Pastor ra a Vernon of the word church led a campaign to call the County prosecutor to see if he could get Justice for Amanda Williams Amanda Williams uh the guy who did this immediately so they want to get him back behind bars he claimed self-defense after shooting her to death in her
Warrenville Heights home I have to live the rest the rest of my life knowing that I wasn’t there for my baby I she must have been terrified she must have been terrified for her children downstairs Amanda Williams’s Mom showing raw emotion her daughter shot and killed back on October 9th
Police arrested but then later released Williams’s fiance we’re not naming him because he’s not been charged or indicted today family and friends joined Pastor R A Vernon of the word church demanding Justice claiming Amanda was the victim of domestic VI before she was killed so what did I see
I saw a pattern of domestic abuse watch this this whole pattern of abuse apology abuse apology Amanda’s daughter fought back tears I’m speaking for my mom cuz she’s not here to tell her story my mom did not deserve this at all she was the best person the most loved I
Thank you guys for the support Amanda’s daughter left this police station expressing optimism that her mom will get Justice Pastor Vernon says he shared with the police pictures and texts that will prove what he’s saying that she was murdered without cause of the Divine n the black church
The word church mission accomplished you can stop calling prosecutor om Al’s office you can stop the email they’re being overrun uh the phones are jammed he called me he responded he is Aware a community is seeking answers and demanding justice as more than two weeks have passed since the shooting death of 46-year-old Amanda Williams in Warrenville Heights the shooting dates back to October 9th when officers responded to the scene in the 19700 block of Sunset Drive around 11:41 p.m.
Upon their arrival to the scene officers found that Amanda had been shot sadly she would later pass away at the hospital Amanda’s fiance Terrell Edwards was initially brought in for questioning however he was subsequently released due to what police are calling insufficient evidence since his release Amanda’s strong and Relentless community of
Family and friends have put together a great deal of evidence including photos and text messages that thoroughly document a repetitive pattern of domestic verbal and physical abuse over the course of her relationship with torrell Edwards they said they want Justice and they want it now a press
Conference led by Pastor ra Vernon was held at the word church where a group of Amanda’s friends family and sorority sisters made plans to head to City Hall to hand over all evidence to police standing outside Warrenville Heights Police Department there are family friends and even s War sisters
Who all want one thing Justice for Amanda with weary Hearts I have to live the rest the rest of my life knowing that I wasn’t there for my baby I Amanda Williams mother and daughter Tyler Williams say they’re not giving up in their fight for justice during a press conference Tuesday
Afternoon at the word church I just want Justice for my mom something has to happen we don’t we don’t feel safe Amanda Williams was killed more than two weeks ago after what started as a domestic violence call Warrenville Heights Police had her fiance in custody but he was released from jail after
Warrenville Heights tote news5 in a statement that the kyoka County prosecutor’s office determined there was insufficient evidence to charge him prosecutors also told us he had plans to claim self-defense so we reached back out for an update in a statement they say their office received preliminary reports from police on Monday and are
Waiting for additional evidence once prosecutors believe the investigation is fully complete they will determine how to proceed which will likely include a presentation to the grand jury let me be Crystal Clear uh that there’s more to this case than you may know with this pastor R Vernon along with Williams
Family friends and sority sisters went to Warrenville Heights Police Department today to present pictures and text messages of what they say is evidence in her case my deepest condolences for thank you so much I appreciate that the life of my sister matters and for that we won’t stop until we get Justice for
Amanda after standing outside for nearly an hour family and friends left hopeful they are working on it that Justice will be served they’re listening to us and it’s moving forward we’re happy about that very happy about that we reached out to Warrenville Heights Police Department and at this time they have
Yet to respond back to our request in Warrenville Heights Justice will be served Remy Murray news5 it’s going to be worth it baby thank you so much uh God bless you all those that are present and those that are watching uh in our city locally nationally uh we are
Standing here on behalf of Amanda Williams uh particularly Amanda Williams family uh to my right is her daughter to my left is her precious Mama behind me her brothers and aunties and family members also accompanying me is her beloved sorority Delta Sigma Theta who all took off work and did what they had
To do to get here company with local pastors and persons who just appreciated her life and we are just stunned and a gas that she’s no longer with us uh to give some quick context on this past Thursday we said our tearful goodby and we eulogize her from this same
