"I've had to be in the position where I've had to go to my local police department, because I know my son is going to be training for the Junior Olympics running around the neighborhood in an all-white neighborhood and I have brought him to the police and said He belongs to me, this is my son. Do not harass him, do not stop him."
"The documentary covers the 2023 killing of Ajike AJ Owens, a 35-year-old black mom to four kids. Owens was shot by her white neighbor, Susan Lorincz, in Ocala, FL, after Owens went over to confront Lorincz about harassing her kids, including throwing roller skates and an umbrella at them and using racial slurs. Lorincz shot Owens through her front door; she was found guilty of manslaughter in 2024 and sentenced to 25 years in prison."
A Black mother proactively brought her son to the local police department to warn officers not to harass him while he trained and ran in an all-white neighborhood. She explained that Black boys often are denied the presumption of innocence and the presumption of youth. The account was shared alongside coverage of a documentary about the 2023 killing of Ajike AJ Owens, who was shot by a white neighbor after confronting ongoing harassment of her children. The neighbor was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years. The program also noted the emotional depiction of police-community connection and concern about Stand Your Ground laws in states like Florida.
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