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Marvin Coleman’s story, like the story of the Hyde Park community in North Memphis where he was raised, is one of trauma and triumph.
In 1983, Coleman, who owns Chelsea Automart Inc., a used car business there, saw a Memphis police SWAT team raid a house in what would be known as the Shannon Street Massacre.
Officers had attempted to negotiate with Lindbergh Sanders, who was part of a religious group that had taken a police officer hostage. The officer was ultimately killed. The SWAT team exchanged fire with the group and wound up killing all seven of them inside.