'It's too heavy to hold the hate because I'm not the person that is the judge because only God can judge them,' reflected Golda Barton. 'I have to let it go and try to pray that it's God's will be done and that's, that's how I handle it.'
Her son, Linden Cameron, who was 13 at the time was shot while running from officers two years ago when he experienced a mental health crisis.
When asked how her son feels about the event, she says it's something that's constantly on his mind. Something that she's tried her hardest to do the opposite. "We did it for Linden, we needed this to end," she said."We can't keep Linden in this situation because he's getting worse and worse." As far as the criminal case is concerned, her attorney Nathan Morris says they're still waiting for the criminal charges to be announced by Sim Gill and the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.
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