Reformed gang member and multi award-winning youth mentor, Duke Harrison-Hunter talks about his experiences both in the UK and America
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00:00 So one day, I'd finished early.
00:03 Now Florida's too big, you don't walk in Miami or Florida, it's too big.
00:07 Everybody drives.
00:09 Me, English man, walking along the road going, "La la la, la la la."
00:14 It's like 90 degree here.
00:17 "Look at the size of that, well that's big."
00:20 Like an idiot.
00:22 And then I thought, "Do you know what, this belt, I'm going to take this belt off."
00:24 Took the belt off and it's black.
00:26 Wrapped it up, had it in my hand.
00:29 Next thing I know, I'm walking along the road, I've heard, "Woo, woo."
00:33 I thought, "Wow, old Bill."
00:35 "Don't make a move."
00:37 Like, "Don't make a move."
00:38 I put a hot one in the back of your head, I'm going, "Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo."
00:41 "What's going on, what's going on?"
00:43 "Get on your knees, get on your knees."
00:45 I was like, "I'm getting on my knees."
00:47 Apparently, someone had made a phone call,
00:51 and said, "There's a black man walking along the street with a concealed weapon."
00:55 The fact that he was black,
00:57 looked like I was carrying a gun just openly in the street.
01:01 And someone had reported it, so they arrested me for that.
01:05 During the arrest, they've asked me for my ID, and I thought, "Oh, here we go."
01:09 Pulled out the ID, "It's not me."
01:13 I've gone, "Yeah, it's on top now."
01:15 Checked it, it's turned out he's wanted for cocaine-fleeing charge from the Bahamas.
01:25 You're under arrest, you're going to jail.
01:27 You're under arrest, you're going to jail.
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