and i m gonna address theunited states of america. gary: there s no doubt that night. it was a textbook procedure. i had no choice. i was forced to take a life. i was a white cop whoshot a black 16-year-old. (protestors chanting) natacha: i would like toaddress all law enforcement across the country and around the world. honor the oath. (dramatic music) gary: the other officerskept repeating: he did the right thing.he had no choice. it was a good shoot. reporter: the death ofphillip pannell brought rage the streets of normallypeaceful teaneck, new jersey. m2: this was middle-classmodel city, american. alison: we live in teaneck.this doesn t happen in teaneck. w2: it wasn t the utopia ithought it was for many people. (dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we re back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of the matter isphillip pannell was executed. m4: i don t care how
of- of information. people wanted to know exactly, you know, what was going on? and i don t thinkthey were getting it. paul ostrow: we can t lookaway from the fact that people were upset and angry and that might have been festering. mike kelly: this wasa town that built itself as a modelamerican community. and yet underneathall of that, you had a segmentof the town that felt angry. walter fields: we never wantto talk about the ugliness, that is rightbelow the surface. reporter: as angryresidents, i hear, say the shootingis another example of rising tensions betweenblack youth in teaneck and the police. all it will takeis one incident and it s like opening pandora s box, reporter: some peoplejeered a police officer as he droveaway in his car. alison: people were outraged, we live in teaneck.