got to batesburg, where he was met by the entire police force of batesburg, which was two guys, the chief of police and a deputy. the chief of police -- the driver told him to get out and talk to the chief of police. he did. and before he could get a word out, the chief of police beat him in the head with a special baton that was, you know, rigged for real impact, spring loaded. >> he's in uniform, right? >> he's in uniform. and he -- final lesion he managed to get the baton away are the guy and started fighting. and the deputy came around and put his -- put his gun on woodard and told him he would shoot him if he didn't stop. so he didn't stop. and the chief of police kept beating him. at one point -- they could tell later that he had ground his baton into woodard's eyes, which indicates that woodard had made the mistake of looking directly at him. woodard was blind for the rest of his life. what can i say? and truman took his case up. he was talked to by the naacp. and you know truman was a real hero when it came to civil rights. he is really given credit for it. he was the first presid