NOW, THE TOYOTA SPORTS DESK,
VISIT YOUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER
TODAY.
EVEN OUR MAN ON THE STREET
FOR A LOT OF THE PROTESTS IN
THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS BUT YOU
ACTUALLY WALKED ALONG THE
STREET WITH SOMEONE WHO GREW UP
IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IN FRONT OF A LOT OF
INTERESTING STORIES IN THE
AFTERMATH, THERE IS SO MUCH TO
THIS STORY ABOUT LOOKING LOST,
FINDING THE SPOTLIGHT, WITH THE
BACKDROP OF A CHILDHOOD IN
SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, ALWAYS IN
PLAY.
HE'S BEEN A STAR BASKETBALL
PLAYER AND A STAR OF A REALITY
TV SHOW.
HE'S ALSO DONE TIME IN PRISON.
WHAT HE SEES FROM THE CITY HE
GREW UP IN IS FASCINATING.
HE JUST ALWAYS WAS
DETERMINED.
Reporter: HE WAS MORE THAN A
HANDFUL AS A KID, MOVING FROM
SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
HE WAS KICKED OUT OF SIX
DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
YES, SIX.
Reporter: BUT HE FOUND
SOMETHING HE LOVED, THE GAME OF
BASKETBALL.
HE STARTED BOUNCING THE BALL
AND WHEN HE DID OUT THERE, IT
MADE A LOT OF SENSE.
I GUESS HE WAS COUNTING ONE,
TWO, THREE, HERE WE GO.
Reporter: HE GOT GOOD,
BECAME A STAR AT ROOSEVELT HIGH
SCHOOL.
ALL-AMERICAN, I WAS ALL-
AMERICAN CANDIDATE, ALLSTATE,
ALL-CONFERENCE,
Reporter: HE EARNED A
SCHOLARSHIP TO DIVISION I IDAHO
STATE, PLAYED OVERSEAS
PROFESSIONALLY, CAME HOME ONE
OFF-SEASON, AND GOT ARRESTED.
POLICE RAIDED THE FAMILY HOME,
ARRESTED 23 PEOPLE FOR A FORM
OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, INCLUDING
HIS MOTHER.
IT WAS A 10 MONTH SENTENCE.
I WENT TO A WOMEN'S CAMP,
FEDERAL, AND ILLINOIS.
A FEDERAL PRISON CAMP FOR
WOMEN.
Reporter: HE RECRUIT REFUSED
TO CLAIM THAT HE WAS INVOLVED
BUT HE CHANGED HIS LIFE DURING
THE THREE-YEAR SENTENCE.
I LOCKED IN AND GOT MYSELF
TOGETHER AND BECAME CLOSER WITH
GOD.
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Reporter: WHEN HE GOT OUT,
HE HAD BIG DREAMS, IN
PERFORMING BECAUSE HIS AFRICAN-
AMERICAN ROLE MODELS IMPRESSED
HIM.
YOU SEE ENTERTAINMENT, YOU
WATCH TV AND SEE RAPPERS,
ACTORS, DENZEL WASHINGTON,
SIDNEY FORTIER, THESE GUYS
INSPIRE YOU.
Reporter: HE LANDED A BIG
PART ON A REALITY TV SHOW ON
VH1 AND HAS DONE SOME ACTING.
BASKETBALL, IT'S MY LIFE.
THE PEOPLE YOU SEE EVERY DAY
WAS DRUG DEALERS, THE STREETS,
BASKETBALL, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW
ON TV IS ATHLETES OR RAPPERS.
Reporter: THIS WEEK HE IS
BACK HOME REFLECTING.
NOT FAR FROM HIS BOYHOOD HOME
IS THIS.
WHERE IT STARTED ON LAKE
STREET.
COME OVER HERE.
OVER HERE IS THE 3rd PRECINCT,
RIGHT?
PEOPLE HAVE A QUESTION, THEY
SAY, WHY WOULD ANYBODY BURN
DOWN THE PLACE OF THE PEOPLE
THEY NEED PROTECTING THEM?
BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL
PROTECTED.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US WE ARE
AFRAID OF.
Reporter: WALKING WITH HIS
SISTER, A PASTOR OF A LOCAL
CHURCH AND TWO OF 10 CHILDREN,
THEY TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND
ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE FROM THE
POLICE.
WE NEED OFFICERS THAT NOT
JUST WANT TO BE IN THE
COMMUNITY BUT THAT LOVE THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT WANT TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT
AND SERVE.
BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT
IS YOU CAN'T LOOK AT US
EVERYBODY BROWN LIKE CRIMINALS.
AND EVERYBODY WHITE IS NOT
RACIST.
Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE POLICE.
HE BELIEVES ONE OF THE BIGGER
ISSUES OF THE HOMELESS WITHOUT
FATHERS IN THE CITY, LIKE HE
GREW UP.
YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE IN
THE HOUSEHOLD, A MALE FIGURE
THAT IS THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE
YOU, THAT LOVES YOU, THAT CARES
ABOUT YOU.
WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE YOU HAVE TO
LOOK FOR MENTORS IS MUCH.
Reporter: THIS KID WHO LIVED
HERE HAS SEEN MUCH, A
BASKETBALL CAREER THAT GAVE HIM
CONFIDENCE, AND COMING BACK
HOME WITH A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE AFTER THE RIOTS.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FORCE CAN BE
REUNITED WITH THE COMMUNITY OR
NOT?
YES.
Reporter: WHY?
THEY HAVE TO GET IN THE
COMMUNITY.
HAVE TO GET TO HAVE THE
DIALOGUE AND CONVERSE WITH
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
Reporter: THERE IS A THOUGHT
THAT ALL THE DAMAGE DONE TO
BUILDINGS IS A STEP IN A NEW
DIRECTION.
IT'S TIME TO BUILD, IT'S IN
THE SCRIPTURES, LIFE, THERE'S A
TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO DIE.
IT'S TIME TO REBUILD.
DO YOU THINK WE COME OUT OF
THIS A BETTER MINNESOTA?
YES, BETTER.
WE HAVE TO.
THERE'S NO CHOICE.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE, THOSE ARE
JUST A NUMBER OF STORIES LIKE
THIS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, BUT
I'VE KNOWN THIS MAN FOR A