Bryan Stevenson
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I was heading home and she was still sitting outside.
And when she saw me, she came over to me and she said, oh, Mr. Stevenson, I feel so bad.
She said, I let you down today.
I let everybody down today.
I said, Ms.
Williams, it's not your fault.
They shouldn't have done what they did.
She said, no, no, no, no, no.
I was supposed to be in that courtroom.
I should have been in that courtroom.
And she started crying.
I said, Ms.
Williams, please don't feel bad.
They shouldn't have done what they did.
She said, no, no, no.
I was meant to be in that courtroom.
I should have been in that courtroom.
She said, but when I saw that dog, all I could think about was Selma, Alabama, 1965.
And I remember how they put those dogs on us.
And I tried to make myself move, but I just couldn't do it.