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>> he was -- could not get into his driveway because there were some cars there. he parked on the road. he was walking to the door with the roses in his hand. >> initially, i heard what i thought were fire crackers. because it just went pop, pop. but by the time it popped again, i realized it was gunshots. and i have to say that for once in my life, i remembered everything derwin ever told me to do. i told everybody to get down and get out of the room. pick up the phone, call 911, tell them shots are fired. because i honestly thought that it was at the other house. by the time things quieted d...

Shootout in his suburban atlanta front yard. cuffy had be ex-sheriff dorsey's right-hand man and worked in dorsey's private security firm and he was one of the deputies that derwin brown planned to fire. police had been watching cuffy for months. >> cuffy was, himself, kind of like a mini cult leader within the sheriffs office. when the police were able to fixate on cuffy, that led to them being able to see if they could solve the derwin brown assassination by making cuffy uncomfortable. >> the bond between cuffy and dorsey was very, very, very strong. cuffy describes it as a father/son relati...

Were parked in my driveway, i saw two bags. i fully expected to find derwin crouched down either between the two cars or crouched down between the first car and the door. >> so she said, i got to go. and -- so she went out. and i came out behind her. and as soon as we stepped out the door, derwin was laying right there to the left of the door. >> i knelt down to derwin and i told him, just hold on. you know, just hold on. and that was when i really recognized that he was bleeding from both sides of his mouth and his eyes were open. and that inner part of me knew he was gone. >> the 46-year-old...

Really feel very strongly about. he said, the people of our county deserve the best that they can get. as opposed to corruption. >> it goes back probably 30 years. we've had a long history of prosecuting sheriffs who have ended up in jail. >> jay tom morgan was the county district attorney at the time. >> i think the problem is under our law in georgia is that the sheriff has unbridled authority. the sheriff has a $50 million budget that he or she is exclusively in charge of. >> the county has a separate police department. the sheriff is responsible for managing the largest local jail east of ...

I know that he was always a leader. >> he came to atlanta in 1977. there, he and his future wife, phyllis, were set up on a blind date. >> when i went to pick him up, he came around the corner. and he was the most gorgeous man that i had ever in my life seen. >> over 23 years, they would raise five children, including brandy, their only daughter. >> i felt like nothing could ever happen to him. he was my superhero. what he said, that was word. you know what i'm saying? you know, i guess a lot of kids, a lot of people listen to peer pressure and their friends. i listened to my dad. when he spok...