Rod Blagojevich

He was the guy a lot of the guys went to for their legal questions because he knew everything. and a real nice man and a gentle man. And by the time I got there, he had already done like 20 something years. So he was close to going home. I'd stay up late at night with him talking in the dormitory portion of the prison where I was first before I got my cell.

But it was important to him that before he left, after 20 something years, that he could actually sit at the child hall with a white guy. And he liked me because I was from Chicago. And so we did that one day. I was there probably a year and a half by the time we did that. And I sat there and everybody looked at us. We're sitting there. I'm sitting with the black table.

But it was important to him that before he left, after 20 something years, that he could actually sit at the child hall with a white guy. And he liked me because I was from Chicago. And so we did that one day. I was there probably a year and a half by the time we did that. And I sat there and everybody looked at us. We're sitting there. I'm sitting with the black table.

But it was important to him that before he left, after 20 something years, that he could actually sit at the child hall with a white guy. And he liked me because I was from Chicago. And so we did that one day. I was there probably a year and a half by the time we did that. And I sat there and everybody looked at us. We're sitting there. I'm sitting with the black table.

And then this great movement for civil disobedience and civil rights petered out. No one gave a fuck.

And then this great movement for civil disobedience and civil rights petered out. No one gave a fuck.

And then this great movement for civil disobedience and civil rights petered out. No one gave a fuck.

Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.

Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.

Yeah. Yeah, it didn't matter at all.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.

Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.

Yeah. I think that was a lot of it. And, you know, not everybody likes you, and some people really dislike you, and there were guys in prison who really didn't like me. But for the most part, I had a lot of, you know, I had low approval ratings after I got arrested, as they were investigating me when I was governor, but I had pretty high approval ratings in prison with my fellow inmates. Yeah.

And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?

And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?

And then the lights go down. Then the lights are out. Now suddenly you're swallowed up in blackness and darkness. And we're locked in. I earn bars. You can't get out. And here I am with all these prisoners and inmates, you know, and I just left my family at 5.30 in the morning. I'm not going home tonight or tomorrow night or next week or next month or next year, right?

God willing, I win my appeal, but that might be three years. But even that I was fearful after seeing the criminal justice system and how rigged it was. Deep down, I knew I was a dead man. I knew that from the beginning when they did what they did. I just felt like I had to fight.