center of that square. it ain t got to be pretty, as long as it go this, right? it ain t got to go in. see what you got? don t want it? can t get hurt on the job? ezekial said he had traded in a job of robbing drug dealers for a job as a roofer. i make pretty good money. better as robbing drug dealers? it s not as fast or as easy, but at the end of the day when you get home, when you take your boots off and you just feel like you accomplished something. that s how you got to do. with his first child to be born shortly after his release, ezekial said he had a new motivation to do well. i never had nothing to lose. that s always been my opinion. but now, a child changes the game. i mean, i have something to lose. but as ezekial s release date approached, gabriel feared for his brother. he was afraid their former gang
reunite him with paris by putting them in the same housing unit together. you haven t been down to see your little brother yet? are you going to see him? i m serious, we on 23 and 1. we separated. no, we don t put felons in together. this situation right here, i can t help my brother, that s the scariest thing i can honestly say. not being able to help my my family member when they really need me. that s scary. coming up, the younger hammond siblings and their mother arrive at court to support paris on the day he is sentenced. and i m telling america before i m telling gabriel. what? that i m about to have a kid. ezekial seemed on a very clear path. a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that s why there s biotene. available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief,
it s [ bleep ], all right? who was danielle, that s my daughter s mom. but, yeah, i mean, just for [ bleep ] entertainment purposes, i m going to tell you, it says daniel, and it says, daniel s world. and where is this located? oh, man, right above my [ bleep ]. gabriel had a lot of tattoos, but one he had on his back, and that was his brother s ezekial name, because ezekial always had his back. he constantly told me about him and spoke about him as if they were best friends. i can t say he s my everything, he s more than that. i don t know, man, he s my mom, my dad, my brother, my son. he s everything that i got in this world. he s my reason for being. it s a lockup show, msnbc. we got to the jail one morning and we had a plan in mind of what we were going to do and a deputy comes up and tells us that gabriel, his brother, ezekial has been booked in. so immediately, our plans had changed for the day. we went into a holding cell
and i ve watched him sitting there crying, and i ll be like, why the [ bleep ] you crying, bro. and he s like, look at you. all right, i need you to clap your hands. up high. that s how you get the levels and all that? got it. during the course of ezekial s interview, i was asking standard questions about marriage, children, that sort of thing, and he kind of sadly said, you know, i ve been locked up so much, i ve never had the chance to have children. but then he stopped himself and said, but, actually, that s changing. and actually right now, i do, i got one in fact works. i told you before i told my brother. i m telling america before i m telling gabriel. what? that i m about to have a kid and my kid is due in june. june. yeah. world series of chess. what s going on? i had very high hopes for ezekial. gabriel knew he was struggling.
his tractor-trailer allegedly rammed the limousine bus that morgan was riding in. ukraine s new president used his inaugural address to call for dialogue with the country s east, calling for amnesty for the rebels who, quote, don t have blood on their hands. now back to lockup. we ve covered dozens of gang stories on lockup. but the ones that really stay with us are about the young men who have tremendous potential, that they ve squandered away by joining a gang. the story of two brothers in oakland struck us that way. and their story had a deeper impact on our crew and our staff than possibly any story we ve ever told. gabriel and ezekial taylor both happen to be at the alameda county jail during our extended stay shoot there.