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Jamarion Washington, then 12, was critically injured after he was hit by an unknown driver at the intersection of Victory Parkway and Gilpin Avenue on Nov. 11, 2020.
With songs like “Don’t You Just Know It,” “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise,” he put a firm backbeat behind joyful nonsense.
Stewart will become Arizona’s first Black director of the Department of Child Safety. A recent ProPublica-NBC News investigation found the agency had investigated the families of 1 in 3 Black children in metro Phoenix during a recent five-year period.
One in three Black children in metro Phoenix faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period, stirring up dread and disbelief for many families in the community.
One in three Black children in Maricopa County faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period. Some families are pushing back.