that s when all his problems began. my mom gave me the best advice that she could. everything that has happened in my life, she told me that was going to happen. everything. you know, okay, phillip if you go home and you study for your test tomorrow, you re going to do good. if i did that, that s what would happen. okay, phillip, if you keep running the streets and gang banging and using drugs you re going toned up in prison. that s what happened. you can only lead a horse to water, but you can t make him drink. you know what i m saying? kirkpatrick was 13 years old when he joined a notorious hispanic gang, one that rarely admits caucasians. it doesn t matter if you re white, black, mexican, any kind of race, as long as you re down, as long as you re there for the cause and the struggle. as long as you re there for it. kirkpatrick says he relished gang life right from the day he was jumped in, an initiation rite where a group of current gang members fight the wannabe. four of
my homeboys are my comrades. there s always two sides. i got my gang. they got their gang. they might not be actual gang, but they represent the green uniform. i represent my blue rag. point blank. you know, you got some good staff. you got some [ bleep ] staff. you know what i m saying? i can t let no staff disrespect me because i m a man. if i let them disrespect me, that reflects my homeboys. if i don t do something when a staff member disrespects me, something may be done to me. i spent, i think, nine, ten months in the hole for conspiracy to murder staff. was there a conspiracy to murder staff? i don t know nothing about that. you know, i never did nothing that they didn t have coming. staff are targeted? hell, yeah. why do they target staff? everything have a reason. it can be okay. it can be a staff, like i say, coming in. he [ bleep ] want to talk to me in a tougher way. i m not going to accept that. i don t care because he wears green. he bleeds just like i bleed
anything, than gang riots. my belief is gang. prison life. it s like the staff believes for their comrades. you know what i m saying? my homeboys are my comrades. there s always two sides. i got my gang. they got their gang. they might not be actual gang, but they represent the green uniform. i represent my blue rag. point blank. you know, you got some good staff. you got some [ bleep ] staff. you know what i m saying? i can t let no staff disrespect me because i m a man. if i let them disrespect me, that reflects my homeboys. if i don t do something when a staff member disrespects me, something may be done to me. i spent, i think, nine, ten months in the hole for conspiracy to murder staff. was there a conspiracy to murder staff? i don t know nothing about that. you know, i never did nothing that they didn t have coming. staff are targeted? hell, yeah. why do they target staff? everything have a reason. it can be okay. it can be a staff, like i say, coming in. he [ ble
i haven t done that in years. but i still hang with my homeboys. and if something happened to one of my close, close ones i m going to have to help retaliate. you know what i mean? duker on the other hand, was still caught up in the game. he was still infatuated with this romantic notion of being a gangster. what do you want for your future? money, power, respect. top of the food chain. everybody s like that when they re young. they don t see the big picture. they can t see it yet. you know what i mean? it s just whatever happens happens. having been in and out of state prisons in california, fisher sought to share his wisdom with the younger thompson. i ve got him out of situations in here, he was just reacting to [ bleep ]. i m telling him you can t always just react. slow down. think about something real quick. he thanks me later on, like yeah. i m glad i didn t do that. he keeps me cool. i m real hot headed. quick snap on somebody. real quick. no problem, don t worry
you know what i m saying? my homeboys are my comrades. there s always two sides. i got my gang. they got their gang. they might not be actual gang, but they represent the green uniform. i represent my blue rag. point blank. you know, you got some good staff. you got some [ bleep ] staff. you know what i m saying? i can t let no staff disrespect me because i m a man. if i let them disrespect me, that reflects my homeboys. if i don t do something when a staff member disrespects me, something may be done to me. i spent, i think, nine, ten months in the hole for conspiracy to murder staff. was there a conspiracy to murder staff? i don t know nothing about that. you know, i never did nothing that they didn t have coming. staff are targeted? hell, yeah. why do they target staff? everything have a reason. it can be okay. it can be a staff, like i say, coming in. he [ bleep ] want to talk to me in a tougher way. i m not going to accept that. i don t care because he wears green. h