Young Girl Tearfully Explains Why Charlotte Feels The Need To Protest
She may be small in size, but Zianna Oliphant had some powerful words for the Charlotte City Council on Monday night.
“It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed and we can’t see them anymore,” she said through tears. “It’s a shame that we have to go to their graveyard and bury them. And we have tears, and we shouldn’t have tears. We need our fathers and mothers to be by our side.”
Oliphant’s emotional testimony came during a tense city council meeting – the first since a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer fatally shot 43-year-old Keith Scott, sparking mass protests throughout the city. The child’s words brought a number of attendees to tears, according to The Associated Press.
“We do this because we need to and have rights.
—Zianna Oliphant
Heartbreaking Video at the Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zianna-oliphant-charlotte-protests_us_57eab47be4b082aad9b759b2?section=&
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No child should suffer like this let alone understand the death that is happening around her.
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