>> what do you think now of all these tattoos on your face? >> they drive me nuts. it's just a bad reminder of a part of my life that i left behind. >> bryon widner grew up in albuquerque, new mexico. >> when i was about 3 years old, i moved in with my grandparents along with my little sister. my grandmother was a severe alcoholic. i was told that i was pretty well worthless. i wouldn't ever amount to anything. this or that. by the age of 13, 14, i just started running away all the time. i became a chronic runaway at that point. just started living on the streets. >> at the age of 18, bryon joined his first white power skinhead group. the soldiers of the new reich. >> when i was a teenager, i didn't have any family. i had my friends. that's all i had. and basically my crews were my family. statistically speaking, gang members don't join gangs because it's cool.