That cop to shoothim in his back. There are more questionsthan there are answers. Jennifer this was coming. There was too muchrage in everybody and its beengoing on for years. Steven next thing i know,i picked up a brick and threw it straightthrough the window. upbeat music Protestors Chanting r it all began on a noteof prayer and mourning for 15 year old phillippannell, shot to death by policeon tuesday night. Natacha it was apeaceful vigil. Everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen . Then the evening came. The crowd was getting angry. The police were pushing back. And then thats whenthe riot broke out. William the night of the riot,i was there. Very, very quickly,it just got out of control. People werethrowing rocks, broke windows inthe police building. Bryan ive gotpeople that theyre inside in fear of their life. We tore up everythingin our path. I wanted that policestation to be burned down. Thats how i felt. You know, i mean,he just killed my fr
that cop to shoothim in his back. there are more questionsthan there are answers. jennifer: this was coming. there was too muchrage in everybody and it s beengoing on for years. steven: next thing i know,i picked up a brick and threw it straightthrough the window. (upbeat music) (protestors chanting) r: it all began on a noteof prayer and mourning for 15 year old phillippannell, shot to death by policeon tuesday night. natacha: it was apeaceful vigil. everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen? then the evening came. the crowd was getting angry.the police were pushing back. and then that s whenthe riot broke out. william: the night of the riot,i was there. very, very quickly,it just got out of control. people werethrowing rocks, broke windows inthe police building. bryan: i ve gotpeople that they re inside in fear of their life. we tore up everythingin our path. i wanted that policestation to be burned down. that s how i felt. you know, i me
this is the result ofdecades of believing your ownhype and not wanting to confront theugliness that was always there. but you chose tolook the other way. jackie: it was soearth shattering. i believed, for the mostpart that everybody was living happily together in teaneck. but it wasn t the utopia that ithought it was, for many people. (protestors chanting) (broken glass shattering) r: boarded up businessesand broken glass, smashed by hundredsof young people, angry over the police killing of phillip pannellon tuesday night. natacha: i was like,what does this have to do with my brother sdeath, you know? and i was kind ofupset in a sense, because that s not how he was. you know, that like all ofthis happened to my brother.
and then on top of that,all this violence and stuff. he wasn t a violentperson, you know, at all. walter: for us,the strong police presence sent the wrong messageto young people. william: i m justnot sure what else, you know, you know, we could do? we were not lettingthe crowd be everywhere because we wanted thecommunity to exercise theirrights, to demonstrateand protest and to do it in a peacefuland safe way. it was traumaticfor the department, but it was extremely traumatic for the entire community. batron: the next day itlooked terrible and it looked like anotherplace. it didn t look liketeaneck. my mother owned a homebeauty parlor for ten years. you know,nobody touched that because they know that my mother s shop, but a lot of businesseswere destroyed,
in front of mybrother s corpse just praying that it willhurry up and be over. it was like this wasn treally happening. like it was a bad dream. r: one of phillip sfriends, albert hannibal, could barely speak.he covered his face with his hands,sobbed out some words that soundedlike, please, god. think of the family right now. thelma: it was something thati couldn t believe it. i just couldn tbelieve he was gone. after the two hour service, the funeral procession traveled to fairlawn, new jersey,to bury phillip pannell. then when i closed thecasket for the last time, that s when i couldn t take it. i couldn t take it. going in that cold ground. r: at the end,after the bronze casket had been borne down thesteps, the