Leslie
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When I first, you know, got on the scene, the things that I said, who I came into encounter with, and when I first saw the sheet on the ground.
When I first, you know, got on the scene, the things that I said, who I came into encounter with, and when I first saw the sheet on the ground.
And I asked him, was that my son? We did not speak. We did not introduce ourselves. My only words was, is that my son? And he said, yeah. He said yes, and he nodded and said yes. And I don't remember what happened after that for probably at least a few hours. I just remember crying and just losing myself for a minute. And I think when I came back to it is when I felt my husband
And I asked him, was that my son? We did not speak. We did not introduce ourselves. My only words was, is that my son? And he said, yeah. He said yes, and he nodded and said yes. And I don't remember what happened after that for probably at least a few hours. I just remember crying and just losing myself for a minute. And I think when I came back to it is when I felt my husband
He hugged me from the back, and I realized that I was on Canfield. Mike had not been shot. Mike had been killed.
He hugged me from the back, and I realized that I was on Canfield. Mike had not been shot. Mike had been killed.
He said it all happened so fast. But he just, from the conversation he had with Mike leading up to what he saw, he could not understand why the officer did what he did. And he told me that him and his co-worker were even screaming at him like he has his hands up. He's down like, why do you keep shooting? He's telling me. He was just really close where he saw everything.
He said it all happened so fast. But he just, from the conversation he had with Mike leading up to what he saw, he could not understand why the officer did what he did. And he told me that him and his co-worker were even screaming at him like he has his hands up. He's down like, why do you keep shooting? He's telling me. He was just really close where he saw everything.
even the hurt and the pain in Mike's eyes.
even the hurt and the pain in Mike's eyes.
It was such a disrespect to him. Yeah, it was such disrespect. You know, and us, like, do you even know? No, he's not world-known and world-famous, but he is to me. Yeah. And you, this not even a person that should be laying under the sheet, man. Not at all. Not at all. So it was just... Oh, Lord, it was just craziness for hours.
It was such a disrespect to him. Yeah, it was such disrespect. You know, and us, like, do you even know? No, he's not world-known and world-famous, but he is to me. Yeah. And you, this not even a person that should be laying under the sheet, man. Not at all. Not at all. So it was just... Oh, Lord, it was just craziness for hours.
I felt like I sat on my mom's couch for three days. It didn't even feel like I moved. Because the first time I remember being at home in my bed is when I just felt like I said, I got to see him. I got to see him. You know, I keep seeing him.
I felt like I sat on my mom's couch for three days. It didn't even feel like I moved. Because the first time I remember being at home in my bed is when I just felt like I said, I got to see him. I got to see him. You know, I keep seeing him.
People who remind me, you know, and I'm just getting a glimpse of a man turning a corner or a kid with a backpack and he has the same, you know, height and build. Or I would feel this little thing he would do with our ears. He would like thump his finger across your ear and you would hear the wind. I kept telling Lewis, I just need to see him.
People who remind me, you know, and I'm just getting a glimpse of a man turning a corner or a kid with a backpack and he has the same, you know, height and build. Or I would feel this little thing he would do with our ears. He would like thump his finger across your ear and you would hear the wind. I kept telling Lewis, I just need to see him.
It was so strong that it was coming through our windows, like this spicy feeling almost, as if you're having an allergic reaction to something. Your eyes burn, your nose burns. And it was so strong in the air.
It was so strong that it was coming through our windows, like this spicy feeling almost, as if you're having an allergic reaction to something. Your eyes burn, your nose burns. And it was so strong in the air.
And I couldn't believe that. Like, to see it in person on a residential street with cars and somebody's hanging out the top with an assault rifle pointing it, due to... an officer killing an unarmed, when you think about the base of this story and where it stemmed from, and then you see their reactions, it's like, excuse me?
And I couldn't believe that. Like, to see it in person on a residential street with cars and somebody's hanging out the top with an assault rifle pointing it, due to... an officer killing an unarmed, when you think about the base of this story and where it stemmed from, and then you see their reactions, it's like, excuse me?