Produced by Right the Record, Exposing Police Violence in Cleveland
Videography, sound and editing by John Bacon
Carol Steiner conducted the interview with the following questions:
-Can you please tell us your name and your relationship to Vincent Belmonte?
-Can you tell us what Vincent was like?
-Do you call him Vido?
-Can you tell us when you first heard about what happened to Vincent?
-Can you tell us what you know about what happened to Vincent?
-Are you still trying to find out certain things about what happened?
– Is there an investigation into what happened?
-Has there been any accountability from Officer MacDonald or the East Cleveland Police Dept.?
-What has your own experience with police been?
-Has the police killing of Vido changed your perception of the police?
-Do you have any thoughts about how the public has responded, good or bad, to the death of your brother/son?
-How has this loss affected your family?
-The families of victims of police violence choose to handle it differently for their own reasons. What led you to take on more of an activist role, if you see yourselves that way?
– How did you feel about the demonstration and march in East Cleveland on Memorial Day?
-What is next in your fight for justice?
-What, if anything, can people do to help?
-Is there anything else that you would like to say?