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Charlotte: 9-Year-Old Girl’s Testimony About Police Killings Goes Viral

HeadlineSep 28, 2016

Meanwhile, a nine-year-old girl’s testimony at a City Council meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, about police brutality has gone viral, as protests continue over the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. This is Zianna Oliphant.

Zianna Oliphant: “I’ve been born and raised in Charlotte, and I’ve never felt this way 'til now. And I can't stand how we’re treated. It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed, and we can’t even see them anymore. It’s a shame that we have to go to the graveyard and bury them. And we have tears, and we shouldn’t have tears. We need our fathers and mothers to be by our side.”

That was nine-year-old Zianna Oliphant testifying at the Charlotte City Council meeting Monday.

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