James Martin, a 63-year-old Black man, became the victim in a Philadelphia homicide that court records later described as a brutal beating death. Known in the case record as James �Poke� Martin, he encountered Kimerly Joynes and her male companion, Robert Snead, after the pair allegedly took offense at remarks Martin had made to Joynes. What began as a confrontation turned violent when Joynes and Snead faced Martin, and Snead beat him until he was unconscious.
The violence did not end whe
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