'How dare you!' Daughter of Buffalo victim grieves the loss of mother
Speaking to the press, and with her family consoling her, Robin Harris broke down in grief at the loss of her mother, Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 people killed in the Buffalo mass shooting.
Video transcript
- That racist young man took my mother away. I am the eldest daughter of Ruth Whitfield. She was my best friend. What am I to do? What am I supposed to do now?
I keep seeing her face coming up everywhere I look. But I can't kiss her, I can't hug her. We were supposed to go see the Temptations play that night. And I have the tickets still on my table.
How dare you! No! No. Please. I am trying to forgive. But I'm finding it very difficult. Very difficult. Because I'll never see her again. I took my last picture of my mom on Mother's Day, and she was so beautiful. But that picture can't replace her. Nothing can. And I have my family here.
- Got to breathe, got to.
- Mother.
- But they can't replace her, either. I need this violence to stop. We need to fix this, and we need to fix it now. Thank you.
