>> shelby zorotney is an anchor for nbc in steubenville, ohio. covering the sentencing that day, and her cameraman captures the scene. the first to respond to the incident is sheriff fred abdullah. >> we didn't hit him, we didn't strike him, nothing like that. i knew and i could just imagine the pain that he was going through, the hurt. >> i have done a lot of sentencing hearings, and i have had family members be terribly upset and terribly angry, but i had never seen a physical altercation between a victim's family member and the defendant. i was terrified for him that he might get hurt as the officers tried to subdue him. and my honest thought was that he might try to kill the defendant. >> others in the courtroom fear the same thing. >> i thought that this was going to be a disaster, and it was. i saw mr. swett's hand moving to try to get to the sheriff's weapon. the sheriff was able to restrain him, and he did not get his hand on the sheriff's weapon, which was holstered. >> clifford can't defend himself. he's handcuffed and remains silent du

once anonymous gets involved in matters like this, we've seen it in the steubenville case i think there some form of justice served. >> thank you for this interesting story out of florida, and thanks to both of our michaels. we'll be back with the update of the tornado in oklahoma when we return. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] what a devastating weekend for oklahoma and today perhaps it all came together in such a big way. for oklahoma city the devastation and reports of injury condition. as many as 60 people being treated in the hospital. that number is likely to rise. and the fatalities, that number rises as well, up to ten and they continue to sift through the debris at the plaza towers school. that's where of course all of us are watching that drama unfold. that was a school completely devastated as this tornado came through town. for 30 minutes it was on the ground with devastating winds pulverizeing that entire community. as we look at what is happening now we see that they continue to worry about tornadoes. this is an active area of weather not only a severe thunderstorm but a tornado watch

and you think of steubenville. we are teaching kids girls are worthless if they're sexual.s are going to view the sexual girls as worthless. it's not just damaging to girls. it's damaging to boys, too. >> and this is part of the overall cycle of violence. absolutely. it certainly is. and elizabeth seemed to be misconstruing abstinence with self worth and shame. abstinence is a personal choice. self worth and shame is related to rape it's two different issues. we need to focus on teaching our young girls prevention and education and awareness and self worth not tied to their bodies. whether it's wanted or unwanted sex. we are looking to call a national call to action to help them understand greater prevention and education awareness. about self worth and empowerment and who they are. it is so important that we get involved in the issues sooner than later. that we come up to the front lines and say we're going to protect our girls to help them make better choices. >> one way to protect them is to hear them. to listen to them. they collected data from african-american youth, h

even if they never hurt any of the victims, they can be charged under ohio law, saw this in the steubenville the gang rape case in ohio, under ohio law, if you know that a felony has been committed or is being committed and you don't report it to law enforcement, that is a crime. i don't understand at least we're entitled to the answer of the question did they know anything and how could they not know? for ten years this is their brother. how could they know nothing? i don't buy it. >> you know, on the issue of the brothers, it's shocking the police would have this press conference yesterday, essentially saying we don't have a case against them and we're going to release them. usually prosecutors play very close to the vest and say there is a continuing investigation, not launching charges at this time, so for cleveland police to say, you know something? we're walking away from the case of the brothers. hey, somebody was trapped in that basement in chains for ten years. and if those brothers were in and out of the house, and bringing food or drink or anything else, there is an argument here

>> i think it is endemic to american society with this issue very much related to the steubenville case young woman who knows is raped, what hopefully their mothers and fathers know is rape but you have violent crimes being held something other than that. even in the military where you have the air force chief of staff referring to rape culture and very inappropriate way as hookup culture. this isn't a matter of men and women hooking up in the military. it is a matter of men violently assaulting women and other men in the military. it has to stop and has to be treated as a crime and not as a problem of unprofessionalism. >> has anyone in the military -- not that this really in any remote way make it -- have they apologized? have they tried to make it right? >> no, sir. >> how frustrating has that been? >> it is very frustrating. i ended up leaving the military when i would have loved to have stayed there and make it -- would have loved to have been a lifer. it is very frustrating that they were able to stay in and i ended up having to leave because actually just fearing for my life. and