They lost loved ones to gun violence. Then their grief was politicized

Bereaved families' stories are being used to criticize the movement to defund police: It compounds the trauma'

William Gude spends his days trying to hold the police accountable. As the creator and outspoken monitor behind @filmthepolicela, a Twitter account that's attracted thousands of followers, he regularly critiques the LAPD by filming and tweeting about their activity - from traffic stops to confrontations with protestors.

But one night in June, his tweets got personal. That night he told his followers that his son, Marcelis William-Gude, had been shot. After hitting send, Gude drove to the hospital where a doctor told him that his 22-year-old son died after being shot multiple times in South Los Angeles.