Delinquent: For Davions parents, justice fell short after he was killed by a teen driver, but new scholarship in his memory brings peace [Video]

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Davion Flanagan was living his second chance.

He and his younger sisters had endured a tumultuous upbringing in Cleveland, facing drug use, violence and severe neglect in their biological home. Eventually, both parents would be incarcerated, severing their rights and thrusting the three siblings into foster care.

But after the siblings were adopted by Scott and Jaime Flanagan in 2011, they started a new life filled with hope and unconditional love. Davion, the oldest of the three, was 8 at the time. He needed regular therapy to address the traumas he’d endured, and he’d already been held back one year, so the family put him in intensive tutoring to catch him up. He finished his senior year at age 19.

But in his new life, he blossomed.

He showed an enormous capacity for kindness and forgiveness, always striving to make sure everyone he met was seen and heard. His parents suspect he was always …