1:30:00
leave the room, call an adult."
1:30:02
- And then Moses himself
showed up.
1:30:05
- Right here in the city
of Flint?
1:30:07
- Right here in Flint.
1:30:09
- Were there people that wanted
you to try this child,
1:30:11
Arthur Busch
County Prosecutor, Flint, Michigan
1:30:13
or even try him as an adult?
- Oh... Oh, yeah.
1:30:16
There were people from all over
America that wrote and called
1:30:20
and sent mail and...
It was amazing to me, um...
1:30:25
groups that were affiliated
with the NRA -
1:30:28
groups, you know, people
that I call "gun nuts" -
1:30:32
writing me and telling me
what a horrible thing it was
1:30:35
that I had admonished homeowners
in our country
1:30:39
to be careful about bringing
weapons into their home.
1:30:43
They wanted this little boy
hung from the highest tree.
1:30:47
I mean, there was such
an undercurrent of racism
1:30:50
and hate and anger.
1:30:52
It was ugly.
1:30:56
- That's a picture that
the little boy that was involved
1:30:58
in the Buell-school shooting...
1:31:00
Once he was brought back here
to our office,
1:31:02
about 15 minutes after
the shooting took place,
1:31:04
I gave him some crayons to kind
of occupy him a little bit.
1:31:07
Michael Caldwell
Police Detective
1:31:09
He came over and drew
that picture for me.
1:31:11
Because at the time, I had
pictures right behind my desk
1:31:13
that my children had drew for me
and he wanted to draw me one.
1:31:16
- This is what he drew for you.
What did he say this was?
1:31:20
- That's him at his house.
1:31:21
- That's him at his house,
right here.
1:31:23
And why did you decide
to hang on to it?
1:31:27
- Because of the gravity of the
situation and what had occurred
1:31:30
and he asked me to hang that
behind my desk,
1:31:33
so I put it in a frame
and that's where it'll stay.
1:31:38
- Tamarla Owens was the mother
of the six-year-old boy.
1:31:41
In order to get food stamps and
health care for her children,
1:31:46
Tamarla was forced to work as
part of the state of Michigan's
1:31:48
Welfare-to-Work Program.
1:31:51
This program was so successful
1:31:53
in tossing poor people
off welfare
1:31:55
that it's founder,
1:31:56
Gerald Miller, was soon hired
1:31:58
by the number-one firm in the
country that states turned to