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72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square – 2 men, a chance meeting and nothing would ever be the same. A young aspiring rapper and a wealthy developer – it would become a fatal encounter. Will a cell phone video reveal what really happened? A city teeters on a knife's edge as this provocative documentary challenges us to reconsider a case that seemed like a no-brainer at first glance. Who started it? And what does justice really mean? The outcome might shock you.  Stream the new docuseries on September 26, exclusively on Paramount+

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00:00 South L.C. Police.

00:02 Aloha, we have an emergency. We have a stabbed victim.

00:04 17th and Chancellor.

00:06 What happened?

00:07 A guy was stabbed in his back.

00:08 Where's the person that stabbed him?

00:10 He's running. He's gone. He's gone.

00:11 Last seen being Westbrook on Walnut.

00:13 He's washing.

00:14 Large knife.

00:15 He's dead, guys. He's dead.

00:17 You see some brutal things.

00:22 That crime that night was brutal.

00:24 Sean was stabbed coming out of a restaurant in Rittenhouse Square.

00:29 Everyone's in a great mood. It's a beautiful night.

00:31 Less than an hour later, he's been what?

00:34 Homicide called me and they said Michael White is going to surrender himself.

00:38 He started the altercation.

00:39 Deliver your food and Sean's still alive.

00:41 How does this start with a traffic dispute and someone else getting stabbed?

00:44 I remember watching the news and all I remember seeing is the sadness in this boy's eyes.

00:49 Sean was a good-hearted person. He was humble.

00:52 It's hard to imagine this earth without him walking on it.

00:56 People were speaking about Sean. He was a good entrepreneur.

00:59 He was turning the city around and that stuff is true. There's another side.

01:03 I'm like, "Michael, I want you to tell me, did you stab him?"

01:06 He said, "I don't remember stabbing him."

01:08 Someone who has no criminal record doesn't just start assaulting people on the street.

01:12 Something was off here.

01:13 Sean had coke in his system.

01:15 Witnesses said he had blood lust in his eye.

01:17 Sean was arrested. He rushed him.

01:19 It was a situation that got way out of control.

01:23 It became a big story because you were dealing with someone who had money, privilege, connections,

01:28 and you had a kid from North Philadelphia.

01:30 I just worried about when I was going to get the opportunity to tell the truth.

01:34 If I don't make them feel where I'm coming from, it's over.

01:37 An emotionally charged trial is set to begin.

01:40 This is straight-up classic self-defense.

01:42 Michael White was protecting himself. That's why he had the knife in the first place.

01:45 I don't know if he meant to kill him, but he meant to stab him damn hard.

01:48 There was more to this case than what the media was reporting.

01:51 This case is an absolute disgrace.

01:53 You just wonder how this is going to play out.

01:55 I scoured that neighborhood looking for cameras, looking for witnesses.

01:58 We found the video.

02:00 Everything was happening so fast.

02:02 Die! Die! Die!

02:04 Boom, like that.

02:05 They arrived at an intersection at the exact same moment.

02:09 What happened next took seconds, and two people's lives are forever changed.

02:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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