FOR TWO FAMILIES, AND AN ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: JAMES JOHNSON AND
DOMINIQUE WILLIAMS REMEMBERED AT
A GATHERING AT MARVIN GAYE REC
CENTER IN NORTHEAST D.C.
BOTH OF THEM, FATHERS OF YOUNG
CHILDREN.
WILLIAMS’ COUSIN SPOKE ABOUT THE
TRAUMA OF LOSING HIM.
>> THIS IS WHAT I THINK OF MY
COUSIN, HIS KIDS.
HE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
TRY TO TAKE CARE OF HIS KIDS,
AND BE THERE FOR HIS KIDS AND IN
THEIR LIVES.
RAILROAD
>> Reporter: THE MOTHER OF
JOHNSON’S TWO AND A
HALF-YEAR-OLD SON SAYS SHE IS
FILLED WITH SORROW AND DISGUST.
>> NO CHILD DESERVES TO BE TOLD
THEIR FATHER WAS SHOT IN THE
BACK AND MURDERED, FOR NO
REASON.
>> Reporter: THE MEN WERE SHOT
AND KILLED AT THE TACOMA
OVERLOOK CONDOS LASTEEK.
AN OFF-DUTY PENTAGON POLICE
OFFICER, WHO LIVES THERE, DAVID
DIXON, IS FACING TWO
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
HE TOLD POLICE THE MEN WERE
BREAKING INTO CARS IN THE
PARKING LOT.
>> AN EPIDEMIC THAT’S BEEN GOING
ON FOR A LONG TIME, WHERE BADGES
AND OATHS AND GUNS, SOMEHOW,
CONTINUE TO TAKE AWAY BLACK
LIFE, NEEDLESSLY!
>>> SINCE DIXON’S REST, THIS
VIDEO FROM AN INCIDENT
NEARLY-ONE YEAR
NEARLY-ONE YEAR AGO SURFACED.
HE IS NOW FACING ASSAULT AND
WEAPONS CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY
POINTING A LONG GUN AT A WOMAN
IN THE CONDO LOBBY.
THERE WERE PRAYERS.
SINGING.
CANDLES AND BALLOONS.
BUT ALSO, CALLS FOR POLICE
REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY LOOK
AT SKIN, LIKE MANY OF US OUT
HERE TONIGHT, AND THINK THAT WE
ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
THEY THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE WE
LOOK LIKE WE LOOK, WE ARE
COMMITTING CRIMES.
>> DIXON IS BEING HELD, WITHOUT
BOND.
HE’S BEEN PLACED ON