Numb good evening. Thank you for joining us. It was known as the loud music murder. An argument sparked by loud hiphop music that cut 17yearold jordan daviss life too short. And now three years later jordansather is vowing to honor his sons memory. A family torn apart now on a missssn for gun reform. This is jordans bedroom. I still come in here from time to time. Reporter its been three his son jordan. Presented that to me during jordan davis day. And this is when jordan was smaller and we had christmas pictures. R porter a wound time will never heal. I would imagine ass fatherr its all hard. Ah, it is. Reporter whats hardest . Even now three years later sometimes im sitting in my easy chair and i just feel myself listening out for the door, listening out for the keys to be in the door. Even though your brain knowsws that hes gone, you still want to hear that key in the door. Reporter it started with a trip to the mall with his friends in jacksonville, florida on black friday, 2012. The 17yearold was killed outside a convenience store, shot dead by 45yearold businessman michael dunn. Basically, the boys are parked here. They pull in, tommy storens gets out to go inside t t store, leaves the other three boys in the car. They leave the music playing loud. Reporter the music is rapper little reeses song beef. At some point michael dunn on the passenger side. Rhonda rower gets out of the vehicle. Reporter thats when an ordinary evening turns deadly. The music was too loud. Michael dunn asked them to turn the music down. Tevin thompson, who was sitting in the front passenger seat complied,urned it down. Jordan didnt want to turn the music down. Said lets turn that back up, im tired of people telling me what to do. They turn the music back up. And then there was an exchange of words. At that p pnt is whehe michael dunn and jordan davis started exchanging words. And i believe what Tevin Thompson remembers is jordan saying [ bleep ] to michael dunn. According to witnesses there were statements of are you talking to me coming from mr. Dunn and i believe a couple witnesses said they heard youre not going to talk to me that way. Reporter suddenly the argument escalates. And before anybobo knows it dunn i i leaning o or to his box pulling out a taurus 9millimeter. Right about this time tommy comes out of the store. Gets into t t car, straps himself in, looks over, and sees a gun pointed three feet away. [ gunshots ] reporter it was over in moments. A l le g ge, lives ruined. Jordans mom tried to cope with her heartache by clinging to the last conversation she had with her beloved son, less than 24 hours b bore he died. Mom, happy thanksgiving, mom. I just want to tell you thank you thank you for loving me. Tell me about your boy. He was not a perfect child by any means, but he was a good young man. Always the ljfe of the party. People would say when jordan walks in the room the room lights up. He was humorous. Very sensitive. Very intuitive. He started out mamas boy but ended up daddys boy. Reporter when michael dunn is questioned by police, he claims it was all an act of selfdefense. You know, im still not reacting to them. This guy like goes down on the ground and comes up with something. I thougug it wawa a shotgun. Do you remember how many times you shot . I shot four times. And thsuv pulled out. And like i said, in my mind theyve got a gun. I was still scared. And so i shot four more times. When they were fleeing . Yeah. If he doesntt have any interaction with africanamericans and so when you dont have any you just go by what you read or you go by what you see on Television People of color in handcuffs, people doing the wrong thing, you have this fear built up, then immediately when you heard the loud music, theyre going to become thugs and gangsters. Reporter after two years off finally begins in february 2014. Softspoken and polite, his friends in the car leland and tevin admit to the court that jordan did yell at michael dunn. Do you recall anything that defendant . Yes, sir. What was that . [ bleep ]. Reporter dunn insists davis had a gun. But when none was found, dunns selfdefense claim falls flat. According to detective musser, investigators found no weapons in the suv the night of the shooting nor anywhere near the gas station parking lot. After six days of hearing testimony the jury goes out to deliberate their verdict while jacksonville waits for justice. No one person has all the rights. Waiting on that verdict, there was a lot of tension in the city. My twitter page, my phone, everything was blowing up. Reporter it takes the jury four days to come to a unanimous decision on three attempted murder charges. The state of f frida versus mimiael david dunn. Verdict as to count 2, we the verdict as to count 3, we the jury finh the defendant guilty. Verdict as to count 4, we the jury find the defendant guilty of attempted seconddegree murder. Reporter but on the charge of firstdegree murder for shootingordan davis the jury ils to commit. Jordans parents refuse toto surrender. Where does the fight go now . We will go back to court. You want a