Young black man, worried mom

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Left, this small boy watched the proceedings at a vigil for a homicide victim this week. The victim, a black man, was killed by gunfire.

Black men have the highest homicide victimization rates of any group in America, a fact the boy’s mother grasps. Although she did not know the subject of the vigil well, she said she attended because she wanted to support anti-homicide efforts on behalf of her son. ‘I’m worried because I’ve got a young black man here,’ she said.