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0:03 - 0:06Everything is a fight. Everything is a fight.
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0:07 - 0:10No one knows the feeling of love here.
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0:11 - 0:15Everybody's been being mistreated for so long
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0:17 - 0:20Everyday is just the thought of, "Am I gonna make it back home tonight?"
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0:20 - 0:22"Am I gonna make it back home tonight?"
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0:22 - 0:24That's a crazy thought to deal with like...
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0:24 - 0:29...and just our emotions are just balled up inside of us.
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0:29 - 0:33We're angry, we're angry and not at anyone in particular...
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0:33 - 0:36...just coming out angry.
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0:39 - 0:41Since I was eleven, I've been getting locked up.
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0:41 - 0:43I'm 25 now. Every year since I was eleven.
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0:43 - 0:46Central Booking. The worst place I've ever been.
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0:46 - 0:49It's overpopulated, non-working facilities
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0:49 - 0:52You got inmates sleeping over top of each other.
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0:52 - 0:54There's been people who'd ever protest.
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0:54 - 0:56And Monday, they were arrested.
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0:57 - 1:00And it's just a mess, dirty, filthy...
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1:00 - 1:02Even though they are criminals, they're still people...
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1:02 - 1:04...and we all need to treat them like animals,
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1:07 - 1:12Yeah. I really am kind of nervous about going down here, you know.
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1:12 - 1:13Why are you nervous?
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1:14 - 1:15Because I don't like seeing the building.
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1:16 - 1:18I hate going down here.
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1:19 - 1:22Sure. I just hope everybody comes out.
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1:23 - 1:24I want everybody to come so bad.
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1:25 - 1:26I just don't want it to be a pee-pee, you know?
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1:27 - 1:29There's gonna be a lot of us.
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1:31 - 1:32Everybody I talked to said they're coming out.
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1:32 - 1:35I mean, we should call it a family,
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1:35 - 1:38And we all spring it a black [panthers].
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1:38 - 1:40You got some people that perceive it as a gang
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1:42 - 1:44People fear things they don't understand.
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1:44 - 1:48So their first thing is to say, "All right. They are gang.
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1:48 - 1:49They're doing criminal activities."
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1:50 - 1:52I've been like the sore thumb here.
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1:52 - 1:54When I was younger, I was more like a nerd
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1:54 - 1:57I liked to read, Harry Potter was my favorite book
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1:57 - 2:00And I was picked on
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2:01 - 2:04When I was younger I stuck out
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2:04 - 2:06I was a little bit smarter than everyone else
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2:06 - 2:09So I found myself putting myself down
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2:09 - 2:10To fit in
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2:10 - 2:12My last current charge that I been in full
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2:13 - 2:17Violations of probation I was charged in court
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2:17 - 2:21In 2014, dealing with my children's mother
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2:21 - 2:25Second degree assault, I pleaded guilty to that
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2:25 - 2:28Just to hurry up and get out of jail
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2:28 - 2:36Yelling Through The Wall
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2:37 - 2:38"Y'all gonna go home soon too"
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2:39 - 2:43This is an incredible day for those of us who have been protesting
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2:43 - 2:46For the past two weeks, it is a sigh of relief for us
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2:47 - 2:51A day of joy, a day of pleasant surprise
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2:51 - 3:03It was indescribable, indescribable.
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3:05 - 3:07I just felt goosebumps everywhere
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3:09 - 3:12It felt good that at least someone is at least charged
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3:13 - 3:14Someone is at least held accountable
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3:14 - 3:16I think the whole city shared that feeling
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3:17 - 3:18Goosebumps
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3:18 - 3:21It begins with bridging the gap
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3:23 - 3:27Bridging the gap from the streets, to the regular citizens
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3:28 - 3:31Interviewer "But would you consider yourself a regular citizen?"
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3:33 - 3:36And it's crazy that I don't, crazy that I don't
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3:37 - 3:42I don't know why I don't
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3:43 - 3:45But I am a citizen here though
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3:46 - 3:48I am a citizen here, I am a citizen here
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3:49 - 3:50And I want to be treated like one
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3:51 - 3:52I definitely want to be treated like one
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3:53 - 3:56I've always had a feeling that I was meant to be great
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4:03 - 4:06I dont like to be seen as my ego is big
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4:06 - 4:08There is just something inside of me that
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4:08 - 4:13War
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4:14 - 4:17And finally for once, just being active, I feel whole
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4:17 - 4:19Almost, almost whole
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Nathaniel Batty III is a member of the Black Guerilla Family. At 25, he has been in jail every year since he was 11 years old. He is finding a new sense of purpose after the death of Freddie Gray.
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