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You didn't sit where they sat. we were better than them. that was normal. the only way to describe it is that the blacks and minorities were like a cockroach. they were like second class citizens. >> at age 29, julie joined the national alliance. >> the national alliance is a neo-nazi movement and this particular organization is not the kind that goes around wearing swastikas and brown shirts. they were looking for a more subtle member because they felt like if their members were in the system, they could make more changes. >> after 16 years in the movement, bryon, along with his wife julie, b...

Forehead and told me he was going to shoot me. and so at that point, i was scared to death, obviously. i thought i was going to die. but it really dawned on me the next morning that i came that close to having my brains all over the side of a building. and i still -- i still see his face and feel that gun on my forehead most nights, actually. >> it's bryon's third treatment, but it's the first on his neck. >> going to start slipping you some cocktails while we get those monitors put on. >> because of bryon's neck sensitivity, the decision is made to use general anesthesia. since he'll be aslee...

>> when i first heard about that, i was terrified they'd even consider that. >> the southern poverty law center offered to cover the cost of bryon's tattoo removal procedures. >> if i can prevent one other kid from making the same mistakes i did, if i can prevent one other family from having to go through the same crap that i put my family through, maybe i can redeem myself and maybe it will be worth it. >> the difficulty with bryon is the number of them. i mean, it's just -- he's got so many. so the biggest challenge with him will be just the very large area of the surface of skin that we're ...

Throughout the rest of his life. anybody who puts themselves through this much torture is bound to want to do something good with it once it's all over with. absolutely. okay. that was it. bryon, we're all done, buddy. that got it. we'll tell him again when he wakes up. but we're done. it's been an interesting road. you know, we've gotten to know them so well, they've sort of become a part of our routine around here. >> you've been awesome. >> yeah, well, we've been through a lot together, all three of us. >> you guys truly showed us the meaning of family. >> well, good. >> because what we tho...

>> as bryon and julie struggle to escape the skinhead movement, they sought the counsel of a rival of sorts. >> you don't have the right to -- >> i have every right. >> daryl lamont jenkins is an anti-racist who runs the website one people's project. >> julie was, i'm guessing at her wit's end. she wanted to talk to somebody. it's obvious they are going through something. they are asking for my help so, okay. you got it. you got it. i mean, i think of you as a human first. i don't think of you as an adversary. >> bryon's first conversation with daryle lasted more than three hours. >> he was ed...