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Mourners Demand Justice for Killing of Black Teenager Na’Kia Crawford in Ohio

HeadlineJun 16, 2020

In Akron, Ohio, protesters gathered Monday at the site where an 18-year-old Black teenager, Na’Kia Crawford, was shot and killed Sunday while driving with her grandmother. She had graduated from high school less than two weeks before she was killed. Witnesses say a white man shot Crawford from a car that police are now trying to locate. Na’Kia Crawford’s family believes the incident was racially motivated.

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