Mark Agnon
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I mean, you gotta wonder if there's an element. I think this is actually coming up a little bit now, like within rap music. But so many people within impoverished, poor communities, many of them black and brown, that get sexually abused never talk about it.
I mean, you gotta wonder if there's an element. I think this is actually coming up a little bit now, like within rap music. But so many people within impoverished, poor communities, many of them black and brown, that get sexually abused never talk about it.
And so I wonder how many of these guys in prison, some of like, you know, the toughest dudes you can imagine, they got sexually abused as kids.
And so I wonder how many of these guys in prison, some of like, you know, the toughest dudes you can imagine, they got sexually abused as kids.
And even in prison, never brought it up. Maybe they lived lives of, you know, crime, drugs, gang violence.
And even in prison, never brought it up. Maybe they lived lives of, you know, crime, drugs, gang violence.
Right. Yeah. So at this, the Newark prison, you serve... How many years there?
Right. Yeah. So at this, the Newark prison, you serve... How many years there?
And then once you're released, how do you start putting your life back together?
And then once you're released, how do you start putting your life back together?
What was the reaction from the Senate committee when you gave your testimony?
What was the reaction from the Senate committee when you gave your testimony?
Um, that's a good pitch. Yeah.
Um, that's a good pitch. Yeah.
And how did it feel to be now praying and just to be free?
And how did it feel to be now praying and just to be free?
I mean, the story has so much, it's crazy that it's real life.
I mean, the story has so much, it's crazy that it's real life.
But the duality is so interesting. You have this evil cop who abuses you. But then you have this great cop that gives you another chance at life and tells you to plead the fifth and gets you a lawyer. And you have these, you know, evil priests that, you know, abuse people like people, you know, your family and, you know, different people in the world.
But the duality is so interesting. You have this evil cop who abuses you. But then you have this great cop that gives you another chance at life and tells you to plead the fifth and gets you a lawyer. And you have these, you know, evil priests that, you know, abuse people like people, you know, your family and, you know, different people in the world.