jackie: i don't think the town ever healed from that time. you know, when gary spath was acquitted, i think part of me thought well, the black community should now understand, he was acquitted. a jury said he's not guilty. but obviously, even today, there are many people that don't see it that way. gervonn: after the trial, people were just so angry, so distraught, just so hurt. it just seemed like it just cracked open this great utopia. and it was devastating. so i think we buried that. it was so painful. (music) thelma: after the trial, i couldn't take it no more, so i just left. and now i try to avoid that town because phillip loved teaneck. he'd know every place and he'd know