‘My Family And I Are Very Hurt’

“My family and I are very hurt,” Julia Jackson said on CNN. “And quite frankly disgusted. And as his mother, please don’t burn up property and cause havoc and tear your own homes down in my son’s name.”

Jackson has condemned violence previously, saying during a press conference Tuesday afternoon that rioting “doesn’t reflect my son or my family” and that she was “praying” for police officers.

“You shouldn’t do it. People shouldn’t do it anyway,” she said on CNN, referring to rioting and looting. “But to use my child or any other mother or father’s child, our tragedy, to react in that manner … it’s just not acceptable.” 

Jackson also apologized to President Donald Trump because of a family member’s comments that were “not kind.”