his bike filming row after row and the once booming in downtown area. things aren t much better in nearby oakland were residents vetted frustration about high crime. who here has been assaulted, raise your hand? that s pretty sad to. on the corner of 45th, on the pavement, punching me, kicking me, dragging me through the streets. speaker that was pretty powerful, and at town hall, et cetera put a to change anything? greg: these are the same people who vote for these people. i m glad san francisco is trying to get out of their problems using p.r. they need to spin the negative into a positive. for example thick about the exercise you get running from muggers and rapists.
seriously psychologically damaged by former muggings and in his mind, young blacks are the stereotypical muggers. i m firmly convinced if those four boys had been white, he would not assume they tried to mug him until they tried to mug him. reporter: goetz confessed to shooting the teens and confessed to shooting one of them again, saying he told the teen, you seem to be doing all right. here was another. if i was a monster i don t deny it, but i wasn t until several years ago in new york. reporter: goetz insisted he was acting in self-defense. if i had more bullets i would have shot them again and again and again. my problem was aran out of bullets. you can t understand. reporter: public opinion was mixed. i understand the motivation of the individual. there were times i felt like shooting somebody as well, but you re not supposed to take the law into your own hands. that s dangerous, too. actually, all he did was