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 would come over, like,every saturday morning. it was like,i think we watched college football and play video games, natacha would be there. every saturday morning iwould sit there with them. phil s house wasdefinitely the place to go, playing in his backyard and, you know, just everything.and then natacha there, a little sister,would bother us. shawn: we lookedup to phil. i did because he was older, handsome, you know,the girls kinda liked him, you know, and he wasalways smiling, always, you know,always in the good spirits. thelma: he was mostlyan outside kid. he wanted to get withhis friends or they used to come in front ofhis house all the time. those bicycles was lining up. steven: we just had thefreedom to go anywhere inteaneck. like, we play baseballlike in the schoolyard played football and, and the church, and in the churchgrass. batron: um,there s a trail right across the street righton forest avenue, we used to ride our bikes. used to be dirt,dirt bike trails, so we, sort