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we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.re to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard >> hey, brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> so we sat down with brandon toliver for a lengthy conversation about what happened that day. now, that interview and the complete story can be seen on our abc seven news streaming app. it's hard to watch. >> heartbreaking. it's heartbreaking. >> i can't believe that brandon toliver met with you, opened up to you. >> yeah, i was surprised too. right yeah. i had no expectations. we reached out to him. he was hard to find, and eventually he called us. and, um, i've said this before, we never said, you know, we should you should do this interview. on the contrary. i said, if you don't want to do this interview, i completely understand, and i'll hang up right now and i'll never call you back. to give you a voice. um, so. and i said to him also, you have everything to lose. and he said, let me think about it. and two d
we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.re to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard >> hey, brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> so we sat down with brandon toliver for a lengthy conversation about what happened that day. now, that interview and the complete story can be seen on our abc seven news streaming app. it's hard to watch. >> heartbreaking. it's...
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we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.hat was there to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard >> hey, brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> so we sat down with brandon toliver for a lengthy conversation about what happened that day. and that interview and the complete story can be seen on our abc seven news streaming app. and that was very interesting conversation that i had with him. i can only imagine and just a few moments and then just a lifetime of challenges. >> yeah. >> and that was very surprising. you know, i didn't have any expectations. you know, what would i find when i, you know, met him again? um, but it was hard to see, you know, how, like you say in just a few seconds, you know, somebody changed. changed completely. and so heartwarming. >> siblings, though. how loving and committed. yeah, yeah. >> and antonio really the, you know, brother, the younger brother says, you know, whoever i marry has to accept him is absolutely.
we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.hat was there to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard >> hey, brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> so we sat down with brandon toliver for a lengthy conversation about what happened that day. and that interview and the complete story can be seen on our abc seven news streaming app. and that was very interesting conversation that...
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a battery of child psychologists eventually determined that brandon toliver was not able to understandhe assault charges against him, or to assist his attorney in defending him. therefore, the case could not go forward. it's this kid fall through the crack. >> do we just send them home and say, go and sin no more? i hope not, why are you so mad at this guy? >> why do you want to hit him? >> what followed was years of therapy while living in several group homes. family, meanwhile, was focused on their son, who was now close to being a year old and who clearly showed signs of developmental delay. >> there is no brain tissue there anymore. >> his ct scan showed that once his brain tissue had died, it could not reject it as a result, ignacio bermudez was not able to push himself up or to make eye contact with the people around him. in fact, he often had seizures, causing his head to suddenly drop. it's a matter, big guy. after that day, when checked on his progress, a year after the attack, that was the last time i saw ignacio and his family until a few months ago when we found them living
a battery of child psychologists eventually determined that brandon toliver was not able to understandhe assault charges against him, or to assist his attorney in defending him. therefore, the case could not go forward. it's this kid fall through the crack. >> do we just send them home and say, go and sin no more? i hope not, why are you so mad at this guy? >> why do you want to hit him? >> what followed was years of therapy while living in several group homes. family,...
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identify as brandon toliver. police say he forced his way into the bermudez home to steal a big wheel tricycle. police say he heard the baby crying. it was that short encounter that forever changed the lives of both families. his my heart really goes out to the bermudez family, you know? >> and i'm really it's a terrible tragedy. and i'm. i'm in disbelief. >> the six year old became the youngest person in the u.s. ever charged with attempted murder. though it is rare felony assaults by children under the age of ten are not unheard of, according to the california department of justice. to 34 children under the age of ten were charged with felony assault between 2017 and 2022, but decision by the prosecutor brought criticism and controversy. i've never done that to a white boy. a battery of child psychology eventually determined that brandon toliver was not able to understand the assault charges against him, or to assist his attorney in defending him. therefore, the case could not go forward. >> this this kid fall
identify as brandon toliver. police say he forced his way into the bermudez home to steal a big wheel tricycle. police say he heard the baby crying. it was that short encounter that forever changed the lives of both families. his my heart really goes out to the bermudez family, you know? >> and i'm really it's a terrible tragedy. and i'm. i'm in disbelief. >> the six year old became the youngest person in the u.s. ever charged with attempted murder. though it is rare felony assaults...
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um so brandon toliver talked to you, which was so surprising to me. to you that after all these years, he would go on camera? >> uh- no one else has interviewed him? so it was surprising to me. um, we had left a card at his house in stockton and actually, uh, he called me a few days later, and the first thing i said to him was, you know, we're doing this story, but i will understand if you say no. and if you do, i will never bother you again. i'll hang up right now because you have everything to lose with this story. um, and i think he was surprised about that. i never said you should do it. never that was up to him because , um, i really, you know, it was a moment where i had to think. do i tell his story? but i thought it's important for him to have a voice and i think he also felt that it was important. and, yeah, he did to he said, let me think about it. i'll ask my mom and my family. and two days later he says, i want to do the interview. yeah >> and i have to imagine that everyone and i don't want to give away anything. for anyone who hasn't wat
um so brandon toliver talked to you, which was so surprising to me. to you that after all these years, he would go on camera? >> uh- no one else has interviewed him? so it was surprising to me. um, we had left a card at his house in stockton and actually, uh, he called me a few days later, and the first thing i said to him was, you know, we're doing this story, but i will understand if you say no. and if you do, i will never bother you again. i'll hang up right now because you have...
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we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.there to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard. hey brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> i've already watched this twice. it is so compelling and i hope that you do too. you can watch it on on any of our apps. so for your phone or for your tv, it's available on roku, fire tv, apple tv, google tv. it's about 20 minutes of your time. i highly recommend it. leon did an amazing job and in fact, leon is going to be on set this morning in about an hour at 645. to talk more about how this all came together. i was fascinated by the fact that ignacio's family talked, but especially that brandon talked to her the way that she handled that was, i think, kind of the only way to do it and is probably she's probably the only reporter who could have done it. she handled it so well. in any case, i'm looking forward to talking to her later this morning. absolutely, actively wept at my desk watching it. >> i know that
we thought long and hard about reaching out to brandon toliver.there to gain after all these years? but in fairness to brandon, we offered him a chance to be heard. hey brandon, leon melendez, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> i've already watched this twice. it is so compelling and i hope that you do too. you can watch it on on any of our apps. so for your phone or for your tv, it's available on roku, fire tv, apple tv, google tv. it's about 20 minutes of your time. i...