Philadelphia police veteran whose son was murdered spoke out Monday on "The Faulkner Focus" about her son’s life, sending a strong message about anti-cop sentiment in the United States and the city’s crime crisis."We have feelings, we have families, we have babies, we have children—we’re just like you.
But we put on a uniform every day to go to work," Edwenna Ferguson told Harris Faulkner. Ferguson said that she is thankful to be a police officer and said nobody on the police force is sleeping until they get justice for her son. PHILADELPHIA STUDENT, 17, SHOT DEAD AFTER WALKING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL: REPORT"People look at police, and you know they hate the police, they don’t like cops, but we are human.
We are human. They let one bad seed ruin the whole bunch," added Ferguson. 23-year-old Hyram Hill Jr. was killed after being shot nine times in a murder that police believe stemmed from a robbery.
Hyram was a mentor to troubled teenagers and was just shy of receiving his bachelor’s degree at the time of his death. He was also expecting a daughter.Ferguson, who called Hill the light of her life, said that her son worked 12-hour shifts and commuted an hour and a half to work every day prior to his death.