i just couldn't understand. like, if a man or a person getting shot in the back and you don't see no wrong with that, you know. i don't understand that. natacha: as we were leaving, it was such a crazy feeling and so bizarre. we had to get out of there. our chests were tight. like, you know, we couldn't breathe. reporter: to the family and friends of phillip pannell, this verdict, according to them, shows that a black person cannot get justice in america. they criticized the fact that in a racially sensitive case like this one, there never should have been an all white jury hearing the evidence. reporter2: spath said he thought his life was being threatened. the jury sided with the police officer. male: to have a jury return a verdict in 9 hours. it''s almost as though the jury said, let's hurry up and do this thing and so we can get home for dinner.