COLLEEN:
NEW AT 11- COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
TAKING TO THE STREETS OF LINDEN
AGAIN...WORKING TO END
GUN VIOLENCE.
TONIGHT'S CROWD BIGGER THAN PAST
WEEKS.
THE FAMILY OF THE UNBORN BABY --
KILLED 2
WEEKS AGO ALSO JOINED OTHER
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THE GRANDMOTHER SAYS HER
DAUGHTER WAS
WALKING AND EXERCISING WHEN
SOMEONE DROVE
BY AND SHOT HER IN THE STOMACH,
CAUSING HER
LOSE HER CHILD WHO THEY NAMED
ASIER
LEWIS. THE 15-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
WAS 35 WEEKS
PREGNANT.
THE FAMILY IS HURT, AND
CONFUSED, BUT SAY THIS
RALLY IS COMFORTING AND LETS
THEM KNOW
THEY'RE NOT ALONE AS THEY SEEK
JUSTICE FOR ASIER
.
TAMARA LEWIS, MOTHER: "IT'S NO
WAY OF GETTING HIM BACK. IT'S
NOTHING WE CAN DO. I'M ACTUALLY
TRYING TO SET IN MOTION TRYING
TO PUT HIM TO REST. YOU KNOW WE
WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT. WE
WERE PREPARING TO BRING HOME A
NEW BABY, BUYING CLOTHES, AND
PREPARING EQUIPMENT."
COLLEEN:
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ALSO SPENT
TONIGHT
HANDING OUT FOOD AND RESOURCES
INCLUDING INFORMATION ON BABY
INSURANCE FOR AN
UNBORN CHILD.
COLLEEN:
THE 8TH SEASON OF THE NEW ALBANY
LECTURE
