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LeGend Talifaro: The Boy Whose Death Spurred Trump to Action

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Note: Some parties involved in the life and death of LeGend Taliferro aren't named in news coverage. To make it easier to identify people, I will give them pseudonyms noted with an asterisk*. "Living Legend" LeGend Micah Taliferro got off to a rough start in life. He was born January 30, 2016 with a condition requiring open heart surgery when he was just four months old. His doctors said he'd eventually need a second procedure. But the little boy was a fighter. He didn't just survive. He thrived. His family referred to him as their "Living Legend" in admiration of his indomitable spirit. His mother, Charron Powell, said that Legend, her only child, was bright and curious. She told the Johnson City Press , "He asked a million questions and if you didn't answer how he wanted, he'd ask more. He was very smart. I feel like he was way older than he really was because he knew so much and he was so very inquisitive." He attended Suzette's ...
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Amaria Jones: Shot Dead While Dancing for her Mom

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Amaria Jones dreamed of becoming an attorney one day. But she had plenty of time for that. After all, she was only 13 years old. She had just finished 6th grade at John Hay Community Academy. When Brandon Wilkerson went to the school to recruit boys for a basketball team, Amara said she wanted to join, too. She wore a jersey: number 12.  Friends and family called her "Ya-Ya." She loved the color purple. She was a typical little sister to Mercedes Jones, age 27, and three older brothers. She was a fun-loving delight to her mother, Lawanda Jones. Amaria and her mother  lived on the first floor apartment of a small two-family brick house on the 1000 block of North Leclaire Avenue in South Austin, on the west side of Chicago. There had been thunderstorms Father's Day weekend of 2020, but the weather had settled as the sun went down on the evening of June 20. The light was fading just after 8:30. Amaria was in the living room, watching TV with her mother.  Excited about a new ...
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