6. Terrence Howard – Watched His Father Kill A Man
In 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, Terrence Howard‘s family was waiting in line to see Santa Claus (not the real one—one in a shopping mall). The accounts vary wildly as to what really happened, but Howard claims that his father was holding his family’s place in line when he called them to come and stand with him. As they entered the line, another man said something (possibly racialized) about them cutting in line. Howard’s father apparently said something back to this man and it then turned physical. The man pinned Howard’s father against a wall and kneed him in the groin repeatedly. Howard’s father’s groin started to bleed (as the result of a re-aggravated injury). It’s said that at this point, Howard’s father began to stab the man repeatedly with an unknown weapon. The man would later die from his injuries. Merry Christmas, I guess.
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