retrial . Yes. Were definitely going back to fight for jordan. Reporter in september 2014 dunn returns to the witness stand, this time for a leaner trial. You cant say what it is. I just saw the top. But today are you sure it was a shotgun . Yes, i am. Reporter after four days of testimony and five hours of deliberation, this time the jury comes back unanimous. We the jury find the defendant guilty of firstdegree murder as charged in the indictment. There was just this widespread relief. Demonstrators outside of the duval county courthouse becece emotional when they saw jordan daviss parents walk down the courthouse steps. We were able to finally give him rest and closure. Reporter on october 17h, 2014 mr. Dunn, your life is efefctively over. Reporter the life sentence is in addition to a 90year senten for the three counts of attempted murder of jordans friends and 15 years for firing at a vehicle. The tragic end to jordan daviss young life has marked the beginning of a new ope for his parents, ron davis and lucia mcbaba, as outspoken activists for gun reform. We know that god has a greater purpose for jords death and for what were now doing. Why arent you tired . Why havent you decided, you know what, i lost my boy, we got justice in court, im just going to move on . Jordan is driving me. When you say dont you get tired, all have is my words to people from killing, especially killing these kids when murdering our youth, were rdering society, and were murdering our tomorrow. Youre an optimistic man still, though, despite all that youve endured, all that youve seen. Yeah. Because god has shown me the journey. Some of us we go through life. We never know why were herere why are w here . Im here to spread the word of my son, who was martyred, basically. And spread the word that this country cannot continue the way its continuing. That we have to put lives in front of guns, lives in front of finances, lives in front of everything that we have to educate ourselves and enlighten ourselves to let us know that well never be at peace as long ase keepilling each other and going around the world and killing people, well never be free. Next, would you fly for dayay on end for elite travel perks . And later, hello. Out there for devastated fans . I must have called a thousand times with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. Until i talked to my doctor. 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To reach the next level stat wuss my airline. So im planning whats called a mileagag run, flying nonstop for hours, even days on end. At the end of the year people mileage run to get that elite status level because january 1 the clock resets. Reporter here at jfk i meet with brian k kly in thee swaway Virgin Atlantic lounge. Now, brian is an expert on scoring big travel rewards for small amounts of spending. Theres two main types of mileage runs. The first is to accruru miles cheaply, redeemable miles that you can use for future flights. The second type of mileage run is with the focus of elite status. So taking flights, even if theyre not cheap, but to get to that elite status level so you have all those benefits for the entire next year. People will fly all over the world just for status . At the top Tier Airlines really pamper flyers. You know, upgrgres, club access. It really makes travel a lot more enjoyable. Brian is one of a growing number of experts who employ all sorts of tricks of the trade to meet their unquenchable desires from racking up miles on credit cards to infiltrating highlevel lounges for the perks. Traveling in style is what they. But you dont have to be a professional to enjoy the perks of airline status. Who are we talking about, these people that do mileage runs . Its all types of travelers. You know, whether youre a news anchor or a consultant who spends their life on the road and getting those elite statuses can help, even if youre flying in economy but youve got delta elite status. You can enjoy this lounge right next to the person who paid 5,000 for their ticket. So status has its privileges. Status has its privileges. Exactly. Reporter to get to that elite status im going to take six consecutive flights starting in new york city. Ill fly to seattle, then on to phoenix, crosscountry t t charlotte, overseas to san juan, puerto rico, and back to new york city. All in 52 hours. And how do i go about doing like a really rad mileage run . Well, thehe first thing would be to take the price of the ticket and divide it by the amount of miles, redeemable miles that youre going to get. Now, real mileage runners back in the day getting three cents per mile for t t flight was a good standard bearer. Reporter by booking strategic flights my trip will run me 852 total, six sentence per mile. Not bad if you diount the lost sleep. What are some of the crazy things t tt people do . There arereextremes. I know people who have flown from los angeles to sydney, gotten off the plane, and flown sydney to los angeles back because they needed a ton of miles and they only had one day to d d it. Before my flight. Only about 50 hours to go. 40 hours to go. 19 hours into this trip. Its been a long rathon. Imm exhausted. But about to get off the plane. This is the fourth stop. Things at times got interesting. And took me to places id never normally go. Hi. Good morning. Im going to anchorage. Reporter its now 4 00. Ive made it to the frozen tundra that is anchorage, alaska. It is really, really, really cold. From icy roads to white sandy beaches. 