A Mother's Reflection on Her Black Son's Death: 'There's Never Any Justice'

Mario Woods was shot more than 20 times by San Francisco police in December of 2015. Months after his death, his mother, Gwen Woods, is trying to keep his memory alive. The documentary Happy Birthday Mario Woods centers around her attempts to both grieve and move forward. In a heartbreaking scene at her son’s grave, Woods describes some of her earliest thoughts: “I just remember thinking, ‘If I really wanted to hug my child, if I just started digging in to get down to the coffin, he's right under here.” San Francisco has become a backdrop for a larger civil rights movement, and the killings of young men and women of color have catalyzed the resignation of the city’s former police chief and a widely publicized protest by Colin Kaepernick.

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