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Sun, 11.30.2003

Another Black Man Dead From Police Brutality

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On this date in 2003, another Black man died after being beaten by police in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Nathanial Jones, 41, died at the hands of six white-American officers during a traffic stop earlier that week. The officers asserted their constitutional right to remain silent while being investigated.

At the time of his death, the 342-pound Jones had an excessive amount of drugs in his system, but the city coroner confirmed that his death resulted from the beating from the nightsticks (formally known as PR-24 batons).

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Young, gifted, and black Oh what a lovely precious dream. To be young, gifted, and black Open your heart to what I mean. In the whole world you know There’s a million boys... TO BE YOUNG GIFTED, AND BLACK by Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.
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