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>> the father takes his turn, giving his victim impact statement. michael swett walks to the witness stand with a photo of his son. >> and then he got closer, and he was standing at the table. he held that picture right in front of the defendant, in front of antonio clifford, and said, do you know this face? >> and then swett's pent-up anger suddenly comes bursting out. >> it was a moment of just jaw-dropping, oh, my gosh, what do we do? >> shelby zorotney is an anchor for nbc in steubenville, ohio. she's covering the sentencing that day, and her cameraman captures the scene. the first to resp...

>> you have a situation of different socioeconomic statuses, and you have a racial divide, and that really played out in this particular case. >> the judge orders all family members out of the courtroom. swett is taken to the sheriff's office and released after 45 minutes. >> we have charged mr. swett with possibly disorderly conduct in a courtroom. probably could have. would it be the wise thing to do? no. and, like i said, i would have done the same thing, and i'm sure am lot of fathers out there would have done the same thing. >> the judge sentences clifford to 33 years to life in prison. >...

Years will be full of immense pain and torture for you. >> the father takes his turn, giving his victim impact statement. michael swett walks to the witness stand with a photo of his son. >> and then he got closer, and he was standing at the table. he held that picture right in front of the defendant, in front of antonio clifford, and said, do you know this face? >> and then swett's pent-up anger suddenly comes bursting out. >> it was a moment of just jaw-dropping, oh, my gosh, what do we do? >> shelby zorotney is an anchor for nbc in steubenville, ohio. she's covering the sentencing that day,...

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 silen...

civil action groups urged americans to take their money out of big commercial banks today. this is one of the ads for the move your money and bank transfer day movements. a national survey shows 650,000 customers have joined credit unions since the day bank of america announced plans time pose a debit card fee. the bank has since reversed that decision. occupy wall street is planning a dump your bank day on tuesday. a possible step in the right direction for greece, the prime minister met with the country's president today just hours after barely winning a vote confidence. he says ...