When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.

I saw my hometown burning that day.

People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.