to talk about the shooting to the dobbs ferry police department and the then district attorney, eugene piro book, she says there's no question the shooting was racially dominated. instead, prosecutors claim he shot charles campbell in a murderous rage. assistant district attorney patricia murphy telling the jury, "this is a case about revenge. this is a case about retrobugs. this is a case about payback." prosecutors argued the father, son and son-in-law ganged up on campbell so that he had no choice but to grab a bat from his car. >> i know chad. when he grabbed that bat, the idea was to just show all right, you all, back on up. i'm not guilty going to start here, but i'm going to finish it. so he swung, i think, once at the father. >> do you think charles campbell could have killed your father, had that third hit struck him? >> sure. absolutely. it was a metal baseball bat. >> if there wasn't a baseball bat, there wouldn't have been a gun. >> prosecutors supported by eyewitness testimony convinced a jury that was backing away. the jury was acquitted of assault. but richie was convicted of