it s daniel s world on his stomach. it s supposed to be danielle. it s another illiterate individual tattoo. where is this tattoo? right above my area. have you seen the one on his neck. the middle finger and you pay me. what possessed to you do that, man? i regret them all, every single last one of them. why? [ bleep ]. unfortunately, i m carrying these things for life. especially this one. who wants to hire a [ bleep ] with an attitude like that. try to get a job with that. you nervous? one year apart in age, the brothers do share some things in common. including the unusual birth defects that they ve each had fixed. i was born with six fingers. they got cut off when i was like eight months. we call them chicken nuggets. it s a family trademark.
when i was 18 or 19 i was put in maximum security unit and there was a question mark on my head that i had something to do with one of our so-called homies being deceased. i didn t kill the guy, but they had a question mark over my head. i honestly now believe at the time i m 18, wet behind the ears, i m like i m going to obligate myself with the northerners, which is one of the biggest mistakes i ever made. taylor is currently charged with burglary and vehicle theft while on parole. he s pled not guilty but his life is riddled with arrests and convictions for robbery, gun violations, drug possession and evading police. i just did the math the other day. so far i ve been in jail over 20 times. from juvenile hall time as well. first time i was in juvenile hall was 12 years old. i have not been out a whole year since then. he once held a job as an
meth has taken a toll on eugene protsman s life as well. how are your teeth? i don t have none. let s see. what happened? too much meth. it all falls out. protsman blames meth on far more devastating events in his life. he says he was high on the drug when he committed the three murders that have earned him three life sentences. but now, as he awaits transfer to prison, protsman says they were not the only three. the truth is, there s four other killings out there that i m suspected of. they can come talk to me any time. i don t care about suspected. did you do it? yes. and tell me exactly where you did it. did one in spokane, washington. that was a that was out in
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.
that s saying that moments of pleasure, years of pain is true. i m my own worst enemy. who wants a high tray? when gabriel s boredom and addictions make parenting impossible, he says he s gotten help from the one constant in his life, his younger brother ezekiel. he can t stand me and meth. he s never done meth ever. you know, being that he s the only blood relation i have to this world besides my own children, it kills him as far as these streets go and everything, i don t have no real friends. i don t have no homies or none of that. i got my brother ezekiel. the brothers will soon lean on each other again. it s frigid today, man. it s cold out here. because ezekiel taylor has just been arrested and booked into the jail. coming up dog gets on me, grabs my leg. the dog done ripped my shoe off. ezekiel taylor recounts his memorable arrest.