They also shared the depths of their grief.
Paulette Hackney said that since her nephew’s killing, his grandmother’s health has rapidly declined. She no longer leaves home, Hackney said, and just sits and clutches the dog her grandson left behind “as if it was Rodney.”
The Rev. John Hargrove III, an uncle, said he can no longer write or preach sermons about forgiveness, one of the most important tenets of his faith.
“I have been shaken to my core,” he said.
Put that man below the prison. SMH.