[somber music]
[bright music,
many conversations]
GROUP: 3, 2, 1!
[applause, cheers]
The night that
Anthony was killed,
our city suffered a great loss.
And it had to do with public
trust of the people that
we've empowered to
protect and serve us.
Since then, this family
has worked day and night
to restore that public trust.
-I'm proud of my son.
I know that he wants justice
and for me to continue to get
justice for other families.
NARRATOR: At the end of
the 1990s, a decade in which
many American cities adopted
aggressive law enforcement
strategies, a new
civil rights movement
started to gain
public attention.
Born in communities across the
United States, it was made up of
families whose loved ones had
been killed by police officers.
[ominous music]
-I learned that my son
was killed in the vestibule
of his apartment by
four police officers,
and that they
shot at him 41 times.
Our heart has been broken
for the rest of our lives.
But we want to be among
those who want to make change.
[pensive music]
-I was watching the 10:00 news,
and they announced that
there was a Gidone Busch
that was killed in Burough Park
in a hail of bullets.
I must have screamed
on the top of my lungs.
I called the precinct,
and I was hysterical crying.
And I begged
them, please tell me.
I hope we learn something from
this terrible tragedy, and that
somewhere, there will be justice
and that there will be changes.
NARRATOR: This is the story of
a group of mothers in New York
City whose sons were killed by
police officers and who have
turned their personal tragedy
into an opportunity for change.
