In a fictional story that could have been ripped right from the evening news, a black teenager is gunned down by an off-duty policeman while shopping for a suit because someone thought the hanger in his hand was a gun. Alfonso Jones is a gifted teenager, a musician, an honor student at an exclusive school, and a bike messenger who has been saving up his money. In one inexplicable moment he is shot dead and finds himself boarding a train full of other victims of police violence. The train takes Alfonso on a tour of other killings as well as seeing the aftermath of his own death. The black and white illustrations of this graphic novel convey the darkness, heartbreak, anger, and injustice of the repeated killings.
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