pack of cigarettes. not knowing what was waiting for him. i can only imagine what mrs. donald went through. >> the crowd just gathered. people started gathering there. michael figures and i, we jumped in the car. >> senator michael figures was the de facto leader of the black community. as a lawyer, michael was there to gather facts. >> we started looking around and trying to talk to people to see anybody knew exactly what happened, who was involved. someone has taken a young man hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous in the community? >> what's going through my mind is who the hell did this and why?