1:02:01
YOU LIKE MR. BLACKWELL,
MOM, DON'T YOU?
1:02:06
HMM.
1:02:07
I LIKE HIM, TOO.
1:02:19
YOU WAS READY TO
RUN AWAY, WEREN'T YOU?
1:02:22
YES, MAMA.
1:02:23
YOU THOUGHT
BY DOING THAT
1:02:24
YOU'D MAKE
MY LIFE EASIER?
1:02:30
WILFORD, THERE IS
NOTHING IN MY LIFE
1:02:32
.
MORE IMPORTANT
TO ME THAN YOU
1:02:35
AIN'T NOBODY GONNA
SCARE US AWAY.
1:02:39
WE AIN'T
GOT MUCH,
1:02:40
BUT WE DO HAVE
OUR SELF-RESPECT,
1:02:42
AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING
TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
1:02:44
THEY FIGURE BECAUSE
I'M ON WELFARE,
1:02:47
THEY CAN GET ME
TO KEEP YOU QUIET,
1:02:50
BUT I'M NOT
GONNA DO THAT.
1:02:53
I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO D
O WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT,
1:02:56
WHATEVER THAT IS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
1:03:02
I THINK SO, MAMA.
1:03:04
[Deputy Coroner]
ALL RIGHT...
1:03:06
[Gavel pounds]
1:03:07
THIS INQUEST WILL
PLEASE COME TO ORDER.
1:03:08
THIS IS A HEARING
1:03:10
CONCERNING THE DEATH OF
ONE NATHANIEL HAMILTON.
1:03:13
UH, LET'S HAVE A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY STEP FORWARD
1:03:15
AND CHECK OUT
THE FAMILY HISTORY.
1:03:19
THE BOY'S AGE AT
THE TIME OF HIS DEATH?
1:03:23
18.
1:03:24
AND THE BOY'S
MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD?
1:03:28
STUDENT.
1:03:31
OH, YOU MEAN
HE'S UNEMPLOYED.
1:03:33
UH, MR. CORONER,
1:03:36
THE YOUNG MAN
WORKED PART-TIME
1:03:37
AT A RECREATION
CENTER,
1:03:39
BUT HE WAS ENROLLED
IN COLLEGE
1:03:41
AND DUE TO BEGIN
CLASSES WITHIN 2 WEEKS.
1:03:43
UH, THE BOY WAS NOT IN
SCHOOL AT THE TIME, COUNSEL,
1:03:46
THEREFORE,
HE WAS UNEMPLOYED.
1:03:48
WELL, WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT,
1:03:50
THE FACT REMAINS
THAT NATHANIEL HAMILTON
1:03:52
HAD GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
1:03:54
AND WAS ABOUT
TO BEGIN COLLEGE.
1:03:56
ALL RIGHT,
COUNSELOR.
1:03:59
WELL, I DON'T SUPPOSE
THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE