. >> reporter: the national media descending on mareville, first physical gathering for protesters afterriven by anonymous under the hash tag justice for daisy. >> this is a grass roots effort and there are people working to find some solution and someway to help and that makes a difference. >> reporter: protesters are energized now that the teen rape case is being reopened. national pressure led to the appointment of a prosecutor who promised local politics and connections would play no part in the new investigation. >> our review of this case will be without fear and without favor. >> reporter: keywords for daisy coleman, just 14 years old when she and a 13-year-old friend say they were raped by two high schoolboys after a night of drinking. >> yes, there was, i believe, a crime that occurred. >> reporter: the sheriff arrested the accused boys but local prosecutor robert rice dropped the charges. why? he said daisy and her mother refused to testify in court. they say that's a lie. they believe the real reason, one of the accused, matt barnett, his grandfather is a state representative.