Stage uh on Saturday night after making sure that we did what we had to do for her spiritually and pastorally for the family my mind turned toward advocacy and in that I talk with her family and then I talk with her dear sorority sisters and it sort of just
Became apparent that they kind of needed a little bit of leadership to pull it all together and that’s when we not me there’s no herob ball we together sort of came up with a strategy that could bring some public pressure to this moment to get Justice for Amanda so the idea was to
Call prosecutor om Ali by the hundreds by the thousands of necessary leaving emails and uh phone calls to put public pressure to bring some kind of indictment I was told by the leadership of Warrenville that the person that could ultimately bring charges that would fall in the lap of prosecutor Ali
Who of course then gather a grand jury and the grand jury will have to ultimately decide um if if the person responsible uh should be uh held accountable let me just say this uh I call and we left all kinds of messages and prosecutor om Ali called me yesterday
And we talked in length and I told him that I had to bombard his offices with emails and phone calls because in the tradition of uh the black church and certainly black fraternities working together sometime it is only public pressure that moves the needle and we
Could not afford to let her just become a footnote in history and yesterday’s news we demand and really I don’t want to use that word we beg in Bible language we besch for justice uh I I’ll say this prosecutor or Ali who I’m sure is watching now then
Told me Pastor Vernon I have not received anything it is still in the hands of Warrenville and so we have not been given anything we don’t know anything I said well now you know uh respectfully now you know because all ultimately it will wind up we pray on his desk let me
Say this as an opening statement that I’m going to let her sorority sisters make a statement and then ultimately her family and also her attorney Ian fredman is to my right for any necessary legal advocacy necessary the one thing that we’re not going to do is make some bombastic beling comments about a
Beautiful city a beautiful predominant black City which is Warrenville uh and their wonderful police uh they’ve done nothing but be a blessing to this church and our community for the last 20 years in terms of assisting with our parking each week and helping us when young kids
Come here and twist their ankles playing on our basketball courts man they respond they have never done anything I’ve seen in 20 years but help us I I think Warrenville and I mean this as one of the most underrated beautiful black cities not only Ohio but the world and
Uh its leadership deserves credit for new YMCA and the schools and just all that they’ve done so this is not to do any sort of verbal black-on-black crime again Warrenville has been beautiful we’re just asking and begging that in this case that Justice will be done that him
Walking out of jail 48 hours later something just don’t seem right about that uh and this whole issue of I’m protecting myself I got to say this uh because it’s going to burden my heart if I don’t uh let me be Crystal Clear uh that there’s more to this case than you
May know when I stood here and did the eulogy I was not aware of all the domestic violence that he had perpetrated against this beautiful girl I tried to be as kind as I could I tried to be as Fair as I could but I’ve seen the
Pictures I now have in my possession and we have in our possession pictures and text messages that show a major pattern of abuse and I am upset and hurt because yeah I just would have said more and let me be clear I’m hurting today I don’t stand here as an attorney I have
Nothing at all to gain except peace of mind that I did the best I could for a spiritual daughter a sorority sister a beloved woman of this community we’re leaving here and we’re headed straight to City Hall taking with us absolute proof that he had been
Beating her he had been beating her uh I I just can’t get my head around what I’ve read uh I’m sorry for kicking you in your face yeah I’m sorry for slamming you and if you could have seen her face and I’m tempted the only reason the pictures I’m
Not going up is because her daughter called me last night cuz her daughter at first wanted to put these pictures up and she called me late last night and said I want people to remember my mama the beautiful way she was but we going to bring those pictures
Straight to you to the chief of police here in Warrenville who’s an awesome man comes and helps us again anytime we need him awesome awesome and I mean that I’m not just saying that the police of Warrenville the leadership M sellers have done nothing but help us as a
Church help us as a community I’m proud to have my church situated in Warrenville that’s why I believe they’re going to do what’s right and do it expeditiously those pictures those videos and any it people can check it these text came from him these pictures of her showing herself was she wrong
Like many many not only black women but white and Latino women all women of all colors who stay in stuff too long yes guilty guilty I wish I would have known I would have snatched her out this being domestic violence month I think another issue of being romantically involved to
Use Christian language a soul tie where you so caught up in somebody that you just keep so what did I see I saw a pattern of domestic abuse watch this this whole pattern of abuse apology abuse apology it’s all throughout the thread abuse apology and then watch this
