, a 28-year-old African American male, was violently cut short on January 12, 2017. The tragic events unfolded around 2:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood near the 1000 block of Carrie Street. Smiley was inside his Mercedes when a Black male with dreadlocks reportedly approached the vehicle and opened fire, striking Smiley multiple times in the head and neck. In a final, desperate attempt to flee the
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