resident of Harlem herself, she most likely means she doesn't want to get anyone from her community into trouble unless she's completely clear that it was them.

In the end, she's adamant that it was King she saw and points him out to the court. Predictably, Briggs asks why she is so confident that's it's him now when she struggled to identify him in his picture. She says she can do it now because she now knows for sure he's the right man.

Briggs continues to espouse the idea that Lorelle Henry has made a mistake, but she won't be swayed. She tells the state defense where she saw two men, including King, arguing. Mr. Nesbit went over to the men to ask them what was the matter and one of them grabbed him by the collar and told him to hand over the money. Lorelle Henry was hesitant to help condemn the wrong man.