08/10/2026
What does accountability look like when the people who changed your life forever are standing right in front of you?
In this clip from today’s episode of Say Yes When Life Says No, Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. challenges Leon Ford with a powerful question.
When Dr. Soaries first met Leon, he was with the Chief of the Police Department — a department that had never fired the officers who shot Leon and forever changed the course of his life.
And yet, Leon chose to embrace them.
Why?
That question gets to the heart of Leon’s story.
Leon Ford is a survivor of a police shooting who transformed personal tragedy into public purpose. Through The HEAR Foundation, he has dedicated himself to creating space for accountability, dialogue, healing, and a different kind of relationship between communities and law enforcement.
But this conversation isn’t about pretending harm didn’t happen.
It’s about asking what becomes possible when we confront harm honestly — and still choose humanity.
Accountability. Forgiveness. Justice. Healing.
Can we hold all of them at the same time?
Find out in today’s episode of Say Yes When Life Says No.
Today at 5 PM on Unskrypted.
Watch. Listen. Reflect. Then ask yourself:
What would you say yes to if life gave you every reason to say no?