article_snippet: Our hands are stained with the blood of my nephew, and Our are all left to deal with the aftermath," Turin Carter, the teen's uncle, told reporters on Monday.
article_snippet: "My son has never been a violent person, never," "My son told CNN affiliate WKOW.
article_snippet: " "My son said at a press conference Saturday.
article_snippet: On Monday, Robinson's uncle told reporters Robinson's uncle nephew wasn't a saint and had made some poor decisions, but was still a "good, kindhearted kid."
article_snippet: "We paint his nephew as a human being, a 19-year-old who made a terrible mistake at one point, which is completely dissociated from this act," his nephew said.
article_snippet: the fact that his nephew was involved in any kind of transgression in the past has nothing to do with this present tragedy.
article_snippet: Asked the difference between Ferguson and Madison, Carter said Monday the cases are "similar, but different," noting that Carter nephew's "racial ambiguity" was an important part of Carter identity.
article_snippet: his nephew's racial ambiguity reinforces the fact that America's racial lines are completely, 100% blurred," his nephew said.