"I Thought I Was Going to Die"

Season 2010 Episode 11

About the Episode

Donnell Herrington was trying to evacuate his Katrina-damaged home when he was shot from behind in New Orleans' predominantly white Algiers Point neighborhood. He describes what happened to reporter A.C. Thompson.

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