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I think they're cowards. >> 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. >> ...

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 some things his son says he'll never get back. >> i don't think it's as much fun for him anymore. my dad had an incredible sense of spirit, optimism. and then having this happen to him, that took something out of him. >> seven months later and a few miles away, another crime on camera stuns the city of detroit. a tall, heavyset man walks into a gas station mini mart with an 18-month-old child in tow. first he kicks the little boy, who collapses to the floor...

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 doesn't resist. 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. >> i'm 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 go...

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....

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,...