Acquiescing her okay okay man I would have snatched her out yes guilty guilty she should have left that does not justify you taking her life now then the question the beg’s asking is what does those pictures and that text thread have to do with what happened that day that
She was killed because it shows a pattern of manipulation and abuse it shows a pattern of manipulation and abuse that I believe that manipulation even to the last moment of trying to make it look like she crazy black woman when you the one that was beating the
Hell out of her and the fact that you get to watch this and I I I don’t want to come cross is yeah but I I I just think the worst thing in the world is at the end now we going to paint her as crazy when all throughout this thread I
See nothing but a beautiful sweet girl trying to love you trying to love the perpetrator so we are bringing these pictures right now soon as this is over we are on our way to Warrenville City Hall I talked with the mayor this morning he said he’s waiting on me we
Want to make sure there is video proof everybody whoever to show that we are handing over this and then finally I know that you cannot watch this or see these or view these photos and read these texts and not see that this was more than an isolated
Incident I believe in my heart to the last moment it was planned to make her look like she’s some crazy woman I think the whole thing was set up and in the words of flavor Flay don’t believe the hype no no it’s more to it than this so
That’s my opening statement this time I just uh would like for one of her sorority sisters Delta Sigma Theta of which she was beloved so much to come then we’re going to allow her family to have closing statements and then we’ll see if there’s time for a few questions thank you Pastor
Veron Amanda was my friend and my sister for those of you who have been fortunate enough to experience her beautiful photos that you have seen Grace your timelines but didn’t get the chance to know her just know that her inwardly Essence far surpasses any outwardly beauty that a photo could
Capture Amanda was born into a family where Sisterhood was modeled each and every day of her life Amanda witnessed firsthand accounts of harmonious and loving relationships as she watched her mom Georgia and her auntie Sharon be the co- matriarchs of their family Amanda had learned from an early
Age The Power of Love care and compassion and and best of all for me the power of Sisterhood that love and compassion was her strength it was the reason that when she walked into the room the mood shifted it was the reason that whenever you saw her she was of light and
Peace she was the optimistic friend she was the loyal friend she was the friend who was winning Amanda was not just anointed to beautify others from behind the chair through her amazing slaves that she regularly blessed us with at Alamo salamba she was a boss she was the founder of one of
Cleveland’s upand cominging and probably fastest growing Beauty Brands where she sold amazing hair oils and products and then in the midst of all that ceoing she found time to give back to her community Amanda will work alongside countless organizations in Cleveland to raise money for worthy causes she even
Rolled up her sleeves each month to work alongside our sorority Delta Sigma Theta her Sor Wars to serve at the Norma herb shelter each and every month bold and courageous and loyal Amanda was the friend who stood by your side even if it meant she needed to stand alone she
Loved everybody and everybody loved her but there was no greater love than that of the love for her children Tyler and Tristan and her little OG G baby now aanda will be missed but please know that her spirit will live forever her Legacy is as her son Tristan described
Solid it’s evident that her Legacy is solid by all the people who stand behind us only a legacy as solid as hers could produce this kind of outcry and demand for support even in her death her Legacy commands respect her life mattered the life of black women matters the life of my sister
Matters and for that we won’t stop until we get Justice for a Man my darling mother to my left said pastor I’m just tired I haven’t had a chance to grieve my baby at all and I just don’t have anything left I just can’t talk but she told me she’s been so hurt so I said I got you mama so mama
Say she has not had a moment alone since Amanda was killed and she can’t really even start the grieving process if you think about it until there’s some kind of closure so the daughter her daughter man this daughter is going to come and speak on her mother’s behalf and the
Family and then we’ll have a clothing St thank you this is I got you I’m speaking for my mom cuz she’s not here to tell her story my mom did not deserve this at all she was the best person the most loved I than you guys for the support
And everyone that loved her and here for her but she this she did not deserve this at all my mom she was she she kept a lot of stuff in she she did not tell us stuff that was happening to her and how she told us that man would not have been
Walking around our family at all I just want Justice for my mom something has to happen we don’t we don’t feel safe letting this man out in 48 hours is not what she wanted it’s not what we that’s not okay it’s not it’s not okay he put my child in danger my four-year-old
Downstairs she was there she was there he didn’t care about nobody nobody to take someone life like that is just a monster it’s sick it’s been a history of verbal abuse physical abuse a history of abuse I’ve seen pictures I gu no I’m a mana’s brother I’m Joey and um
