Ben Owen
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We did it a little bit in Haiti to save a guy that was kidnapped by a cannibal gang. We did it twice in Mexico. We've used it in Uvalde. We used it at Q Club. We did it again with Task Force Lahaina. These grassroots movements that you hear Scott talk about all the time, they're real. They're very real. And I think the time for Americans to stop paying so much attention to
We did it a little bit in Haiti to save a guy that was kidnapped by a cannibal gang. We did it twice in Mexico. We've used it in Uvalde. We used it at Q Club. We did it again with Task Force Lahaina. These grassroots movements that you hear Scott talk about all the time, they're real. They're very real. And I think the time for Americans to stop paying so much attention to
We did it a little bit in Haiti to save a guy that was kidnapped by a cannibal gang. We did it twice in Mexico. We've used it in Uvalde. We used it at Q Club. We did it again with Task Force Lahaina. These grassroots movements that you hear Scott talk about all the time, they're real. They're very real. And I think the time for Americans to stop paying so much attention to
to the division that our mainstream media peddles, that time is now, because it's not real. It's manufactured division. And I can tell you this as a white guy that goes under the blackest streets of South Memphis, where everything revolves around race, and I'm able to get done some amazing things. I'm able to... I'm out there fighting narcotics trafficking.
to the division that our mainstream media peddles, that time is now, because it's not real. It's manufactured division. And I can tell you this as a white guy that goes under the blackest streets of South Memphis, where everything revolves around race, and I'm able to get done some amazing things. I'm able to... I'm out there fighting narcotics trafficking.
to the division that our mainstream media peddles, that time is now, because it's not real. It's manufactured division. And I can tell you this as a white guy that goes under the blackest streets of South Memphis, where everything revolves around race, and I'm able to get done some amazing things. I'm able to... I'm out there fighting narcotics trafficking.
Not by putting people in jail, not by shooting people, by meeting people where they're at, And I'm able to take food off the table of drug dealers and have them help me do it. I have been able to get convicted human traffickers, help us get women into treatment and out of that life now. And it's not because I'm special. It's not because I'm from those streets.
Not by putting people in jail, not by shooting people, by meeting people where they're at, And I'm able to take food off the table of drug dealers and have them help me do it. I have been able to get convicted human traffickers, help us get women into treatment and out of that life now. And it's not because I'm special. It's not because I'm from those streets.
Not by putting people in jail, not by shooting people, by meeting people where they're at, And I'm able to take food off the table of drug dealers and have them help me do it. I have been able to get convicted human traffickers, help us get women into treatment and out of that life now. And it's not because I'm special. It's not because I'm from those streets.
Sure, some of it is because I'm from those streets and they've seen me do very bad things and they've seen me recover. But a lot of it is just β it just comes down to human connection. It comes down to what you and I are doing right now, having a conversation and giving a shit about where the other person is coming from.
Sure, some of it is because I'm from those streets and they've seen me do very bad things and they've seen me recover. But a lot of it is just β it just comes down to human connection. It comes down to what you and I are doing right now, having a conversation and giving a shit about where the other person is coming from.
Sure, some of it is because I'm from those streets and they've seen me do very bad things and they've seen me recover. But a lot of it is just β it just comes down to human connection. It comes down to what you and I are doing right now, having a conversation and giving a shit about where the other person is coming from.
You can't always, but I'll tell you what we've had great success with. Drug dealers are humans, just like CIA case officer, a SEAL is still a human. They've got a particular skill set, but they still have things that are very human about them. And relationships are one of those things. There's somebody that is important to that drug dealer.
You can't always, but I'll tell you what we've had great success with. Drug dealers are humans, just like CIA case officer, a SEAL is still a human. They've got a particular skill set, but they still have things that are very human about them. And relationships are one of those things. There's somebody that is important to that drug dealer.
You can't always, but I'll tell you what we've had great success with. Drug dealers are humans, just like CIA case officer, a SEAL is still a human. They've got a particular skill set, but they still have things that are very human about them. And relationships are one of those things. There's somebody that is important to that drug dealer.
There are usually multiple somebodies that mean a lot to him. He still has a soul, and he still has to earn a living. And if you understand that not all of them are necessarily evil, and if you understand that there is that human aspect to all of them, you have an opportunity to find a way to get through to them.
There are usually multiple somebodies that mean a lot to him. He still has a soul, and he still has to earn a living. And if you understand that not all of them are necessarily evil, and if you understand that there is that human aspect to all of them, you have an opportunity to find a way to get through to them.
There are usually multiple somebodies that mean a lot to him. He still has a soul, and he still has to earn a living. And if you understand that not all of them are necessarily evil, and if you understand that there is that human aspect to all of them, you have an opportunity to find a way to get through to them.
Now, it's not going to surprise anybody listening to this to hear that a lot of drug dealers make good entrepreneurs, all right? Obviously, they're businessmen.
Now, it's not going to surprise anybody listening to this to hear that a lot of drug dealers make good entrepreneurs, all right? Obviously, they're businessmen.