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AssignmentBanishing America's Bad HombresA community torn apart by violence

On the eve of her 16th birthday, the schoolgirl was on her way to basketball practice in Brentwood, a community on New York’s Long Island. She was attacked by youths armed with machetes when she tried to stop them abducting her best friend Kayla Cuevas.

  • A condolence poster for Nisa’s parents signed by her classmates
  • Rob Mickens, the father of Nisa
  • Sergeant Troy Tipett out on patrol
  • MS13 marks its territory
  • Richard Loeschner, Principal of Brentwood High School
  • MS13 gang member with trademark tattoos
  • Lilies mark the spot where the body of Nisa Mickens was found

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