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>> well, we had two northern mexicans jump on another northern mexican. it all stemmed over a disrespect issue. yesterday they beat him up over here in front of the yard shack. the guy that beat him up was the victims age. this guy was in his 60s. apparently the northern mexicans felt he wasnt -- business wasnt handled properly, so therefore today they sent over guys about a third his age. the guys that beat him up today are probably early 20s, late teens. what you saw here today was actually a ...

You can see he was pretty messed up. lately the northern mexicans have been acting up, more so than any race on this yard. beating up their own over respect issues. prisons about a lot of respect. when you are disrespected, situations like this take place. >> as long as you have street gangs, you will always have prison gangs. these guys aspire to do that. most individuals in a free society would aspire to be doctors and lawyers. these guys dont think past tomorrow. they dont know what they are ...

>> why are you in here? >> in house one. its a long story. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> robertson not only fights with other inmates. he fights with staff as well. >> i was disrespected. i decided to make the guys do a cell extraction. >> days before our interview, the prisons correctional emergency response team had to forcibly remove robertson from his cell for refusing to follow orders. these cell extractions are videotaped by the prison for legal reasons. >> ext...

Most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in here? >> in house one. its a long story. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> robertson not only fights with other inmates. he fights with staff as well. >> i was disrespected. i decided to make the guys do a cell extraction. >> days before our interview, the prisons correctional emergency response team had to forcibly remove robertson from his cell for refusing to follow orders. these cell extractions are videotape...

To you. >> all right. >> white says he lashed out at the officer because he felt disrespected. >> i hate getting handled like a little boy. and i hate being disrespected. >> how do you feel you were disrespected? >> for them to just talk to me any kind of way, but i showed them the utmost respect. i talk to them in a mannerable way, and they dont talk to me -- it is just a lot of little things and i just got fed up with it. >> could you ever foresee doing that again? >> no one knows what the fut...

Consider to be an emotional response to being disrespected. >> i was warned, when i came into this job, regarding offender leonard mcquay. leonard is very smart, very, very clever. he can talk a great talk. >> though caseworker beverly gilmore raised serious questions about mcquays trustworthiness, her goal is to give segregation inmates an opportunity to prove themselves. so she recently made a controversial decision. after mcquays successfully completed a prison life skills program, she gave h...

It meant so much, so much pride, so much personal prize, family prize was invested in president kennedy. i think its a very similar instinct that, you know, my grandparents experienced that youre seeing now. so i do have an appreciation and understanding. i just hope people who are upset at me over this will have been appreciation and understanding that this is how i talk about elected officials. i talk about bush as bush -- >> not disrespectful. >> and i think added to all of that is the sense ...

Not because its my mentality, but its necessary to survive. >> respect is a very big issue in prison. as i know it is in many of the communities on the streets where these men come from. >> you give what you want. you give respect, you get respect back. >> you can say the wrong word and that can start a whole big melee. >> when an inmate of any race is deemed to be disrespected, pelican bays powerful gangs band together by race. the slightest of rifts can trigger an institution-wide race war. >>...

What you saw here today was actually a battery. they were stomping his head. you can see he was pretty messed up. lately the northern mexicans have been acting up, more so than any race on this yard. beating up their own over respect issues. prisons about a lot of respect. when you are disrespected, situations like this take place. >> as long as you have street gangs, you will always have prison gangs. these guys aspire to do that. most individuals in a free society would aspire to be doctors an...

Willing to fight for rice. one democratic senate aid tells nbc news, people are happy to fight for her. shes obviously qualified. no one on our side thinks theres credibility to the republican criticisms. im joined by joan walsh, author of the book "whats the matter with white people?" it it seems like shes walked into a political trap. they made it a political trap after she was the one that wanted to set up and explain things. what do you make of it? >> she does them the courtesy of going to s...