if you live in a world of hate, neutral isn't a great place to be after that. >> i was 14 years old when i was recruited in 1987. i was out after eight years in 1996 when i was 23 years old and it was really the compassion that people showed me, people that i least deserved it from. people who were african american, jewish, gay, who saw in me something else. they weren't interested in pushing me away for murder and wanted to explore me under the armor. it was compassion at a time i least deserved really was the most powerful thing. for somebody like jeff scoop who has been in this movement since he was 14 years old and in his 45s n 45s now, he's never held a job outside of the move tment and h interactions with other people outside of comrades he had. for him, it's going to be a difficult road and because when you take somebody out of a sense of identity, community and