disciples provided protection for him in school. he eventually became a member himself and discovered that his disability provided no exemption from gang violence. i got stabbed five times to my head with a flathead screw driver. this was sustained from that too. i got other wounds in the back of my head. i got stabbed 12 times in my back. it punctured a lung. i got a big chunk missing out of my stomach from where i was shot. they had to remove part of my stomach, and part of my large intestine. getting stabbed is worse than getting shot. i d rather get shot than stabbed. [ laughter ] another gang member, danell hill, could now have a disability as well. he s recovering in the jail s medical clinic following an assault by rival gang member rogelio soto. the doctor said loss of vision, but other than that, everything s fine. two days earlier, surveillance cameras captured soto throwing hot coffee into
no, as in i don t know him. following rules laid out by the surenos regarding media, soto agreed to speak with us, only in the presence of a senior gang member, who would monitor the interview to insure he would not reveal any confidential information about the surenos. the senior member requested annan on nimity. can you tell me why you d walk up to a complete stranger and throw hot coffee on his face and beat him up? no, can t talk about that. why the hot coffee? i think we re still on the same subject. i don t think i why not just walk up and punch somebody? still no? just a misunderstanding. just, you know, jail stuff. it was a minor mis not minor, but a misunderstanding between two parties. but you don t know him. i was with him in the pod for
trial and said he would not name the murderer even if he knew who it was. trying to defend yourself but not bringing other people down, you know? i didn t want to be put in that position. even if it meant the rest of your life in prison? i mean i m still trying to fight that. i hope it doesn t mean that, but back at soto s cell, corporal brown s search turns up no contraband, but soto may still have problems to come. it s still too soon to know if he will be criminally charged for attacking hill in full view of jail surveillance cameras. but the cameras cannot see every part of the jail, and deputies say another gang member has just used that knowledge to assault an inmate. deputy brent, who was assigned to the unit, said she didn t see the fight but definitely heard it. i could hear something going in the bathroom. i look in. i really can t see anything because there s a curtain kind
of deputies swarms the unit. the action is caught on a body camera worn by a sergeant. i had a taser out ready, in case he did not comply. a deputy took the suspect to the floor. he is complying at this time. hill is removed from the unit and escorted by the sergeant and sheriff s deputies to the jail s medical clinic. this stuff is burning. i know, we re going to clean you up. what s your name, sir? hill. danell hill. after medical staff provides initial treatment for his burns, hill is taken to a local hospital for observation. soto injured his thumb and wrist and had them wrapped. sergeant link attempted to find out the cause of the fight and was not surprised by the results. they all say, we don t know what happened. they don t want to talk. it s between the inmates, and no one will ever talk about it. ain t no such thing as a fair fight in here. everybody is going to have an
edge somehow, blindsiding them, throw coffee in their face. nothing is a fair fight. coming up, rogelio soto and danell hill speak out about the attack.