This is the story of a New Orleans musician, Joseph Williams, aka Shotgun Joe, who was shot and killed by the New Orleans Police Department on August 3, 2004, unarmerd, at the age of 22.
You can listen to music by and about Joe at http://mattsakakeeny.com/instruments-of-power/people/joseph-williams/
Original Title
"Why Dey Had to Kill Him? The Life and Death of Shotgun Joe," Matt Sakakeeny, Oxford American, Dec. 2012
This is the story of a New Orleans musician, Joseph Williams, aka Shotgun Joe, who was shot and killed by the New Orleans Police Department on August 3, 2004, unarmerd, at the age of 22.
You can listen to music by and about Joe at http://mattsakakeeny.com/instruments-of-power/people/joseph-williams/
This is the story of a New Orleans musician, Joseph Williams, aka Shotgun Joe, who was shot and killed by the New Orleans Police Department on August 3, 2004, unarmerd, at the age of 22.
You can listen to music by and about Joe at http://mattsakakeeny.com/instruments-of-power/people/joseph-williams/