In Andrea’s own words:
“Today is the day. As I sit here thinking about what is going to be said this afternoon.. and try to prepare for a very painful outcome.. I sit here and I look at what has taken place since March 6th 2015.
The night my son was massacred in the stairwell of his OWN HOME.. almost immediately following his death.. before I could even bury my 1st born son.. the smear campaign began.. the threats started rolling in. As I tried to grieve my son, protect my family, hold on to my other children… the city I live in began to slowly, piece by piece, destroy what little we had left.
A few weeks after my son was killed the media and police department released records to the public.. that they knew full well were not my son.. trying to make my baby out to be a criminal.. thus making ppl believe that he deserved to die.
When we were able to shut those records down and show that they were not my sons.. they then turned around and began to try to make him seem suicidal. They released a news article regarding a 911 call I made regarding an argument him and I had. When that didn’t do enough damage…
a week later they released the audio tape of that 911 call and decided it would be just fine to leave my address and phone number..thus taking our home and all sense of security away from my children and I. In the time since.. we have been reduced to living in hotels.
And still I had not been violent.. I did not lash out.. as they kept making mention of violence from us or our supporters.
The ppl of this city have been cruel.. hateful.. evil.. even threatening toward me and my family… and still we stood in peace. They wanted to break us.
The DA gave himself a 3 week time line.. which ended a week and a half ago.. I sat and thought to myself “no… he wouldn’t be so cruel”.. mothers day came… I had gotten home from DC at only 12:30 that day.. as I was opening gifts from my babies.. trying to keep a smile on my face for them.. I received the call. The DA was giving me 48 hr notice of announcement. He did it on mothers day. Taking from me any chance at some form if peace that day. Destroying my chance to just sit and love my remaining living babies.
And now… we come to today. Today this man will sit in my face and try and explain to me why he has decided to let the man that has murdered my son.. get away with murder for the 2nd time.
See I lost hope a long time ago… any city who treats a grieving mother with the amount of disrespect they have done to me… will obviously set the animal that takes lives free to murder again.
They have set the stage.. and today the play will commence. They have already told us what the decision is… u only need to have been paying attention.
We can hope for a miracle.. but we know the truth.
My pain is inconceivable..”
