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
i was with the police chief. and we were insidethe council chambers of teaneck and things started to get raucous outside. (protestors chanting justice now, justice now.) for some reason ididn t feel right. i started to walkaway and as i walked away i heard a lot ofshouting and screaming. (crowd shouting) steven: people were leaving, and all of a sudden policecame out with shields. natacha: and i waslike telling them, we have a permit to march downthe street to where phillip was killed and the policewouldn t let us go. walter fields:police from almost every community in bergen county arrived in riot gear, and when i saw that, i knew that there was goingto be a problem because the kids as expected, we re very emotional, many of phil sfriends were there.