Silence in Sikeston | Love & Grief for a Young, Black Father
Clip: Season 8 Episode 12 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
A mother talks about her son's life in Chicago and Sikeston, MO before his death by police.
In 2020, Denzel Taylor's life was cut short in a police shooting. His mother, Jean Kelly, shares pieces of his story as a son, father and young, Black man who had much more to give to his loved ones in Chicago and Sikeston.
Funding for Silence in Sikeston provided by the Ford Foundation. Funding for Local, USA provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Wyncote Foundation.
Silence in Sikeston | Love & Grief for a Young, Black Father
Clip: Season 8 Episode 12 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
In 2020, Denzel Taylor's life was cut short in a police shooting. His mother, Jean Kelly, shares pieces of his story as a son, father and young, Black man who had much more to give to his loved ones in Chicago and Sikeston.
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He was still young, vibrant, and energetic, and had so much love for his chi and his family and friends, and his smile was just amazing.
- Who looks like him?
- Oh yeah, it is.
- Ayanna?
- Yep.
- Just like him.
- Look at this picture, in Indiana, look at them.
- This was taken a year before h He was having trouble in school out here in Chicago, and after eighth grade when he went into high school, there were a lot of shootings and a lot of gang activity, and so I was like, no, I don't feel like you're safe here in Chicago.
So we both agreed that he would go to Sikeston, his dad and his stepmom, they bo "Okay, well he can stay with us
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