… is about dramatic testimony in the penalty phase of an admitted cop killer. Both fallen Officer John Pawlowski’s brother and widow testified. So did admitted killer Rasheed Scruggs’ sister and two women who beared his children. Didn’t have nearly enough space to capture it all, so hopefully I’ll have a free hour to put a bunch of notes on my Metro blog before the day’s out.
“He’ll never teach his son how to throw a football, read a book to him. Baby Johnny will never be kissed or hugged by his father. He’ll never know him,” Kimberly said. “I’m cold and numb to things that would have made me cry before. I don’t even know who I am anymore.”…
When Shonna McNeill, mother of two of Scruggs’ children, said “everyone deserves to have a father and know who their father is,” Pawlowski’s widow stormed out of the courtroom.