>> that group of people are the same ones standing alongside the suspect moments before he walks over to simms. even if they didn't know what was about to happen, ellison says they could have done something to stop it once it started. >> this man is getting assaulted. i mean, he got hit 20, 21 times, and they're just standing there. >> even after the attack is over, the elderly war veteran is seen on the ground all alone. not one person remained to help. >> they didn't commit any crime, but i certainly wish there had been a crime for them to have been convicted of. >> finally, someone comes over to help simms to his feet. less than a week after the beating, police receive an anonymous tip pointing them to 22-year-old deonte bradley. they match him up with the video and arrest him. bradley pleads guilty to felony carjacking and is sentenced to