Mom of son killed in drunk driving crash honors him by fighting for change
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>> SOME FIRST TIME DRUNK
DRIVERS COULD GET A SECOND
CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING
PROPOSAL AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE WOULD ALLOW AN
OFFENDER TO INSTALL AN IGNITION
INTERLOCK DEVICE ON THEIR
VEHICLE BEFORE TRIAL TO GET A
CHANCE AT A LIGHTER SENTENCE.
SPONSORS SAY THIS IS INTENDED
TO SAVE LIVES. HOWEVER, THE
SENATE HAS NOT GIVEN IT A
HEARING. WRAL CAPITOL BUREAU
CHIEF LAURA LESLIE TALKED TO A
GRIEVING MOTHER WHO'S HELPING
TO CHANGE THAT.
>> ACCORDING TO MOTHERS AGAINST
DRUNK DRIVING IGNITION
INTERLOCK DEVICES CAN REDUCE
REPEAT DRUNK DRIVING BY UP TO
70% ADVOCATES HERE AT THE
LEGISLATURE ARE URGING STATE
LAWMAKERS TO GET MORE THOSE
DEVICES INTO MORE DRUNK
DRIVERS. CARS EARLIER IN THE
PROCESS. SEAN KITTENS LIFE
CHANGED FOREVER, JULY 11TH 2024
EVERY DAY. MY LIFE IS
DIFFERENT. I AM TRYING TO JUST
WORD. AND THAT'S THE NIGHT.
SHE SAYS HER SON, PICASSO
KITTEN WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK
DRIVER. HE TALKED TO HIS SISTER
AT 10 30 AND SAID PLEASE LET
MOM AND DAD KNOW I'M ON THE WAY
HOME. I'LL BE THERE IN 20
MINUTES.
>> KITTEN TAUGHT AT LYONS FARM
ELEMENTARY AND DURHAM AND HE
COACHED FOOTBALL AT HIS ALMA
MATER. JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE PLAYED FOR WINSTON SALEM
STATE WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH
3 DEGREES. HE HAD BIG PLANS.
HE WAS 27. HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO
BE REMEMBERED THAT THE THAT
GOLDEN CHILD WHO ALWAYS SOME
OUT AND WILL BE ONE IT TO GIVE
ALL HE COULD TO KIDS. KEATON IS
ONE OF MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF
VICTIMS OF DRUNK DRIVERS WHO
ARE CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS
TO PASS A BILL THAT COULD
REDUCE THE PROBLEM. THE BILL
WOULD ALLOW A FIRST TIME DRUNK
DRIVER WHO DID NOT HAVE A VERY
HIGH B A C AND WHO DID NOT
INJURE ANYONE TO VOLUNTARILY
INSTALL AN IGNITION INTERLOCK
DEVICE ON THEIR CAR WHILE THEY
WAIT FOR TRIAL, WHICH CAN TAKE
MONTHS IN RETURN FOR A LIGHTER
SENTENCE. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE
SHEETS. SO IS THE SPONSOR
GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKES
AND TO RECEIVE A LESSER
SENTENCE TO RECEIVE A LESSER
PUNISHMENT.
>> FOR THOSE MISTAKES, THE BILL
ALREADY PASSED. THE HOUSE WAS
STRONG, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT,
BUT THE SENATE HAS NOT GIVEN
A HEARING. SEAN PAYTON IS
HOPING TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
I AM TRULY TRULY CRUSH WHAT I
KNOW. MY PURPOSE AND I KNOW
WHAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO DO SO
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
STRONG, RESILIENT AND CONTINUE
TO SMALLAND AND MAKE SURE THAT
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY