Parkland School Shooter's Sister Testifies in Penalty Phase Trial

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• UN

  @Unicornval1128 · 3 years ago

  When she thought the lawyer said “ Brenda was a mother to you”. She looked like she was gonna pop off 🫠

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• JA

  @JazStudioLab · 3 years ago

  Living in jail currently, had a messed up childhood, have to testify about that childhood (extremely triggering, I’m sure), and seeing you’re baby brother that you wanted to keep 20+ years later on trial for murdering 17 people. I would have to be sedated.

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• DA

  @darcymoon2109 · 4 years ago

  “…growing in her polluted womb…” This woman has a way with words.

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• AN

  @AnnabelleCharrier · 3 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Who lived in the apartment?&quot; <br>&quot;Just me, her and Nikolas&quot; - meaning Nik in utero. The look of love she gave Nik at this moment speaks to the better side of human nature. He may be a despicable murderer but she still calls him &quot;my little baby brother. . . I held him in my arms and looked at him and he looked back at me. He was full of life. I asked Brenda, &apos;Can we keep him?&apos;&quot;. So heartbreaking.

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• RO

  @Ro-InStyle · 3 years ago

  Im not excusing the shooter AT ALL. But hearing the sister&apos;s testimony shows just how important parenting is especially in the early years of a childs life. Smh.

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• SE

  @seanmcpat · 4 years ago

  This testimony, her way of speaking, the pain and exhaustion she expresses, provides such a sad story. Truly. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of such a tragic family.

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  @13ritneyanne · 4 years ago (edited)

  I started tearing up when she started talking about running to the neighbors dog she always used to play with. As someone who grew up in an abusive home with addict parents, I used to turn to animals for comfort. They honestly saved me. You can tell she got emotional talking about that part.

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• SW

  @sweetgirl070707 · 4 years ago

  Only for people who are interested: earlier in the trial day Cruz asked his lawyer about his sister and she told him &quot;She&apos;s very nervous. She&apos;s your sister, she loves you. You can talk to her.&quot; And the sister mouthed &quot;I love you&quot; to Cruz and kept looking at him and smiling/sobbing.<br>I just can&apos;t deal with all of the misery surrounding both sides of this trial. And yes, I can have empathy for both the victims and the defendant, empathy isn&apos;t a limited resource.

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• NI

  @Nicole-br8rf · 4 years ago

  This was very hard to watch. Danielle never had a shot at living a normal life, not with having a mother like Brenda. It is very clear, at least to me, that talking about childhood was very triggering — you can see waves of pain flash over her face as she recounts each memories. My heart really goes out to her. She did a great job testifying.

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• KI

  @kirstyrose6098 · 4 years ago

  The way she glances over at Nik with a mixture of pain and love it&apos;s just incomprehensible. She came across as extremely genuine in this testimony, yet at the same time extremely broken. When she has to pause and take a deep breath before she recounts her trauma just screams PTSD. I&apos;m in no way excusing Parkland &amp; he deserves the worst sentence possible but I struggle to believe this would of happened without the actions of Brenda.

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• MI

  @milay6140 · 4 years ago

  I love my mother so much. I am so lucky to be raised by her. I’m going to call her right now and tell her how much I appreciate everything she has done for me.

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• SA

  @sara31773 · 4 years ago

  This is the most visually attentive and engaged I’ve seen Nikolas this entire trial.

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