In one story a protester read on behalf of a victim, a 12-year-old boy finishing homework in his basement thought robbers had invaded when he heard yelling and was confronted by a man with a gun. In another, a mother who asked for anonymity wrote of struggling to explain to her four children, again and again, why they could not see their father after his death. Another family said they called 911 to get an emergency petition for a family member needing hospitalization for a mental health crisis. Instead, he was shot, a protester read from the family’s description of events.