CLEVELAND — There’s a new call from community activists to make it easier for victims of violent crime to get money they said is needed.

They even explained to us why it was important for them to fight for the right to heal.

“Bottom line, I still haven’t been compensated,” said Natasha Lovelace.

A phone call no parent ever wants to receive is a moment in Natasha Lovelace’s life she said she’ll never forget.

“She (her daughter) was still alive which is what I asked, so the first thing in my mind was to get there,” said Lovelace.

In July 2021, Lovelace said her daughter, Makayla Barlow, was shot in the head above her right eye in East Cleveland.

“She asked me if she was dead, and of course I told her no,” said Lovelace in October 2021 when we interviewed her. Cleveland teen caught in

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