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She called the police and got the confirmation. shelley was dead. so, again, she phoned shauna. >> i had to tell her her little sister was dead on the phone. i needed somebody to be there, to be my -- be me in my place. to be, you know, there if the police needed to ask questions and stuff. somebody needed to be there. so i called her. and of course, i hated to devastate her that way over the phone, but she had to know. >> and i just hit the floor. i couldn't stand up, couldn't do anything, couldn't talk, just shocked. >> reporter: did you have any idea what happened? >> none. i got to the sce...

>> it was a day like any other day, sunset going down off el central. you hear pops thinking they're fireworks. they weren't pops, you see the melonen on your brother's 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. here's her story. >> he comes toward me and i couldn't move. i couldn't breathe. i couldn't talk. i couldn't think. all i remember is seeing dark jeans coming toward me. he pulls out this silver pistol

At the beginning of the movement. what i will say is we were mindful of the fact that we needed to tell stories that were resonating with people. king said here are the structural issues. we're going to tell these stories to point people to how we change the system with the role. this is not about switching places with the oppressor. it is abouteneding oppression. >> what do you hope people take away? >> this is not about one person but many people telling stories altogether. we have new tools now. king couldn't talk to a million people whenever we wanted to. we can because of social media and...

I couldn't talk. i couldn't think. all i remember is seeing dark jeans coming toward me. he pulled out this silver pistol and points it in my face and said these words that to this day haunt me and give me nightmares. he said, if you say anything i will find you. and yet i'm still saying something today. [ cheering and applause ] >> mark, i heard some numbers toe. a young kid from chicago, i heard in the car coming in, the kid -- he's a kid. he gave us the numbers. 5,000 dead kids in chicago alone since 2006. 16,000 wounded, probably serious wounds. life-changing. but 5,000 dead kids from shoo...

Sister was dead on the phone. i needed somebody to be there, be my -- be me in my place. to be, you know, there if the police needed to ask questions and stuff. somebody needed to be there. so i called her. and of course, i hated to devastate her that way over the phone, but she had to know. >> and i just hit the floor. i couldn't stand up, couldn't do anything, couldn't talk, just shocked. >> reporter: did you have any idea what happened? >> none. i got to the scene first 'cause i lived closest to her. it was like a scene out of a movie. there was tape that had everything taped off. there wer...