In this full-length interview, anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts talks about his documentary (The Holly) before talking about the huge influence that Los Angeles gang culture had on the Black community in Denver. From there, he explains how he became a Blood before detailing the discrepancy between the amount of Bloods and Crips all over the US. This prompts Terrance to talk about the dynamics involving gang activity in his neighborhood, Park Hill (Denver). Elsewhere in the Q&A, Terrance talks about how he earned the nickname CK Showbiz.
Terrance Roberts reflects back on the truce of 1992 between the Bloods and Crips that originated in Los Angeles before explaining why the LA natives were unsuccessful in bringing the treaty to Denver. From there, he talks about the violent Summer of the following year. From there, he details some of his previous injuries, bullet wounds, and scars before discussing a prison stint that followed.
Moving along, he talks about seeing Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop," on PBS and the positive impact that it had on his life. He also talks about transitioning to becoming a mentor to troubled youth with an organization that he started called The Prodigal Son Initiative, Inc., before detailing a series of events where Bloods from the gang he once started began threatening him on the job due to allegations that he had been snitching, which eventually led to an on-camera shooting of Hasan Jones at his peace rally. He also talks about the arrest, the trial that followed, the concept of snitching, running for Mayor of Denver and more.
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