(The Guardian) – Andrea Irwin’s audio diary begins with her reflections on the night of 5 March 2015, when her 19-year-old son, Tony Robinson Jr, was killed by a white police officer in Madison, Wisconsin.
The next day, the Guardian asked if I could report on what had happened. One of the first events I attended was a vigil in front of the house where Tony was shot, and this moment is captured early on in the diary.
About a week after Tony’s funeral, which was attended by more than 1,000 people, I interviewed Andrea for the first time. She described what happened when she went to the hospital after learning about the shooting.
Click to continue reading. By Zoe Sullivan, for Life of the Law – Apr 19, 2018