Parks also reveals what she told her 7-year-old son after he saw footage of George Floyd’s death and asked, “Why is the police officer stepping on that man?” (via toofab)
helped direct the funeral for Rayshard Brooks -- and her connection to his family didn't stop with the service.
"It's been heavy, because as a mother to two young African American boys, as a daughter of an African American man, a sister to two African American brothers and being in Atlanta -- this is the mecca of Black Hollywood, of civil rights movement, of well-educated, well-spoken, well-traveled people of color -- to see this Rayshard Brooks scenario happen here, the birthplace of the SCLC, Martin Luther King Jr., Ambassador Andy Young, it's disheartening," said Parks.
"He definitely got on top of the situation, made sure charges were filed and and he handled it expeditiously, in the words of TI," she continued."It made me very proud as an attorney, it made me proud as a woman of color and it made me proud as a citizen of Atlanta that we didn't handle it like Kentucky, this is not Breonna Taylor. We have made sure justice was served and that there was a speedy investigation. It was swift and that's what we need to see across the board.
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