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Cedric Jamal Mifflin’s bullet-riddled vehicle at the home of his close friend, Giovanni Fleur in Phenix City, Ala., Oct. 7, 2021. Mifflin, a young unarmed black man was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers a Phenix City police officer, killing Mifflin during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Dontrell Grier, brother of Cedric Jamal Mifflin, a young unarmed black man killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2017 operates his auto detailing shop in Columbus, Ga. while discussing aspects of his brothers killing, Oct. 8, 2021. Mifflin was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers a Phenix City police officer, killing him during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Cedric Jamal Mifflin’s bullet-riddled vehicle at the home of his close friend, Giovanni Fleur in Phenix City, Ala., Oct. 7, 2021. Mifflin, a young unarmed black man was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers a Phenix City police officer, killing Mifflin during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Dontrell Grier, brother of Cedric Jamal Mifflin, a young unarmed black man killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2017 operates his auto detailing shop in Columbus, Ga. while discussing aspects of his brothers killing, Oct. 8, 2021. Mifflin was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers a Phenix City police officer, killing him during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Cedric Jamal Mifflin’s grave is seen at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 9, 2021. Mifflin, a young unarmed black man was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers a Phenix City police officer, killing Mifflin during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
A customer leaves Ed’s Bar-b-que in Phenix City, Ala., Oct. 9, 2021. The restaurant is where Cedric Jamal Mifflin was stopped by Michael Seavers, a Phenix City police officer before Seavers shot at Mifflin 15 times, killing Mifflin, a young unarmed black man in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Members of The Roadrunnas car club meet in an empty parking lot off Buena Vista Rd. in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 8, 2021.The club was started by Dontrell Grier and Giovanni Fleur in remembrance of Cedric Jamal Mifflin, a young unarmed black man who was shot at 15 times and killed by Michael Seavers, a Phenix City police officer during a traffic stop in 2017. The Roadrunnas often gather 25 to cars and club members and drive from housing project to housing project in Columbus and Phenix City, Ala. Cedric's friends and brother help run it--he used to drive toward the front. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
Scenes outside the Piggly Wiggly, Oct. 9, 2021 in Columbus, Ga. where Cedric Jamal Mifflin once worked prior to his death in 2017. Mifflin was shot at 15 times by Michael Seavers, a Phenix City police officer, killing Mifflin, a young unarmed black man during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
A black Phenix City Resident with a tial light out on his truck commutes between Columbus, Ga. and Phenix City, Ala., Oct. 9, 2021. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)
A Phenix City police officer makes a traffic stop along 13th st. near Lewis Motors, a used car lot in Phenix City, Ala., Oct. 7, 2021. The street and car lot is where Cedric Jamal Mifflin’s vehicle rolled to a stop after he was shot at 15 times just a few blocks away by Michael Seavers, a Phenix City police officer, killing Mifflin, a young unarmed black man during a traffic stop in 2017. Seavers has not faced any charges as a result of the event and the Phenix City police department has not released the body camera footage from the incident. (Kenny Holston for The New York Times)