Botham Jean's brother forgives Amber Guyger, hugs her in court

[True Dough]

Wow.

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[regnaD kciN]

1. I wonder how much "forgiveness" we'd have seen...

...if a black guy accidentally went to the wrong apartment, and shot a blonde white cop just sitting there watching television?

Oh, and no 10-year sentence in that case. They’d already be warming up the lethal injection chamber.

[RockRaven]

2. I would never hug someone who killed, under any circumstance, my sibling. Maybe I'm wrong...

but a kind of doubt I'm the out-of-bounds person in this scenario.

[3catwoman3]

3. I'm with you. I would be incapable of forgiving someone who...

...took the life of a family member. Hug them- no way in hell.

[Alea]

4. I was watching it live and it made me cry

One of the most powerful and amazing things I've ever seen. Not just the hug, but what he was saying while he was on the stand leading up to the hug.

[True Dough]

7. I was astounded

I'm not a religious person so I don't share his reasons for doing what he did but I have to admire his ability to put this behind him. So remarkable.

[Sewa]

5. Now there's a true Christian

Let the anger and hate go. That stuff will eat you up

[True Dough]

8. It's true

but much easier said than done for the vast majority of it. This guy is "walking the walk."

[cynatnite]

6. For some people that suffer this kind of loss, forgiveness is the only way to peace...

There was a mass shooting at a Quaker's school some years ago. Children were killed and severely wounded. The Quakers had no issue in forgiving the shooter for what he did to their children. There was a huge amount of money raised for them. The Quakers gave that money to the wife and children of the shooter.

That's how they operate. I think that's how we should all operate. It would be a much better world, IMO.