ABSTRACT
Jelani Brinson was a wonderful young man who was not ashamed to tell others about his love for Jesus Christ and his family. He had great hope for humanity and openly advocated diversity issues. Although he was raised Catholic, he was very active in a nondenominational church and had graduated from Fourth Baptist Christian School in north Minneapolis in 2003. He was very athletic. Not only did he enjoy playing soccer, he was good at it. In 2004, during the 1/2 year that he was at Faith Baptist Bible College (Ankeny, Iowa), he was listed as an Honorable Mention All-American in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Men’s Division II (Figure 8.1). Jelani had also attended emergency medical technician training at Hennepin Technical College, and was most recently attending Crown College in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, where he was a solid B student.
