There's a scene in "The Blood is at the Doorstep" where Maria
Hamilton, whose son Dontre Hamilton was killed by a Milwaukee police
officer, stands in a church pulpit and gives a passionate declaration
about her son.
"God gave me a child that was uniquely made
and he's gone to rest now with the same God that created him. It's an
illness. It's nothing to be afraid of, it's nothing to run from, it's
nothing that anybody should die for," Maria states.
Her words are straightforward and the message
clear but the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans
with mental illness is a complex issue compounded by racist policing
tactics already affecting urban communities.
The film's world premiere at SXSW this year
put the story of an avoidable police shooting on a national platform
during a time when social activism is growing across this country.
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