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Greetings, my name is Shannon Tipton, the new minister at the Pea Ridge Church of Christ.

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Are being chanted in protests nationwide, malcolm scott wants his story told. >> because if we don't know it exists, how can we do anything about it? >> his story starts like so many other black lives that have struggled to matter. raised in poverty under the watchful, suspicious eye of the police and destined to a life of run-ins with the law. but at its heart it's a story about two brothers, malcolm and cory, and a bond that could not be broken, not even in the face of unimaginable odds. what was it like growing up in north tulsa? >> oh, you felt like you were always home, you know, familiar...

>> the jury did not believe him and found corey guilty. on june 25tth, 1991, he was sentenced to life and shipped off to a maximum security prison. just like that, he was out of malcolm's life. >> corey left when i was no more than 13, and that was hard. >> to fill the void, malcolm started to hang out more with de'marchoe carpenter, a lanky basketball player and neighborhood jokester. >> i was going to be a comedian. you know, i used to think i was so funny. i always tell jokes, and get the girls, and make 'em laugh. >> but in north tulsa fun could easily turn tragic in a split second. malcol...

I was really big into sports, like, i love, you know, me getting a hold of a football in my hand and running was, like, you know, life. >> malcolm caught the football bug from corey, who was his older half-brother and best friend. >> we have a beautiful relationship. my mama will tell me, you know, he's crazy about you. he do everything you do. >> as a young teenager malcolm dealt with a father who struggled with alcohol addiction and sometimes abused him. corey was his safe haven. >> i had to protect him. >> did he kind of start to play the role of dad? >> i could better relate to him. i didn...