My Review The Man Nobody Killed by Elon Green

Title: The Man Nobody Killed

Author: Elon Green

Published: March 11,2025

Publisher: Celadon Books/Macmillan Audio

Genre: True Crime/Biography/ Nonfiction/ History/ Art/ Biography Memoir

Pages: 288 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

On September 15, 1983, Michael Stewart, a young model and artist, died in the hospital after an altercation with the New York Transit Police in New York. Witnesses later recounted the altercation, stating that police choked Stewart with a nightstick and beat him with clubs. Witnesses also recounted the pleas for help and for them to stop went unanswered and their attack continues against him. When they brought him to the hospital, doctors and nurses questioned the police account because his injuries did not match their description of events. 

Before the BLM movement, there were a lot of instances of unfair treatment and stereotyping by the authorities, and while this incident will NEVER receive the justice that Michael deserves, this did bring light to the unfairness and mistreatment. Michael was more than his murder and death, he was an aspiring artist who just wanted to make a name for himself, he did not deserve what happened. No one deserves that kind of treatment. This was a very touching story that showed that life does not end after death, that Michael continues to live on through his story and his art. 

Thank you Celadon Books, Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for the opportunity to read/listen and review this story! A tragic ending to an aspiring artist whose story is being shared! 

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