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Violence. >> it was a day like any other day. sunset going down on south central. you hear pops thinking they are fireworks. they werent pops. you see the melanin on your brothers skin turn gray. ricardo was his name. can you yall say it with me? >> ricardo. ricardo. ricardo. >> we also heard from maya middleton as a high school freshman what has held up at a convenient store. >> he comes toward me and i couldnt mover. i couldnt breathe. i couldnt talk. i couldnt think. all i remember is seeing ...

>> it was a day like any other day, sunset going down off el central. you hear pops thinking theyre fireworks. they werent pops, you see the melonen on your brothers skin turn gray. ricardo was his name. can you all say it with me? >> ricardo! >> we also heard from mia middleton, who is a high school freshman was held up at a convenience store. heres her story. >> he comes toward me and i couldnt move. i couldnt breathe. i couldnt talk. i couldnt think. all i remember is seeing dark jeans coming...

I have lived in south l.a. my entire life and have lost many loved ones to gun violence. this is normal. normal to the point that ive learned to duck from bullets before i learned how to read. [ cheers and applause ] my brother. he was in high school when he passed away. it was a day like any other day. sunset going down on south central. you hear pops thinking theyre fireworks. they werent pops. you see your brothers skin turn gray. ricardo was his name.

To gun violence. among them was edna chavez of south central los angeles who told us about her brother. lets watch. >> it was a day like any other day. sunset going down on south central. you hear pops thinking they are fireworks. they werent pops. you see your brothers skin turn gray. ricardo was his name. can you all say it with me. >> ricardo, ricardo, ricardo. [ chanting ] >> this is the stuff that got to me. and we heard from mia middletop of chicago with a high school freshman was held up ...

>> how do you tell somebody that theyre married to a murderer? i think by then shes got this awful feeling that this was something terrible. i sat down with a cup of tea and said i need you to look at this. this is not going to be good. she just shook. i have never in all my life seen anybody turn gray, absolute gray, putty colored, and she just shook and she shook and shook for about half an hour. i thought i had killed her. it was one of the worst things ive ever had to do. >> for most of the ...