http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkQysLewF4w
The video I chose is an audio excerpt from "The Laramie Project." It is a dramatization of Matthew's dad giving a speech in the court room right before the sentencing of Aaron McKinney. This is a very powerful video because of both the pictures and the speech itself. Towards the end of the video Matthew's father explains his reasoning for "granting Mr. McKinney life" by not giving him the death penalty. He tells Mr. McKinney that every time he celebrates Christmas, a birthday or the 4th of July to remember that Matt isn't. He goes on to say that he will never forgive Mr. McKinney for taking his son away, and then at the end he says, "May you have a long life, and may you thank Matthew every day for it."
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