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That is how a movement happens. that is how history bends. that is how when somebody is faint of heart somebody else brings them along and says come on, were marching. that tireless teacher, who gets to class early and stays late and dips into her own pocket to buy supplies because she believes every child is hers, she is marching. that successful businessman who doesnt have to but pays his workers a fair wage, and then offers a shot to a man, maybe an ex-con who is down on his luck. he is march...

That tireless teacher who gets to class early and stays late and dips into her own pocket to buy supplies because she believes that every child is her charge, shes marching. that successful businessman who doesnt have to, but pays his workers a fair wage and then offers a shot to a man, maybe an ex-con whos down on his luck, hes marching. the mother who pours her love into her daughter so that she grows up with the confidence to walk through the same doors as anybodys son, shes marching. the fat...

That tireless teacher who gets to class early and stays late and dips into her own pocket to buy supplies because she believes that every child is her charge, shes marching. that successful businessman who doesnt have to but pays his workers a fair wage and offers a shot to a man, maybe an ex-con, whos down on his luck, hes marching. the mother who pours her love into her daughter so she grows up with the confidence to walk through the same doors as anybodys son, shes marching. the father who re...

The lawyers. 32 counts, 33 acts. people are holding their breath. now were learning what hes facing now with these 32 different counts. and, ashleigh, i guess my question really to you, i go back to these families and thinking about them in this courtroom and in this sense of justice decades in waiting, the sense of justice. how big of a win is this for -- obviously for the families but also for the federal prosecutors in this case? >> well, this man as an ex-con, im going to say hes an ex-con b...

Mistakes. larry has done a great job of turning that around and really doing a complete 360, to go from make bad decisions to helping others make good decisions, thats really a message that we want to send to our youth and hopefully make a difference in their lives. >> its called the reality check program. larry, tell me a little bit about what it is that you mention to the kids that is really clicking with them? >> its really a credibility issue. the program is built into four parts, what priso...

Resources operation, which they cant obviously control. they have spent billions training these people. actually they have trained even more people than they have employed. its been a failure. we need to get them out of that business, get down to a lean, mean security operation and have got do what it does best and not again try to manage this huge workforce thats out of control. probably even pay them better. listen to this. were paying a billion -- $1.2 billion for administrators and $1.8, $1....

>> scared of what? >> i hear guns outside. >> you know what, baby? those are just firecrackers. youre safe inside with your cousins. >> what about you, daddy? >> me? baby, im going to be fine. >> the film doesnt portray grant as a saint in real life. he was an ex con and devoted and loving father. listening what happened to oscar grant its difficult not to think of trayvon martin. one key difference between what happened to these two young men that you highlight in the film is there were witness...

Mr. jones stands 64", weighs in at about 295 pounds. he also happens to be an ex-con. meanwhile, joseph scarpino is still on the phone with his wife. >> my wife tells me she is coming in. i say no, stay in the car. at that point, thats when she pokes me in the face. >> as simms is using all her foul language and acting out of control, you see a number of other men who are also customers. theyre just standing there. everyone seems oblivious. not one of the men in the crowd says a word. not one ge...

Police station. >> our booking area became more secure. it was moved to that different building. no loose chairs. no loose things they could get their hands on and use against us. >> coming up, an ex-con hijacks a lumber truck and gives new meaning to the term pursuit. hell on wheels. when "caught on camera: they fought the law" continues.

Months in prison. after the incident, a lot of things change at the campus police station. >> our booking area became more secure. it was moved to a whole different building. no loose chairs in there. no things that they could get their hands on and use against us. >> coming up an ex-con hijacks a lumber truck and gives new meaning to the term hot pursuit, hot on wheels. when caught on camera continues. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn?