he was sentenced to life without parole. 12 years later, he was returned to oakland after police linked his dna to a pair of 16-year-old cold case homicides. this time prosecutors were seeking the death sentence but offered a deal. they brought me a deal if i pled guilty to the two charges, they ll give me life without and one year for special circumstances. while protsman pled guilty and received two additional life without parole sentences, it made little difference to his future. he was already serving life without. he did come clean about the murder and says, they too, were fueled by meth. at the time he was both a dealer and an addict. there would be times when i needed to make $10,000, $15,000 in a week. the meth makes you do funny things. you re on a rocket to hell. lose your teeth, lose your mind. lose people, lose friends and even loved ones.
because is trying to build a reputation with this certain group of individuals. finally, protsman said he also murdered a motorcycle officer in the 1970s. that was the very first one i ever did. i ran him off the road with my truck. why? because he wanted me to flip for him. he wanted me to flip against the gang with him. while protsman offered specifics about the officer he says he killed, homicide detectives who investigated the case said they could not link him to the officer s death and concluded it was due to an accident. these are all true stories, huh? yep. okay. became a habit, i think. i kind of think that if i wouldn t have got the life sentence, if i got out again, i d probably kill again. i really feel that way. turn around. face that way.
in oakland, celebrity rapper danyle robinson or dru down considers himself just another one of the guys. come on. that s why he s chosen to turn down the jail s offer to house him in protective custody or pc. i don t want to be treated no different. i m just the person that i am. i could be pc d up but no, that s never going to be me. i m walking the main line at all times. watch this. this is rock em sock em dano. what you going to do with it? you see that. talk to him. like that. hello. robinson is currently in jail for violating his probation by driving under the influence and evading police. but he says run-ins with the law inspired his music. i started rapping probably when i was 16 when i got out of juvenile hall.
you re on a rocket to hell. you lose your teeth, lose your mind. lose people, lose friends. and even loved ones. prots man is now awaiting transfer back to prison. hands out of your pockets. every day a large number of inmates leave santa rita, either for prison or back to the streets. hey, come on. hey, let s go. if you guys want to go home, let s go. and every day new arrivals take their place. one of the newest is ezekiel taylor, previously convicted of home burglary. he was just arrested for a proxy violates. i got in a car with a guy, really wasn t supposed to be in the car with. he didn t want to pullover. police got behind us.
and they got cut off when i was like eight, eight months. we call them chicken nuggets. it s a family trademark. it s a family trademark. my father had it. my brother gots it. my youngest son jason, out of all my kids, he s the only one that has this extra finger. freak paternity test. serious business, free paternity test. paternity is also an issue for both brothers. just before his arrestee zpleek yell found out his girlfriend is pregnant with their first child. i take responsibility seriously. i m a very loyal individual. so my loyalty above all else will be with my child, not to myself. i m not as responsible. i guess you could say because i felt the same thing like, you know what i mean, when the daughter came, when my daughter was born, i was in the same unit. i was in d pod.