Claudia Morales, whose boyfriend Ryan Carson was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn, grieved deeply while recalling their life together could have been. Just hours before his murder, they attended a wedding, sharing dreams of a future marriage. As she recounted their love and Carson's activism in various social justice movements, she expressed her lack of desire for revenge against his killer. The attacker, Brian Dowling, received a 20-year-to-life sentence for the unprovoked murder, marking a tragic chapter for Morales and Carson's loved ones.
We attended a wedding hours before he died, having the privilege of witnessing two of my dearest friends in the world enter a life together, and we exchanged glances thinking silently the same thing - 'That will be us one day, soon.'
I lack today any thirst for vengeance or retribution. I have no sense of closure or conclusion today.
He was an activist, organizer, a self-described and self-proven revolutionary dedicated to a slew of issues, including overdose prevention and harm reduction, climate justice, bail reform, abortion and reproductive rights.
We were at the precipice of our life together, months away from moving in together, already arguing about hand towels.
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