Thank you bu and um I need justice so I mean however however got to come I need it you see you see all these people behind me I mean she is loved by by a lot she got an army behind her and we begging for it the right way we want Justice and
Um and uh thank thank you again BR come here I’m saying I’ll have to live the rest the rest of my life knowing that I wasn’t there for my baby I she must have been terrified she must have been terrified for her children downstairs and I I I just need
Some closure I need some peace with her children he’s in Justice that’s all he ask him for she did not deserve this and and we want this not not just for our family for any woman to be killed and and only have an hour and a half or 2 hour investigation about it
That every woman in Warfield in any City should be scared so we doing this for everybody and thank you again ver pass attorney Ian Freeman you have a comment good afternoon I’m Ian fredman Council for the Williams family and all I can say to you Miss
Williams and to the rest of the family is no family should have to be staring uh standing on this stage period and to hear you say that you were not there as her mom I beg to differ you are here as her mom and everybody here now is going to
Make sure that this is seen through um um the evidence that the police department had uh earlier was not the full picture and as Pastor Vernon said we’re now going to bring all of that evidence that the full picture is painted and once seen now there should be an
Investigation and now the family will get what they deserve and now Amanda will get what she deserves as the Justice in this case thank you uh one final statement to be clear the family was grieving and so the daughter did not have her mother’s phone
To see all of this she was just trying to get her mother buried and properly handled and when she like any mother you don’t let your kids know what’s happening in your personal life even when they grown and so we didn’t have these pictures and videos so again to warville
Detectives to the chief to everyone maybe you just didn’t have what you need it we’re bringing it to be clear one last time we’re asking that you let the evidence speak and see a clear pattern of abuse and manipulation and we believe that to the
Last moment how do you have time to take out your phone and record something and protect yourself and all these things you’re claiming unless you set it up from the beginning and how do we know she not running from you when her daughter heard her screaming get out get
Out out get out and you wouldn’t leave so I’ve heard enough uh I don’t stick my head out unless I’m feel pretty good about something if the evidence says that I’m wrong I have no problem humbling myself as a leader and saying I missed it but I don’t think that’s the
Case here so uh let me say this final thing there is no beautiful outcome here yeah our spiritual daughter is gone somebody Mama gone I was just telling my sister and for some reason don’t ask ask me why but I keep thinking about my sister who other than my wife is my best
Friend in the world and uh thank God my brother-in love has never touched her but if he was to take my sister’s life yeah yeah so I just feel the pain of that so we are asking that as we bring this evidence to you that you let the
Evidence speak see this clear pattern then please present it to the prosecutor we’re asking prosecutor Ali who I’m sure is watching to do all you can to get this in front of a grand jury and then we will respect the Democratic process of our country one final thing I want to
Put everybody on the spot in a beautiful way uh prosecut M shared with me on the phone yesterday and I asked him and told him I would say this and that is that he would get that footage and allow this family to see this supposed footage by
The end of this week uh I mentioned Fray Friday you said there should be no problem with that you told me that me and the family could come and see this supposed footage that allowed somebody who took a life to be gone in 48 hours and watching me probably right now uh
There is no beautiful outcome for another black man to go to jail does not make me smile but if my own son I told my wife either of my sons beat a woman and killed her with tears in my eyes I’d have to let them go to jail that’s
Called Justice that’s called being responsible as a man so we are on our way to Warrenville City Hall to drop off this evidence and then we just believe that the beautiful city of Warrenville the beautiful police that I’ve known 20 years the beautiful detectives the chief that takes care of
The word church every Sunday thank you Chief would do what’s right by this family I think that concludes anything um think we’re good so we’re going to conclude this is a church and I still believe in Christ and those that may be watching I still want to pray and
I know this is a press conference but I want to pray father we pray now for Amanda Amanda’s family we do I want you to hold this woman of God this mother I can’t even imagine the fact that a beautiful daughter won’t have her mommy for these holidays uh her granddaughter won’t be
Able to see her GG Lord we are sad her brother who feels like I do about his sister the entire family her sorority sisters uh the divine nine the word Church Cleveland Ohio hair stylist across this city all of us who loved her Lord we pray that you would help us with
Justice father for her that this mother can rest in peace or have some kind of closure before she goes to heaven now be with her God and be with this entire family and Christ name we pray amen amen thank you this time we’re headed uh to City Hall thank you so much Yeah
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