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On March 21st, 2012 Rekia Boyd affectionately known as Strawberry or Kia, encountered un-uniformed officer Dante Servin, while she was with a group of young people in an alleyway across from Douglass Park on the West Side of Chicago. The officer was known for being hostile to those living in the community. The officer pulled up to the group, words were exchanged and the officer opened fire, shooting Antonio Cross in the hand and shooting Rekia in the back of her head.

We learn about Rekia's goals and aspirations, what she loved to do and how much big brother Martinez advocated for her in life and in her tragic death.

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WARNING

Chime #1 :36:59 (skip ahead 30 seconds)

Martinez -I came in from a bike ride at about 6:30 in the morning, um, on March 21st. So coming from this bike ride I was like forget it, you know, I felt good, I'm gonna do some sit ups, do some push ups, I felt like Rocky, you know, I'm going at it. And it's the story on TV, this doctor just talking, they just got this just playing on TV. 21, I mean, 22 year old woman shot in the head, 39 year old man shot in the hand. So I kept seeing it, every channel. And I'm like Rikia 22.

Chime #2 00:40:45 (skip ahead 2 min)

Martinez

. the officer pulls up, you know, and they exchange words and like man I ain't got no drugs for your crack head ass, get the hell on out of here and that's when the officer starts shooting, you know.

:... he shot Antonio in the hand and shot Rekia in the back of the head as she was running. Uh, then like, um, seen a little video, of course all the cameras all of a sudden don't work around there but the police they end up coming like 30 seconds after. And as they coming down the street you see Antonio, you just see a white shirt with blood on it, Antonio. So he come up to the car, he point down the way, police, they ride down to what officer was that. You see him about to get in the car, he turn around, look at the police car, grabbed his phone, act like he calling it in. They n- never detained him, they let him tamper with evidence because he shot inside the car.

, Antonio, like man, I have the phone up to my ear, so when he let the shot go, you know, he was shooting for my face 'cause it, the shot hit him in his hand, you know, so, uh, he was gunning for the head. Rekia I don't, I don't think she was next to him but she started running across the alley. [inaudible 01:17:13] say me and her started running. She said whenever we in danger we always check for each other [inaudible 01:17:18] you good, Rekia you good, whatever. She say, you know, I ran across the alley here behind the tree and I turned around looking for Rekia and like, and I called her name and then I looked down and she's laying in the alley.

, supposedly he shot five times, Um, and, a bullet may have ricocheted off of a pole and hit his car. Right? His own bullet may have ricocheted off the pole and hit his car. t and the bullet ricocheted in her head. Right? So it didn't go in and come out. It went in and just ricocheted through her head. Yeah. Awful. Awful.

CREDITS

Special thanks to

Host: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Executive Producers: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Edited & Sound Design: Byron Hunt

Producers: Heather Johnson, Ryan Woodhall and Mike DuBose

Associate Producers: Quinton Hill

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