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: 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

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pannell. (audience cheering and clapping) natacha: as the civicleaders spoke, i was sittingthere in front of mybrother'sying that it willhurry up and be over. it was like this wasn'treally happening. like it was a bad dream. r: one of phillip'sfriends, albert hannibal, could barely speak.he covered his face with his hands,sobbed out some words that soundedlike, please, god. think of the family right now. thelma: it was something thati couldn't believe it. i just couldn'tbelieve he was gone. after the two hour service, the funeral procession traveled to fairlawn, new jersey,to bury phillip pannell. then when i closed thecasket for the last time, that's when i couldn't take it. i couldn't take it. going in that cold ground. r: at the end,after the bronze casket had been borne down thesteps, the mother came toenter a limousine. she sat in the frontseat for a long time, waiting for the procession to get underway.it was a very long wait. she seemed dazed, alonein her shock, her grief. walter: it's a horrible thing togo to a child's funeral. when you look back at thatmoment, the immediate aftermath, we were o