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The Cost of Ego: Jerald Trotter tries to keep youths on right path

Latest community walk in fight against gun violence Saturday in Whitehaven

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 08, 2021 11:54 AM CT | Published: February 23, 2021 4:00 AM CT

One day at a sports bar more than 20 years ago ended with one man losing his life and another, Jerald Trotter, spending almost 13 years in prison. 

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Don Wade

Don Wade

Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.


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