Kayla Norton stands and speaks on her own behalf in front of Superior Court Judge William McClain at the Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville, Georgia, on Monday, February 27, 2017. Norton turns and pleads to a crowd of the victims and Hyesha Bryant, the mother of a ten year old boy who had to explain what the word "hate" meant after the events that occurred in Douglassville, Georgia, over a year ago. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)