On August 10, 2016, Larnell Bruce, a black 19-year-old, was run over by a

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driven by Russell Courtier, a member of the

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gang, outside a

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convenience store in

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; Bruce died 3 days later. In March 2019, Courtier was found guilty of

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and

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, while his girlfriend Colleen Hunt, who had been in the Jeep with Courtier, pleaded guilty to

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. Courtier was sentenced to life with a minimum of 28 years, while Hunt received a 10-year sentence. The case was the subject of a two-part

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documentary series called ''A Black And White Killing: The Case That Shook America''.

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