shooting to both the dobbs ferry police department and the then west chester county district attorney jannine perro. repeated interview requests were denied. in her book she says no question the shooting was racially motivated. race dominated the headlines but never came up at trial. instead prosecutors claimed diguglielmo shot charles campbell in a murderous rage. assistant district attorney patricia murphy telling the jury, quote, this is a case about revenge. had is a case about retribution. this is a case about payback. prosecutors argued the father, son and son-in-law ganged up on campbell so that campbell had no choice but to grab a bat from his car. >> i know chaz. when he grabbed that bat, the idea of getting that bat was to just show, all right, y'all, back on up, you know, i'm not trying to start nothing here but i will finish it. they kept charging him. so he swung i think once