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in our hearts and minds of his legacy and that every single black brother and sister whose lives have been stolen had a legacy, too. (music) natacha: i was angry because all these years later, teaneck has still never acknowledged my brother. but then some of the young people that were on that blm mural committee, along with the superintendent and the board of education, said, "no, you know, we're going to do a second mural and we're going to make sure that phillip pannell's name is on there. and we're also going to acknowledge other names and put them all on there. i was like, okay, finally, teaneck is going to do something in honor of my brother. (music) peaceful state. full plate. wait, are you my blind date? dancing crew. trip for two. nail the final interview. buy or lease? masterpiece.

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natacha: i was thinking like, i'm just happy that this is finally happening and that i can go on with my life and move on to the next step. i don't want to live with that hate. i want to live with the memories and the good times that clint and i shared (music) the mural at teaneck high school, it did give my mother and i a great deal of peace and relief. but there was one more way that we wanted to honor my brother. and that was the tree of healing. (music) in early 91, there was a tree planted in triumph park, down the street from intervale road where he was killed, and someone dug the tree up. and then they not only dug it up, they burned the shrub. so my mom and i, we wanted to be able to laugh and smile again.

Natacha , Humanity , Times , Step , Hate , Memories , Mural , Mother , Relief , Deal , Teaneck-high-school , Peace

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javalda: there's a schedule. as people come, they're going to get in their group and whoever's taken area a, they come, they get their group, they do their letter. we have it all planned out what letter is going when. male: thank you (music) natacha: with the council saying we don't want phillip pannell's name on there, i wasn't going to go to the blm mural painting, but the young people, they motivated me to go. my mom convinced me to go. and then being that i said to the committee that i support them. i went because of that. are you katz? this is elie katz. teaneck city council, deputy mayor katz. do you mind holding the poster of my brother? natacha: okay. thelma: you don't wanna hold it? natacha: no, that's okay, ma. male: one.

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and throughout these years, we've done it. there has not been a shot fired by a police officer here in teaneck in the last 32 years. i think they're using more restraint when they deal with these sort of situations. william: the community continues to evolve. the police evolve and you have to evolve together. walter: the community policing experiment was a valiant effort, but it doesn't get to the core of the problem. the problem is the culture of policing. the fact that police operate like a clique and will do everything possible to be held irresp... not responsible for their actions. the question becomes when will civilians hold them accountable? natacha: maybe the police have learned a lot from my brother's death, but has teaneck? they still won't honor my brother. they just said, "no, we're not going to have phillip pannell's name on, on the mural. and why? if you want this mural and you're going

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thelma: why, lord, why? dale: let's go. that's all right. they'll be taken care of. thelma: why lord, jesus, why? dale: 16 year old boy, in his grave, dead. shot in the back. gonna let this man walk. how? there's no justice in this world. none! thelma: (crying) dale: none! thelma: (crying) why? thelma: oh, boy. peter: after thelma pannell was led out of the courtroom by her friend, she had all but collapsed in the hallway. the press was not allowed anywhere near the courtroom for about good 5 minutes, because thelma pannell was outside of that courtroom in a hallway, sobbing, just terrible, deep sobs. natacha: my mother was really hysterical and she broke down and she was saying, why, why? why, lord? bernie: i remember phil's mom's face

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natacha: to see how much support that's actually out here today in honor of my brother's life is amazing to me. thelma: i just want to thank the town of teaneck for the tree of healing for my son in his name. it's been a long, long time coming. a long time coming. now we're going to let these balloons go in phillip pannell's name. rest in heaven, phillip, let it go. male: happy birthday, phillip. this is for you. (music) much love, phillip pannell. (clapping) natacha: yeah. happy birthday, clint. hallelujah. yeah. thelma: i can't explain it. it's something that lifts from my heart. it's just like this, i can get some sleep tonight. thank you, jesus. i can go to sleep. i can go to sleep. just from planting a tree, we got to go through this hell. just for doing a tree. a tree!

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r: outside,friends of the slain teenager comforting one another. their world of adolescentconcerns was shattered. batron: no human beingshould go through nothing likethat. you know, itwas just wrong. wrong. i'm sorry. (sniffing) (sobbing) i'm sorry. it was wrong. nobody should. nobody shouldbe treated like that. (upbeat gospel music) r: inside the jammed church,reverend herbert daughtry told the audience that phillippannell, in the manner in which he died,cannot be forgotten. herbert: we mustbuild a monument so that as long as thesun rise and set this city,this country will never, ever forget.phillip clinton pannell. (audience cheering and clapping) natacha: as the civicleaders spoke, i was sittingthere

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this is the result ofdecades of believing your ownhype and not wanting to confront theugliness that was always there. but you chose tolook the other way. jackie: it was soearth shattering. i believed, for the mostpart that everybody was living happily together in teaneck. but it wasn't the utopia that ithought it was, for many people. (protestors chanting) (broken glass shattering) r: boarded up businessesand broken glass, smashed by hundredsof young people, angry over the police killing of phillip pannellon tuesday night. natacha: i was like,what does this have to do with my brother'sdeath, you know? and i was kind ofupset in a sense, because that's not how he was. you know, that like all ofthis happened to my brother.

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steven: they weresaying, "he deserved it. he was a thug." oh, i heard heused to go over and rob kids and rob old ladies. i said, what? i'm- no. he ain'trobbed nobody. natacha: even at 16, he wouldstill play with action figures and things like that.but they were trying to say that my brother had likethis huge criminal record. but when my brotherwas arrested, it was like a big brawl of kids. so they arrested everybodythat was in the fight. it wasn't like he wasjust being assaultive. i think more so it washim defending himself. walter: phillipwasn't a criminal. he was a kid likemany teenagers who got into littletrouble as a juvenile. but that is creating thisnarrative about their son that just wasn't true. paul: there were othermembers of the community who said phillip pannellhad been a gang member. w: every community has themparticular clusters of youth. now there is onecalled the violators.

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thelma: there was no reason for that cop to shoothim in his back. there are more questionsthan there are answers. jennifer: this was coming. there was too muchrage in everybody and it's beengoing on for years. steven: next thing i know,i picked up a brick and threw it straightthrough the window. (upbeat music) (protestors chanting) r: it all began on a noteof prayer and mourning for 15 year old phillippannell, shot to death by policeon tuesday night. natacha: it was apeaceful vigil. everybody just wanted tocome together and find out, like, why did this happen? then the evening came.

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