LOWER THIRD Priscilla Samuel Pricilla Samuel interview at her home. I was blank. I could not believe what was happening. Montage of scene of the shooting - An ambulance on the street, the entrance to Tayloni’s apartment building, Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn at night. Pricilla Samuel (VO) We came outside. Was outside about 5 minutes. They started shooting. I was just trying to get my nieces and my grand baby and her to safety. Then when I turned around and I see her laying on the floor. TEXT CARD On May 31, 2013 11-year old Tayloni Mazyck was shot and paralyzed by a stray bullet. Tayloni flipping through a magazine on the bed, tearing up pages, and making collages. Oh, I can use this. The way I do it, I’m gonna cut the nail polish out individual. I love collages. For some reasons, it is very relaxing. Tayloni looks out of her window. It looks so nice outside. View from her window - a train running by. Tayloni looks depressed in her bed. Tayloni Mommy! Pricilla (VO) Tayloni was a very independent little girl. She likes to go outside, she likes to go places. She likes to dance, she likes to run tracks. She’s always been an outgoing girl but now not so much. Tayloni calls her mother from her bed. Come. Pricilla (VO) She doesn’t smile as much as she used to. She doesn’t really play with other kids as much as she used to, because she can not do the things that they do. Pricilla comes to Tayloni’s bedside. Yes? Tayloni Can you stay here? LOWER THIRD Harlem, Manhattan Pricilla (VO) She got shot after that, we relocated to Manhattan. Scene of Harlem project. Tayloni sits quietly on the balcony of project as her cousin combs her hair. Pricilla (VO) Most of the time, we’ve been in the house, and she’s been here depressed. She tends to crawl back into her own little world and just sit there. Tayloni making her way hall way to her apartment door. Pricilla (VO) Here in the project, I found out the same thing that was happening in Bed-Stuy was happening in Manhattan. Pricilla interview at her home. It’s like moving from one OK corral to another OK corral. And I don’t feel safer. Apt door closes. Pricilla (VO) So basically, we just stay in the house. Family members sit in a living room. Tayloni They will kill you just doing something. Any little thing. Tayloni’s grandmother They are not always, ah….. fair. Tayloni Any little thing. Tayloni’s mother That’s why I say when you live in the project, it’s the company you keep. It’s like out to the frying pan right into the fire over here. LOWER THIRD Robert Mazyck, Tayloni’s father Tayloni’s father The white neighborhoods too. The white neighborhood catches a stuff too. Look at the neighborhoods in other States. Kids going to a school shooting. See that boy killed people in California? Ain’t nowhere safe. Tayloni’s grandmother Ain’t no place safe. Tayloni’s mother Ain’t no place safe. Montage of street scenes at night in Bed-Stuy - Tayloni’s flashback of shooting. Pricilla (VO) When she has a dream her being shot or when she hears loud noises, she gets panic attacks. I ran up in there and her heart will be racing. Tayloni gets panic attack. Close-up of her face tears in her eyes. Pricilla (VO) She was like I can’t deal with this, I can’t do this, I can’t do this. Then she starts saying I should’ve ducked down and laid on the floor. She keeps saying what she should’ve did, what she should’ve did, what she should’ve did. TEXT CARD The shooter, Kane Cooper, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for first-degree assault in the first degree in June 2015. Pricilla interview at her home. He’s 17-years-old. His life is over. Just like my life is over, her life is, his life is over too. Montage of photographs of Tayloni and her family before the shooting, her picture leaving hospital “Thank you for all the LOVE & SUPPORT” Pricilla (VO) But I can’t hold all that. Pricilla helps Tayloni moving from bed to wheelchair. Pricilla (VO) Because I’ve got enough going on. So I have to be able to function and do what I got to do for her. And by me holding the resentment is gonna stop me from moving forward. Pricilla helps Tayloni get situated on her wheelchair. Pricilla I got to wash your face. Tayloni I got to wash my hair. Pricilla You have to wash that too. Pricilla puts soap on washcloth at the sink, enters the room and starts cleaning Tayloni’s face. Pricilla (VO) And I get a little depressed because it’s like I don’t even have a life. She’s my daughter, my husband, everything all in one. I have to do everything, mostly everything is on me. And that puts a tear on me because Tayloni does not let me breathe. Pricilla rubs Tayloni’s face with washcloth. Tayloni It hurts. Pricilla Just complaining about everything, Tutu. Tayloni Because it hurts! What else do you want me to say? Oh, that feels so good? Pricilla How do you washing your face hurt? Tayloni You was washing my neck, and it hurts! Pricilla OK, all right. Pricilla leaves the room. Tayloni sits on wheelchair, closing her eyes with soap on her face. Pricilla (VO) Tayloni gets very frustrated because she can’t just get up and do it for herself. Tayloni Mommy, hurry up! Pricilla (VO) Everything is mommy, mommy, mommy. Sometimes I hear her calling in my sleep and she don’t be calling. Pricilla returns the room and starts cleaning off soap from Tayloni’s face. National Action Network HQ in Harlem. Audience What do we want? Justice! When do you want it? Now! LOWER THIRD Anti-violence rally Pricilla and Tayloni sitting together in attendance. Pricilla gives Tayloni a hug and they smile at each other. LOWER THIRD Rev. Al Sharpton Rev. Al Sharpton addresses crowd from podium. Tayloni looks at podium, sitting among the audience. We rally against violence in our own community. We have this morning two young people that this organization stood with, and we are glad that they are here to be with us. Tayloni who was shot in Brooklyn and paralyzed. Tayloni, she is here today. Bring her up. Tayloni wheels up to the stage. Crowd claps and cheers. Rev. Al Sharpton You’ve made it though! Here’s gun violence for you! Tayloni is at the stage in front of the crowd. Crowd claps and cheers.Crowd stands up, claps, and sings Amen, but Tayloni looks sad. Pricilla notices Tayloni’s mood. In Tayloni’s room. Pricilla helps Tayloni in bed to be hooked up with Hoyer lift. Tayloni Jerry, why you are in my room? Pricilla You better stop, because one day it might be him doing it. Tayloni No, it’s not. Pricilla You never know. Tayloni I’m going to be walking by that time. Pricilla (VO) I encourage her to walk again. You believe you can walk again. Ask God to help you walk again. And you are going to walk again, that’s it, because nobody else can tell you different. Tayloni Jerry, I’m going to walk. Jerry You are going to be like 19. Tayloni No, she is not. She is going to walk before that. Tayloni When I walk, that means I will run so that I can catch you. Pricilla interview at her home. I’m just glad that she’s still here. That’s all I got to say it. Tayloni gets in the elevator and wheels outside. Holding a leaflet “Will suffering ever end?” FADE OUT TEXT CARD Nearly a third of stray-bullet shooting victims in the U.S. are children. Kids in poor neighborhoods are at least twice as likely to be shot. CREDIT LOWER THIRD Priscilla Samuel