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>>> NOW
>>> NOW TO A STORE YOU ONLY SEE HERE.
HERE.
HERE. SITTING NEXT TO ME A WOMAN BY
THE NAME OF MELANIE BROWN.
WHERE YOU LIVE?
>> I LIVE IN TRINIDAD,
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. >> SOME YEARS AGO YOU WERE
MARRIED TO JEROME MAURICE
DANIELS.
DANIELS.
DANIELS. >> YES OR.
>> COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER,
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL 4@PHENOM,
FAIRMONT HEIGHTS, ALL MET4@. HE
HAD TWO DAUGHTER.
>> YES, WE DID4@.
>> AT SOME POINT IN TIME JEROME
WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? >> A FIGHT ESCALATED.
ARGUMENT ESCALATED 4@THAT TURNE
INTO A FIGHT.
DURING THE FIGHT, A YOUNG MAN
PULLED OUT A GUN, THE GUN WENT
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. JEROME STILL WAS FIGHTING AT
ONE POIN4@T HE JUST SAT DOWN AN
STOPPED.
STOPPED.
STOPPED. >> Reporter: YOU ARE LEFT WITH
TWO DAUGHTERS TO RAISE.
>> YES. ONE TURNING TWO YEARS
OLD NEXT WEEK.
>> YOU ARE THE GUY4@ WHO SHOT A
KILLED HER HUSBAND, RIGHT?
>> YES, SIR.
>> A FIGHT?
4@
>> A FIGHT? >> YES OR.
>> WERE CONVICTED HOW MUCH TIME
DID YOU DO IN PRISON.
>> 22 YEARS AND THREE MONTHS.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL PRISON?
>> YES, SIR.
>> Reporter: AT SOME POINT IN
TIME HE REACHED OUT TO THE
WIDOW, RIGHT?
WIDOW, RIGHT? WHILE YOU ARE IN PRISON?
>> YES, SIR. 4@
>> WHAT DID YOU DO THAT?
>> I UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME IN
MY LIFE I HAD TO MOVE FORWARD
IN THIS WAS THE GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO MOVE YOU
HAVE TO BE REAL WITH YOURSELF4@
>> HOW OLD WERE YOU.
>> 16 YEARS OLD4@4@.
>> Reporter: HAD A LEGAL GUN
GET ON THE STREET SOMEWHERE?
>> YES, SIR.
>> EASY TO GET, STILL ARE?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> YOU REACH OUT AND WHAT DID
YOU SAY TO HER?
WHAT YO4@U WANT FROM HER?
>> I REACHED OUT AND POURED MY
HEART OUT TO HER AND LET HER
KNOW THAT I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
TROUBLE I CAUSED HER AND HER
FAMILY AND ALSO TOLD HER IF
THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO ON
MY BEHALF AND WILLING TO DO AND
I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF
MY HEART.
MY HEART.
MY HEART. >> WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO
FORGIVE THEM?
FORGIVE THEM? >> I ASKED MY DAUGHTERS HOW 4@D
THEY FEEL. 4@
MY FINAL DECISION WAS TO SEE
CONTACT IN COURT.
>> YOU SPOKE ON HIS BEHALF IN
COURT?
COURT?
COURT? WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE JUDGE?
>> I ASKED THE JUDGE I SAID NO
MATTER HOW MANY YEARS THIS MAN
DOES IT WON'T BRING BACK MY
KIDS' DAD. IT'S ABOUT
FORGIVENESS ABOUT WHERE MY KIDS
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. IT
KIDS. IT WAS, TO ME I FORGIVE THEM.
I LOOKED AT HIM, EYE CONTACT,
LIKE I SAID4@ IF HE IS ACTING H
A GOOD ACTOR.
I FE4@EL THE VIBES TO ME I FEEL
HE IS A CHANGED PERSON SPENT
THE FIRST TIME THE TWO OF YOU
HAVE APPEARED TOGETHER LIKE
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO HER
AND HER FAMILY.
>> SICKLY I WANT TO LET HER
KNOW AGAIN LIKE I ALWAYS DO
THAT I APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND I
KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING I CAN'T
TAKE WHAT I DONE BACK BUT I DO
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME
AND LIKE I TOLD YOU I AM HERE
FOR YOU AND I WANT TO DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY FEEL BETTER.
>> MELANIE HOW ARE YOU ARE YOU
AND YOUR DAUGHTERS DOING?
>> I FEEL GREAT4@.
I FEEL AS THOUGH4@ -- IT IS ABO
CHANGE AND FORGIVENESS4@.
>> CLAYTON ROSENBERG YOU ARE
WITH THE GROUP AND QUITE
FAMILIAR WITH THE ALLIANCE OF
CONCERNED MEN DOING A LOT OF
GOOD WORK HERE GETTING GROUPS
TO STOP FIGHTING PUT THE GUNS
DOWN PUT THE 4@WEAPONS DOWN.
YOU'VE GOT A MANUAL YOU PUT
TOGETHER BASED ON YOUR
EXPERIENCE SO NOT JUST TALKING
YOU ARE WALKING THE WALK4@.
>> WE HAVE A RESOLUTION MANUAL
SOMETHING WE USED TO BRING4@
THESE TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE
TOGETH4@ER.
TOGETH4@ER. SOMETHING WE USE FOR YOUTH.
WET ON MARCH MONDAY, 4@APRIL 29
AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. THE
POLICE CHIEF NEW SOMEONE THERE,
SUPPORTS OUR EFFORTS4@ THIS
CONFLICT RESOLUTION MANUAL WHAT
IT CAN DO FOR THE CITY. 4@
>> THIS CAN HELP THE CITY?
>> THIS CAN DO MORE THAN HELP
THE CITY.
THE CITY.
THE CITY. >> VIOLENCE, HOMICIDES4@. THIS N
BE THE DIFFERENCE?
>> THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
IT HAS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE,
TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO
UNDERSTAND CONFLICT4@
UNDERSTAND CONFLICT4@ TRANSFORMATION CONFLICT AND
UNDERSTAND 4@TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE.
CARE.
CARE. THIS MANUAL IS 4@IMPORTANT.
>> THIS 4@IS FOR POLICE WHO ELS
>> POLICE4@, NONPROFITS, SOCIAL
WORKERS,4@ YOUTH IN THE
COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY.
COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY. >> MELANIE 4@BROWN, I CANNOT
THANK YOU YOU ENOUGH 4@FOR