Handz Up

When the protests end and the media moves onto the next stories, the families of those who have lost loved ones due to police brutality must now try to put their lives back together. They must continue to fight for justice for their loved ones. "Handz Up" is written and directed by Roosevelt Jackson of Washington, DC.This production tells the story of Clay Johnson, a young father, who is struggling with depression and PTSD due to viewing the death of his teenage son Tray. The tragedy took place one afternoon when Clay was pulled over for a routine traffic stop while on the way to the water park with his two sons. During the stop, one of the police officers glanced in the backseat where Tray and his brother were playing with a plastic orange water gun and opened fire on Tray in the backseat of their car. Since the day of the murder, the Johnson's existence has been ruptured and their spirituality has been hindered in such a way that they are fighting with one another trying to sustain t