48 hours after leaving new york city and 24 hours after leaving anchorage, i finally made it here to the fifth stop in this crazy mileage run. Sunny puerto rico. Not bad. Reporter but unfortunately for me, it wawat enouou. With all the flying ive done in the last 48 hours, by my calculation im supposed to be executive platinum by now on look, and im still 400 points short. I could cry right now. Was it worth it . I did all the calculation. I got to san juan at the end. Last stop when i was supposed to have elite status. And i look online, and i didnt make it. You didnt make it . After all that. How did you mess up the snath did you miscalculate the amount of i miscalculated because i eded points and i miscalculated the ints. A lot of airlines these days are reducing the amount of miles you earn based on the fare class you wk so, the cheap economy ticket are not earning as much. So theyve caught on to mileage runners. Not good nene for those who arent jetsetting savants, who live for the smell of jet fuel. But still brian says there are ways to se on yr Holiday Travel this year. Tip number one, be flexible on your schedule. I would recommend use Google Flights and search for the cheapest flights around you. It m make sense to drive to another irport. Be flexib. Thats how youre going to get prices down. Reporter t t number two, consider using a lowcost carrier. And cheap ways to get across the atlantic. Theres wow air which will go through iceland. I just recently fleworwegian arnlsz. Same thing domestically, check southwest. And remember the fares jut one component of a ticket. With fees these days and airlines charging for carryones do the math and see what the total price will be to fly. And if all else fails, tip number three, use some frequent flyer miles. Last minute airlines release a ton of frequent flyer award availability even during the holidays. So dont assume you cant use your miles. You mightind yourself enjoying the diamond medallion treatment at the cubic zirconia price. Zbll im hankering to go to london. I just redeemed 62,500 delta miles. Just now. Check out how much. For a Business Class seat this is how much cash out of pocket. Thats a typo. No. 5. 60. Look at that. To go to london. Business class. Last minute. Where its probably 4,000 or 5,000 ticket. 5. 60. And to your almost mileage run. Almost successful one. Reporter for nightline im kendis gibson. Finally, new york city. Eporter and im going to sleep. Cant feel too bad for kendis. He made his elite status on his next flight out for abc news. So now he can finally enjoy those wellearned perks. Coming up next, adele fans are saying hello to soldout shows and highpriced tickets. 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So is there still any hope for those disappointed fans . Hello from the if you were hoping to say hello to adele in concert, youre likely out of luck. Tickets for adeles 56date north american tour, her first in five years, sold out online in minutes. Its sold out. Did you get adele tickets . Reporter and in some cases its not diehard adele lovers who want to hear herer sing new hits like when we were young scooping up tickets. Its scalpers. Seats were originally priced between 39. 50 and 149. 50 on ticketmaster. Now those same tickets are being marked up more than 6,000 . We found tickets on stub hub for theres auge rushor tickets. S. Never in my memory has it happened on this scale. Reporter but adele is turning the tables. By using song kit, a site that sells tickets through websites and artist fan clubs. They sold 235,000 tickets for adeles world tour block at lemst 53,000 known or likely scalpers, saving the real fans 6. 3 million in markups. But in north america the site sold only 8 of tickets. Rumor has it rumor has it theres still hope, a little at least. What usually happens when theres this kind of unsatisfied demand for shows is more shows get added. Im not sure that there will ever be enough shows for it. So keep your fingers crossed. It was adeles song rolling in the deep that she sang dont underestimate the things that i will do. Thank you fo watching. Tu in to Good Morning America first thing tomorrow. On the Nightline Facebook page and on abcnews. Com. It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on tv but where are those good oldfashioned values on which we used to rely . Lucky theres a family guy lucky theres a man who positively can do all the things that make us laugh and cry hes. A. Fam. Ily. Guy this is ridiculous. Why did yalll drag me here . Because you cant just sit home every night since loretta left. Yeah, you gotta get out and meet some women
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