Candice Norwood
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Adrienne Hood sat back in her chair as she stared at the detective sitting across from her.
“I see your son wasn’t a felon,” he said casually, glancing down at the notebook in his hand.
It was June 8, 2016. Just two days prior, two plainclothes officers had fatally shot Hood’s 23-year-old son in Columbus, Ohio. Henry Green V — her “bubby,” as she calls him — was the person in the family to make everyone laugh. He loved to play basketball and taught himself how to dribble and shoot with his nondominant hand. He was a talented cook and had dreams of going to culinary school. Hood particularly loved Green’s meatball sauce. She never got the chance to write down the recipe.
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