len davis is still on that row. i mean he can go back and forth to court whenever he wants but no one considered a family, we have to go through this. over and over and over again. >> new orleans city officials declined "america tonight's" interview request saying the city does not comment on pending litigation. however, kotchman williams met with davis to present her with a proclamation with the city. >> she has worked very hard to keep that story, that incident alive to make sure her mother's courage isn't forgotten so we gave her a proclamation from the city of new orleans honoring her mother's commitment to public safety, to fairness, to doing the right thing, to really being a hero. >> what is it like to hearing somebody from the city acknowledge your loss. >> amazing, i can't even express the feeling because it never happened. i mean we never was told sorry, we never was told you know, someone come out and just check on us. how y'all living, how y'all doing? and for someone to come and apologize and actually s

davis. among the thousands of music photos were some surprises. >> when i was going through his apartment, i found a notebook that said -- >> when marshall's lensn't trained on bands like the grateful dead or janice joplin it was aimed at every day life in an extraordinary time and place, the '60s ashbury. >> it was ground zero for the counter culture. jim wasn't only just photographing musicians but everything going on. he documented change and anti-war protests. he has people going down cars along hate street gawking at the hippies. he. >> the san francisco photograph recorded a collateral snapshot of a cultural revolution. >> i think these photos are a love letter to his own time. >> a time of music and drugs and hippies, backed by the soundtrack of a generation. >> it was a scene beyond a scene. it was a circus and frolic and advertise heart is fully on display in his photos. >> reporter: going through marshall's things, davis also discovered marshall had plans for his hate street photos. >> he always wanted to do a book on hate. he tried to get it published in 1976 but no publisher would publish it. >> reporter: davis and music writer joel

davis. but among the thousands of music photos were some surprises. >> when i was going through his apartment, i found a notebook that said the hate. >> turned out when marshall's lensasn't trained on bands like the grateful dead or janice joplin, it was aimed at everyday life, an extraordinary time and place, the '60s in ashbury. >> it was ground zero for the counter culture, so jim wasn't only just photographing a musician, he was photographing everything that was going on. he documented change, antiwar protests. he has people going down cars along hate street gawking at the hippies. >> through his obsession with photography. >> five around his neck all the time. >> reporter: the san francisco photographer recorded the cultural revolution. >> i think these photos are a love letter to his hometown. >> reporter: hippies, music, drugs, hate street backed by the sound track of a generation. >> scene beyond a scene. it was a circus, it was a frolic, and his heart is fully on display in his photos. >> reporter: going through marshall's things, also discovered marshall had plans for his hate street photos. >> jim always wanted to do a book on the hate. he tried to get it