Home /

They called him a gangster out for revenge. The evidence? Six text messages

By Selam Gebrekidan
New York Times·
23 mins to read

A murder-conspiracy case in northwestern England tells the story of Britain’s crackdown on gangs, which disproportionately targets young Black men.

Ademola Adedeji tried to picture what the jury saw when they looked at him.

Could they tell that he was the school president? The captain of the rugby team? The older brother who made dinners for his siblings and read them bedtime stories?

Or did they see only Defendant No. 7 in a trial of 10 Black teenagers charged with

Save