RIGHT NOW. WHILE THEY ARE CONTINUING IN MARCH, WE STARTED TALKING TO THIS WOMAN, SHE WANTED TO SCRUB OFF THE GRAFFITI. I SAID CAN I HELP YOU? SHE SAID SURE. THIS ACTUALLY LEAD TO A GREAT CONVERSATION. HER NAME IS A.J.. SHE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HER HUSBAND IS WHITE. SHE IS AN 11 YEAR MILITARY VETERAN. SHE SUPPORTS POLICE. SHE SAID SHE ALSO KNOWS THE TRUE ISSUES THAT SHE HAS SEEN IN HER OWN LIFE AND THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS ADJUST ISSUE. LET’S LISTEN TO THAT. >> MY HUSBAND IS PROBABLY SAYING WHY IS SHE USING WINDOW? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT DUST TO USE. I HAD NEVER DEALT WITH GRAFFITI. >> MOST PEOPLE IN THEY SEE GRAFFITI, THEY DON’T THINK TO CLEAN IT UP BUT YOU ARE. >> ONE GOT CALLED -- HE SAID ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOES NOT DEFINE US ALL. WE ARE NOT MONSTERS, WE ARE PEOPLE. ALL I CAN DO IS TELL MY DAUGHTE YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG FOR THE FACT THAT YOU MIGHT ONE DAY CHANGE THE WORLD. >> WHERE DO THE SOLUTIONS COME FROM? >> ALL I CAN DO IS COME OUT HERE AND SCRUB GRAFFITI. THAT IS A START. THIS IS NOT COMING OFF. >> IT IS R
Veteran cleans up graffiti left behind during Oklahoma City protests
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Updated: 7:29 PM CDT Jun 2, 2020
This is a difficult moment in Oklahoma and in the U.S., and for many people, it’s difficult to know what to do and how to help.On Monday, KOCO 5’s Evan Onstot met a woman who was trying to scrub off graffiti from this weekend’s protests in Oklahoma City. A.J. Cain, a black woman who told KOCO 5 that she is an 11-year military veteran and has a white husband, said she supports police but the issues that people are protesting for are real and valid.“One bad police officer doesn’t mean all cops are bad, just as one African-American that’s bad doesn’t mean all are monsters,” Cain said. “We just did not have the chance to choose the color of our skin.“All I can do is try to raise my daughter to be strong because she might be the person who changes the world.”When asked what the solution is, Cain told KOCO 5, “I guess the only thing I can do is try to clean up this graffiti. That’s the start.”“No, it’s not (working), but, hey, at least we are trying. And that’s what matters,” Cain said.
OKLAHOMA CITY — This is a difficult moment in Oklahoma and in the U.S., and for many people, it’s difficult to know what to do and how to help.
On Monday, KOCO 5’s Evan Onstot met a woman who was trying to scrub off graffiti from this weekend’s protests in Oklahoma City. A.J. Cain, a black woman who told KOCO 5 that she is an 11-year military veteran and has a white husband, said she supports police but the issues that people are protesting for are real and valid.
“One bad police officer doesn’t mean all cops are bad, just as one African-American that’s bad doesn’t mean all are monsters,” Cain said. “We just did not have the chance to choose the color of our skin.
“All I can do is try to raise my daughter to be strong because she might be the person who changes the world.”
When asked what the solution is, Cain told KOCO 5, “I guess the only thing I can do is try to clean up this graffiti. That’s the start.”
“No, it’s not (working), but, hey, at least we are trying. And that’s what matters,” Cain said.
