Ms. Millie Brown started her organization, Tear's of a Mother's Cry, in 2009 to serve the women of Baltimore who have lost their children to gun violence. She has now served over 1000 mothers, providing much needed support to the bereaved. In 2019 alone, Baltimore had 348 killings—90 percent by gunfire. The murder rate (58 per 100,000 people) now exceeds that of previous global homicide capitals of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Each halved its homicide rates in the past five years; Baltimore’s climbed 65 percent. This terrible rate of gun violence has continued even in the time of the novel coronovirus.
Today, Ms. Millie joins host JJ to talk about the stories of two of these mothers, and their sons taken by homicide--Ms. Tracy Coleman, and Ms. Burnett McFadden. Ms. Tracy lost two sons, Cornelius and Cordell Bruce, in January of 2020. Ms. B lost three sons, Reginald, Randolph and Linton, in the space of several months in 2005.
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Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells, for their long standing legal support
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For more information on Brady, follow us on social media @Bradybuzz or visit our website at bradyunited.org.
Full transcripts and bibliographies of this episode are available at bradyunited.org/podcast.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.
In a crisis? Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor 24/7.
Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” Curby
Special thanks to Hogan Lovells for their long-standing legal support
℗&©2019 Red, Blue, and Brady
