AHMAD BELL

Ahmad Bell is referenced as a previous victim in a police brutality incident in Jacksonville, Florida. His case is mentioned alongside Winston Price's incident as part of a larger national pattern of civil unrest and tensions surrounding law enforcement abuses. Ahmad Bell serves less as an active character and more as a symbolic figure whose experience contributes to the political and social climate of the novel. His incident becomes part of the backdrop motivating Eric Castille and his associates to pursue broader societal reforms and strategic action.