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With the car as simms falls helplessly to the ground. the video is disturbing for anyone to watch but especially for simms family. his son, tony simms. >> im seldom speechless. i was speechless. i was shaking with rage. that physical beating that he took at his age is beyond me. >> when i saw the video, i was almost in tears. i really was. he could have gotten this mans car without doing what he did to get it. and i vowed then, were going to get this guy, were going to find out who this is. >> t...

Helplessly to the ground. the video is disturbing for anyone to watch but especially for simms family. his son, tony simms. >> im seldom speechless. i was speechless. i was shaking with rage. that physical beating that he took at his age is beyond me. >> when i saw the video, i was almost in tears. i really was. he could have gotten this mans car without doing what he did to get it. and i vowed then, were going to get this guy, were going to find out who this is. >> the video would also show som...

Suspect moments before he walks over to simms. even if they didnt 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 theyre 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 didnt commit any crime, but i certainly wish there had been a crime for them to have been convicted ...

Even if they didnt 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 theyre 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 didnt 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 simm...

Anyone to watch but especially for simms family. his son, tony simms. >> im seldom speechless. i was speechless. i was shaking with rage. that physical beating that he took at his age is beyond me. >> when i saw the video, i was almost in tears. i really was. he could have gotten this mans car without doing what he did to get it. and i vowed then, were going to get this guy, were going to find out who this is. >> the video would also show something else, something equally disturbing, that during...

The attacker finally pulls away with the car as simms falls helplessly to the ground. the video is disturbing for anyone to watch but especially for simms family. his son, tony simms. >> im seldom speechless. i was speechless. i was shaking with rage. that physical beating that he took at his age is beyond me. >> when i saw the video, i was almost in tears. i really was. he could have gotten this mans car without doing what he did to get it. and i vowed then, were going to get this guy, were goi...

>> even after the attack is over, the elderly war veteran is seen on the ground all alone. not one person remained to help. >> they didnt 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 a...

For simms family. his son, tony simms. >> im seldom speechless. i was speechless. i was shaking with rage. that physical beating that he took at his age is beyond me. >> when i saw the video, i was almost in tears. i really was. he could have gotten this mans car without doing what he did to get it. and i vowed then, were going to get this guy, were going to find out who this is. >> the video would also show something else, something equally disturbing, that during the beating several people sto...

Simms, pounding him with his fist more than 21 times. its all captured on security cameras outside a detroit liquor store. >> before i could say anything he punched me in the face. >> simms, a retired barber and world war ii veteran, is out buying a lottery ticket when a man approaches him in the parking lot and asked for his car keys. when simms hesitates, the man pins him against the car door and starts swiping, beating him senseless. blow after blow, simms doesnt resist. the attacker finally ...

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 at least 15 years in prison. as for leonard simms, he walks away bruised and swollen but without serious injury. his car is returned to him the next day. but there are ...