natacha: i am natacha pannell. my 16 year old brother was slained 30 years ago in teaneck, new jersey, and i'm gonna address theunited states of america. gary: there's no doubt that night. it was a textbook procedure. i had no choice. i was forced to take a life. i was a white cop whoshot a black 16-year-old. (protestors chanting) natacha: i would like toaddress all law enforcement across the country and around the world. honor the oath. (dramatic music) gary: the other officerskept repeating: "he did the right thing.he had no choice." it was a good shoot. reporter: the death ofphillip pannell brought rage the streets of normallypeaceful teaneck, new jersey. m2: this was middle-classmodel city, american. alison: we live in teaneck.this doesn't happen in teaneck. w2: it wasn't the utopia ithought it was for many people. (dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we're back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of t

and natacha pannell, the sister of phillip.th us, dani goffstein, codirector and former teaneck resident. natacha, talk about that tragic, traumatic day. i hate to bring it up 32 years later when your brother was killed. and what unfolded after that for your family, for the community, as you sought justice and what it means for this documentary series to come out 32 years later as the black lives movement continues the fight against police brutality and killing, of racism. >> first off, i would like to thank democracy now! for having both my mom and i on. that night was before i learned my brother was shot and killed by teaneck police officer gary spath, i was really excited and happy. i was expecting my brother to come home. i had the house party take, which is a movie he wanted to see. i was really happy. when i heard a bunch of footsteps running up the stairway, i ran to the doorr excited and thought i was going to swing the door open and see my brother. in fact, i saw of bunch of puzzled faces and people in the hallway were

natacha: it was apeaceful vigil. everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen? then the evening came. the crowd was getting angry.the police were pushing back. and then that's whenthe riot broke out. william: the night of the riot,i was there. very, very quickly,it just got out of control. people werethrowing rocks, broke windows inthe police building. bryan: i've gotpeople that they're inside in fear of their life. we tore up everythingin our path. i wanted that policestation to be burned down. that's how i felt. you know, i mean,he just killed my friend. natacha: somebody smashed apolice car window, and that's when the whole crowd flipped over the police car. gervonn: it was our community. and i remember mybrother, like, screaming at people like, this isour town. you know, stop. you know, this is where we live. these kids werejust going crazy. breaking store windows. man: hey, hey, stop him.woman: stop, stop. gervonn: just actingout that despair. power to the black people. (people s

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