one judge was convinced that's exactly what happened. >> richard diguglielmo, sr. is consumed by the verdict that sent his son to prison to serve 20 to life. >> i wish my son was never there. whether i got killed or not, it doesn't make any difference to me. what do i have now? my family is torn apart. literally torn apart. where's my son? >> we wanted to talk about the shooting to both the dobbs ferry police department and the then west chester county district attorney jannine perro. repeated interview requests were denied. in her book she says no question the shooting was racially motivated. race dominated the headlines but never came up at trial. instead prosecutors claimed diguglielmo shot charles campbell in a murderous rage. assistant district attorney patricia murphy telling the jury, quote, this is a case about revenge. had is a case about retribution. this is a case about payback. prosecutors argued the father, son and son-in-law ganged up on campbell so that campbell had no choice but to grab a bat from his car. >> i know chaz. when he grabbed that bat, t

richard diguglielmo, sr. was working behind the counter of his family owned deli. y to help his brother-in-law and father, richard diguglielmo, sr., who was recovered from a heart attack. parking was a major problem along this street. they owned the building and say they had been withholding rent to protest the lack of open spaces. wells, charles didn't know about the issue when he pulled into this open spot and went across the street to get a piece of pizza. richie's father remembers that day. >> i asked if i am if he could please move to the other lot. he refused to do it. >> so the deli owner did what the police told him to do, plaster a sticker on the window. here what's they say happened when campbell saw the sticker on his new car. >> listen, i need a cop over here. a fight just broke out. >> he was in the store. he saw him come running across the street. i was like this, he came behind me and he stepped like this and he put his hands up like this and he said, there's no need for this. >> and then -- >> he hit richie in the face. >> it was like getting hit wit

. >> richard sr.s consumed by the shooting that sent his son to prison to serve 20 to life. >> i wish my son was never there. weather i got killed or not doesn't make any difference. what do i have now? my family is torn ark part literally. where is my son? >> we wanted to talk about the shooting with the police department and the then westchester county district attorney. repeated interview reports were denied. in her book, she said no question the shooting was racially motivated. race dominated the headlines and never came up at trial. instead prosecutors claimed he shot charles campbell in a murderous rage. the assistant district attorney patricia murphy said this is a case about revenge. this is a case about retribut n retribution. this is a case about pay back. prosecutors argued the father, son, and son-in-law ganged occupy on campbell so he had no choice but to grab a bat from his car. >> i know him. when he grabbed that bat, the idea of getting that bat was to just show, back on up. i'm not tr

he'd stopped by to help his brother-in-law and father, richard sr., who was recovering from a heart attack. parking was a major problem along this busy street. they owned the building and said tenants has been withholding rent to protest the open spaces. well, charles campbell didn't know about the conflict when he pulled his corvette into this spot and went across the street to get a piece of pizza. richey's father remembered that day. >> i asked him if he could please move to the other spot and he refused to do it. >> reporter: so the deli owner did what dobbs ferry police told him to do, placer a sticker on the window. here's what father and son say happen when campbell saw the sticker on his new car. >> yeah, listen, i need a cop over here at venice deli in dobbs ferry. a fight just broke out outside. >> richey was in the store, he saw him running across the street, and i was like this, and he came behind me and stepped like and put his hands up like this and said, there's no need for this. >> reporter: and then -- >> he hit richey in the face. >> it was like getting hit with a hammer.