Eight years after police fatally shot a Black teenager, renewed calls for an investigation by Shelley Murphy Globe Staff, July 18, 2020 (excerpted) Eight years later, his death is drawing renewed attention as protesters outraged by the killings of George Floyd and other Black men and women call for sweeping police reforms and racial justice. In New Bedford, a city that has long struggled with gang violence, community activists and the NAACP are calling for a fresh look at Gracia’s shooting and the police practices that led to the deadly encounter. LaSella Hall, president of the NAACP’s New Bedford branch,...