Growing Up Gangster, Part II

Three months ago, 17-year-old Jawanza Brown was acquitted of a double homicide — and was the subject of this cover story in the Pitch.

Now he’s in a new kind of trouble.

Brown was the target of an undercover operation by the Kansas City Police Department’s Narcotics Unit. According to these court documents filed by the Jackson County prosecutor, Brown is charged with three counts of possession with intent to sell crack, possession of marijuana and resisting arrest for allegedly running from the arresting officers.