Facebook shooting victim’s grandson urges others not to share footage
Social-media users are urging people not to share video footage showing the death of a Cleveland grandfather whose slaying was recorded by his killer and posted on Facebook.
“Please please please stop retweeting that video and report anyone who has posted it! That is my grandfather show some respect #Cleveland,” wrote Ryan Godwin, a grandson of the 74-year-old victim, Robert Godwin Sr.
The message has since been retweeted more than 27,000 times.
“Very sorry for your loss, and very disappointed that we live in a society where you had to ask that,” user Scott Menor replied.
The video of Godwin’s death remained on Facebook for about three hours before it was removed. The elderly man’s son, Robert Godwin Jr., told Cleveland.com he can’t bear to watch the clip.