so it became, oh, you're either defending the police oryou're defending phillippannell.m: yeah, he wasjust scared. he probably hadproblems with the police r: but this isstill no reason to shoot him in theback and kill him. mike: in assessingwhat happened here. it's important to talkabout what we call the battle of the photographs ofphillip pannell at thenewspaper. the photograph thatwe received from the police departmentwas a mug shot. this became a pointof controversy. natacha: that's all myfamily and my mother, everybody was seeing justthat mug shot of my brother. and in that mug shot, his face, he looked older than what he wasbecause his his eye was black. and then he had likelumps on his forehead. mike: the familyobjected to that. and so they gave usa picture of phillip when he was alittle bit younger, was one of thoseschool pictures. the police departmentobjected to that. they said, well, he'slooking too much like a choirboy. that's notaccurate either. and this was always a tension that really kind of separatedboth sides in a really big way. walter: to see a 16 year

john holl: phillippannell had gotten on his knees andbegged for his life.storywas entirely true, i don't know, but it seemed plausible that there was a policeofficer who had chased a young black male and shot him. (music) william broughton: icontacted the policeheadquarters to to see what's going on. as soon as ispoke to them, they were kindof under siege, you know,people were at the front door, (music) john holl: i got acall from dennis calo, who was the firstassistant prosecutor in my office and he saidboss, you better get up here, we have a situation. reporter: and angeryfriends of phillip pannell, in front of police calling theshooting cold-blooded murder. a brick hurled fromthe crowd crashed through a police car window. officers retreatedbehind the police tape and two units were removed. reporter2: phillip'ssister natacha came here to the scene inshock and disbelief it was almost beyondher comprehension. natacha: it wasa bad dream. i was thinking itwas a bad dream. people were milling around the police station because there was really a, a lack of- of