Loved ones of 66-year-old Gayla Sue Price gathered outside the courthouse in opposition to the approved release of Karim Reyad, 18.
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00:00 We begin this hour with a local family's protest.
00:03 Loved ones of 66-year-old Gayla Sue Price
00:06 gathered outside the courthouse Sunday morning
00:08 in opposition to the approved release
00:10 of 18-year-old Kareem Raiyat.
00:12 He's the teenager that hit Price head on
00:16 in a collision that ultimately took her life.
00:18 23 ABC's Ruby Rivera was there and picks up this story.
00:22 Anger, confusion, and overall disappointment.
00:25 That's how family members described their emotions
00:27 as they chanted off of Truxton Avenue
00:29 near the courthouse Sunday morning.
00:31 No justice, no peace!
00:34 18-year-old Kareem Raiyat is set to be temporarily released
00:37 to his family on September 4th
00:38 to receive medical treatment at Loma Linda Hospital.
00:41 Many family members I spoke with said they were outraged.
00:44 Gayla Price's niece, Stacy Cooley, says
00:46 she believes it's an excuse to avoid facing the consequences.
00:50 People shouldn't be able to walk so easily.
00:53 You know what I mean?
00:54 Let me use my femur as an excuse.
00:58 To go home to my mom, you know what I mean?
01:03 That don't make no sense to me.
01:04 Daughter of Gayla Price, Crystal Nielsen,
01:07 says while Sunday's protest was a way
01:08 to bring more awareness to her mother's death,
01:11 they're also trying to inform the community on a bigger issue.
01:13 We want to fight for more harder laws on this type of behavior.
01:19 Our town is being ran over by these certain drivers
01:23 that are driving under the influence,
01:25 and I feel like nothing's being done.
01:27 Nielsen says her family is still mourning
01:29 the loss of her mother,
01:30 saying that the only comfort she received
01:32 was knowing that Riyad was in custody,
01:34 but she says that, too, has now been taken away from her.
01:37 Cooley says she believes that the judge made a mistake
01:40 regarding the recent decision
01:41 and wants the public to put themselves in their shoes.
01:44 But that's okay.
01:46 That's fair for him to get out and go home to mama.
01:50 I'm not standing for that, and we will get justice.
01:53 Family members say their efforts won't stop
01:55 after Sunday's protest and have plans to continue
01:58 to spread awareness if they feel that proper changes
02:00 haven't been made.
02:02 In downtown Bakersfield, Rubira Vera, 23 ABC News,
02:05 connecting you.