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Prosecutor laid them out. >> but ben crump is right, for all of those people who didn't have video, there are virtually -- there is virtually never a conviction, whether it's police or people that take the law into their own hands. there has been a line that's been repeated over and of in this country for decades. that police and other people don't get -- people don't get shot or killed for doing nothing wrong. >> i think you're right. and that is the problem. we need to be able to get to the point where, when we say these crimes, racial crimes are happening, they are believed. that it is not ...

Case in particular, there were overtones from jury selection all the way through closing argument. it was really reprehensible, so it is good to know that the jurors were not pursuing it, by all of that rhetoric and stayed true to the law and the facts as the prosecutor laid them out. >> but ben crump is right, for all those people who didn't have video, there are virtually never a conviction. whether it's police, people who take the law on their own hands, or people who claim to do so. there is a line that has been repeated over and over in this country for decades, police and other people do...

Crimes, racial crimes are happening are of the belief that it is not required to actually be on video. but in a courtroom, as a former prosecutor, having video, or having audiotapes or having things that captured all of the emotion of the moment, those are priceless in helping any prosecutor really convey what happened, and probably more importantly, refuting what a defense team may try to come in later and try to retool the facts or restate the facts in a way that's beneficial to them. >> throughout the trial, the defense counsel in particular for roddie bryan, the third mand charged, repeate...

Killer. >> did byron tell investigators that he had made audiotapes? >> no, he did not. >> coming up -- the revelation that stopped everyone, cold. >> can you ever erase that from your memory? >> not ever. >> no. >> when "dateline" continues. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you know how i feel ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel ♪ [man: coughing] ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day... ♪ no matter how you got copd it's time to make a stand. ♪ ...and i'm feelin' good ♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many w...