This is hard; Ive been trying to figure out how to say this.
Not everyone has the best intentions.
I was acting as if I was the victim, and thats wrong.
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I didnt even think for a second about her, not even for a second.
He added, You asked me why I wasnt empathetic?
Why didnt it come off more empathetic?
Because I wasnt being empathetic.
Why didnt it come off more contrite?
Because I wasnt being contrite.
Maybe I was being even arrogant.
And learning about her passing shook me, it really did.
It really shook me.
He was not retried for the crime, as the victim declined to testify.
Ill say this, I think that they are more things than the law, Parker said.
At 19, that was normal.
I never examined my role in male culture, in hypermasculinity.
I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.
you should probably step back.
It resulted in it being litigated.
I was cleared of it.
Seventeen years later, Im a filmmaker.
I have a family.
I have five beautiful daughters.
I have a lovely wife.
The reality is I cant relive 17 years ago.
All I can do is be the best man I can be now.
There is morality; no one who calls himself a man of faith should even be in that situation.
I see now that I may not have shown enough empathy even as I fought to clear my name.
Empathy for the young woman and empathy for the seriousness of the situation I put myself and others in.
Read thefull interview with Parker at Ebony.
