Justice for Stephen

Rambo was dismayed that the officers never sat up Dolceamore to allow him air.

Rambo was reminded of her cousin’s death while watching video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes as Floyd pleaded with officers that he couldn’t breathe.

“He couldn’t say ‘I can’t breathe.’ His face was in dirt. He squirmed, they leaned on him more,” Rambo said of her cousin.

Protests and rioting roiled the country after Floyd’s death, and Chauvin has been fired and charged with murder. Three other cops at the scene are also accused of aiding and abetting the killing.

None of the Trenton officers involved in Dolceamore’s death have been charged with crimes.

“I cried in hysterics, watching my cousin. My husband had to calm me down. And when George Floyd died, I cried, too,” Rambo said. “If I was there, I would have probably jumped in the face of the police and told them to get off, to let [my cousin] breathe. I would have done more than they did for George Floyd. I would have physically, actually stepped in. The end result occurred because of the police’s actions. That’s the parallel I draw.”

Rambo laments never getting to enjoy Philly sports with her cousin again. The two shared a sentimental conversation after the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018.

She wants the officers involved in her cousin’s death “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” but doesn’t expect a decision from the AG’s office soon.

An attorney for the officers did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

“Take a look at the video, and you tell me,” Rambo said. “Justice always rolls slow.”