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Assignment Banishing America's Bad Hombres A 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鈥檚 Long Island. She was attacked by youths armed with machetes when she tried to stop them abducting her best friend Kayla Cuevas.

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Lilies mark the spot where the body of Nisa Mickens was found

Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas were attacked on this quiet street

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