The Perfect Neighbor

I don’t think I’ve ever cried this hard watching something. Like legitimately cried to the point that it gave me a headache. How can you not when you’re seeing a little boy screaming that someone shot his mother? When he says he’s not hurt but his heart is broken. These kids clinging onto the hope that their mother will pull through just for her to not. And I knew she wasn’t going to but I still sobbed so hard when they said as much while breaking this news to the father of her children who becomes inconsolable.

I still can’t make sense of the fact that this happened. And I had never heard of this up until this point. The amount of anger to see this lady repeatedly lie and victimize herself while she harassed, antagonized, and threatened this entire community. And yeah, I’m glad shes gonna rot in prison but that’s not going to bring Ajike Owens back. Four beautiful children will never see their mother again and I know it eats her oldest sons alive feeling like it was their fault she’s gone. I can only hope those babies get the love and guidance they need and can somehow reconcile with that sort of loss and know it’s not their fault.

And this is another reason why police body cameras are so important. What a moving film. But ijs if that woman was any POC at the end they would not have given her so much time to get her ass up out of that chair smh

My heart breaks for those kids. Like the pastor said towards the end that the mom was standing up for her kids, I hope those kids know it’s not their fault and that she was fighting for them and that the are able to grow up and see just how much she loves them.

Literally such a heartbreaking story.

neni to spatny, netflixovej dokument no. ale nominace na oscara?
amerika.

“This situation is killing me” - the woman who killed someone

What an amazing documentary. I loved the way it was presented and edited. And I loved how they displayed the story through the various encounters.

It shocked me so much when they revealed that the encounter only lasted 2 minutes when she had said it had gone on for 10. And honestly that whole second interview was so shocking and well done by the interrogators.

R.I.P Ajike Owens.

This was wild.