Dax Devlin Ross

I'm just more like, I haven't violated any laws that you're just going to come in broad daylight and tell me to get down on my, get down on my knees. I'm not doing that. I don't know what happened five more police cars show up. And at some point my friend and I get separated. Somehow I end up in an alley on my back. And they have three or four on me. Oh my God. My family has Sunday dinner.

I'm just more like, I haven't violated any laws that you're just going to come in broad daylight and tell me to get down on my, get down on my knees. I'm not doing that. I don't know what happened five more police cars show up. And at some point my friend and I get separated. Somehow I end up in an alley on my back. And they have three or four on me. Oh my God. My family has Sunday dinner.

I don't show up. No one knows where I am.

I don't show up. No one knows where I am.

And you'd be right, except for one thing. Those cops who arrested and beat me, they were black. Wow. I did not expect that. Yeah, most people don't. But for me, what I took away from that is that a cop is always a cop. Always blue. And to cops, I'm a black man. And to be a black man, at least in some spaces in this country, is to be a suspect.

And you'd be right, except for one thing. Those cops who arrested and beat me, they were black. Wow. I did not expect that. Yeah, most people don't. But for me, what I took away from that is that a cop is always a cop. Always blue. And to cops, I'm a black man. And to be a black man, at least in some spaces in this country, is to be a suspect.

And it's gonna be quite a ride.

And it's gonna be quite a ride.

And we'll hear from the politicians trying to tame it.

And we'll hear from the politicians trying to tame it.

And we'll follow Derek Hamilton and his band of convicted murderers who created their own law firm behind bars to take on Scarcella and fight for their freedom.

And we'll follow Derek Hamilton and his band of convicted murderers who created their own law firm behind bars to take on Scarcella and fight for their freedom.

Yeah. You did? Certainly did. That's next time on The Burden.

Yeah. You did? Certainly did. That's next time on The Burden.