Give the children hope.

I call on us as a community, as a society, as human beings to be the change we want to see. We can’t allow children to be so depraved and impoverished that they take another child’s life or feel they have no alternative but to live a life of crime. This is on all of us. We need to give them hope!

As a young man four particular tragedies really resonated with me deeply and remained close to my heart. Each time I heard about them it felt like someone had pushed a stake through my heart and it would have me worrying and fretting about my own children. The murder of Stephen Lawrence, death of Victoria Climbíè, the abduction, torture and murder of Jamie Bulger and the murder of Damilola Taylor.

Young innocent children being killed like this in most instances by other children shows a despicable and disgusting side to our society. Damilola’s murder pained me so much because of the amount of time it took to put the killers behind bars. This young man had such a bright future ahead of him and at times I found myself wishing I had been there to protect him.

I call on us as a community, as a society, as human beings to be the change we want to see. We can’t allow children to be so depraved and impoverished that they take another child’s life or feel they have no alternative but to live a life of crime. This is on all of us. We need to give them hope!

Meeting Richard Taylor for the first time was a very emotional experience for me. 

I cried. For all his years of suffering losing his son and then his wife, I cried. For the strength and dignity this man has shown, I cried. Richard Taylor is an inspiration to me and I hope I can inspire people in the same way he inspires me.

Patrick Hutchinson – Black Lives Matter activist

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