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Sept. 23, 2024
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Najiyyah Avery, center, prays for her son, Jai “Jerry” Williams, while holding his childhood teddy bear at the Block off Biltmore in Asheville, N.C., on July 12, the day Williams would have turned 36. Williams was fatally shot by police at the city’s Deaverview Apartments 10 days earlier.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)In a town that was never about race, a police shooting makes everything about race.
Concerned community members Adrienne Weir, center, and Hannah Butler, right, gather in front of the Asheville Police Department to raise awareness in memory of Jai “Jerry” Williams on July 12. Williams, 35, was shot and killed by police in the North Carolina city on July 2, 2016.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)Concerned community members attend the Interfaith Unity Gathering organized by Asheville, N.C., city officials and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in memory of Jai “Jerry” Williams on July 12.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)Diondrea Arrington, 3, and other community members attend the Interfaith Unity Gathering organized by city officials and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in memory of Jai “Jerry” Williams on July 12, 2016, in Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville, N.C.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)Posters in memory of Jai “Jerry” Williams are shown at the Block off Biltmore in Asheville, N.C. Williams, 35, was fatally shot by police at nearby Deaverview Apartments on July 2, 2016.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)Jai “Jerry” Williams is honored by his mother, Najiyyah Avery, left, and cousins Tristan Earle and Tiffany Williams at his birthday party in Asheville, N.C. Williams died 10 days earlier in a police shooting.
(Susannah Kay / For The Times)Sept. 23, 2024