OF
OF THE
OF THE MONTH OF JULY. THAT'S IN JUST A FEW MINUTES SPIRITUAL AUTHOR JACK KORNFIELD HAS A
COUPLE OF FAMOUS 4@QUOTES ONE O
THEM IS RESENTMENT IS LIKE
TAKING POISON AND HOPING4@ 4@IT
KILLS THE OTHER PERSON. ANOTHER
ONE READS FORGIVENESS IS 4@GIVI
UP ALL HOPE OF A BETTER PAST.
TWO MEN FROM BENTON HARBOR 4@
CHOSE TO TAKE THE PATH OF
FORGIVENESS TRULY MEETING THE
MOMENT THIS UNFOLDING IN OUR
COUNTRY TODAY. 13 ONYOURSIDE
BRETT ASHCROFT AND
PHOTOJOURNALISTS NEVIN LINNERT
ORIGINALLY DID THIS STORY IN
2017 4@BUT WE REVISIT THE MAN'S
INSPIRING JOURNEY TODAY IN OUR
MUSKEGON LIFE 4@MONDAY NIGHT IS
VISITING NIGHT WRRE HADER AND
READY FOR JAMAL MCGEE MY BEST
PEOPLE ATHOME 4@4@I COME SEE TH
MORE THAN ANYBODY. HIS JOB IS
TO FIND HOUSING FOR THE
HOMELESS THAT COME WAY OUT
HERE. TO MAKE SURE I SEE HIM
GET HIM WHATEVER THEY NEED.
IT'S 4@A COOL POSITION TO BE IN
TOO. JUST KEEP YOUR HELPING 4@
PEOPLE 4@4@A FEW MILES AWAY YOU
GUYS READY TO PLAY A LITTLE
CATCH THE FLAG. ANDREW COLLINS
DOWNTOWN ST. JOE'S STYLE IS
ALSO HELPING PE4@OPLE. HE'S
SHAPING LIVES 4@FOR THOSE OF YO
WHO ARE NEW TO YOUNG LIFE AS A
YOUTH LEADER. 4@YOU HEAR NOTHIN
ELSE AND I JUST KNOW THAT WE AS
LEADERS BELIEVE IN YOU. 4@HE
HOPES THE KIDS CAPTURE THE
FLAG. 4@ALONG WITH A MESSAGE WE
ALL WALK THROUGH THINGS IN LIFE
WHERE WE'RE GONNA EITHER NEED
TO BE FORGIVEN OR WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU START THERE. 4@AND WRRE JAM
ARE ON SIMILAR PATHS WEDNESDAY
FOR BUT THEIR LIVES CHANGED
FOREVER WHEN THEIR PATHS 4@
CROSSED. I WAS JAMEELS
FIRSTTIME. I COULDN'T BELIEVE
MISCONDUCT. THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER DO. AND
BAD TIMING DFIND THEIR
ENCOUNTER FROM MY ACTIONS 4@
AFFECTED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY 4@
LEADING TO AN IMPROBABLE
JOURNEY. HE HAD NO SAY IN HIS
CREDO THAT NEITHER MAN 4@EXPECT
AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
SITUATION 4@EVERYTHING. HE WAS
BENTON HARBOR'S BEST 4@COP IN T
SHOP. I HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED
TO NARCOTICS DETECTIVE CAUG4@HT
IN HIS OWN SUCCESS. EVERY 4@BUS
WAS A TROPHY. I DIDN'T EVEN
VIEW PEOPLE 4@AS HUMAN 4@ANYMOR
THEY WERE ALMOST PRIZES ANDREWS
ARROGANCE. VERY DRIVEN ON
RESULT LED 4@4@THAT WAS THE CUL
AND CORRUPTION. IT'S THOSE
SMALL 4@INTEGRITY SLIPS THAT LE
TO THE BIGGER ONES. 4@FEBRUARY
8TH 2006. NOT 4@KNOWING THAT TH
DAY WAS GOING TO GO LIKE THIS.
JAMAL WAS HOME WAITING TO SEE
HIS SON FIRSTTIME WILL BE GIVEN
THE AND HIS MOM WAS BRINGING
HIM OVER AND I WAS EXCITED. YOU
KNOW LIKE YEAH THIS ZEITHAMMER
BABY 4@4@HE NEEDED TO GET FOOD
ASKED A MAN. HE DIDN'T KNOW FOR
A RIDE BUT WE GET TO THE STORE
GO RIGHT IN THE STORE. OFFICER
COLLINS WAS ON THE HUNT AND I
WAS TOLD WHAT THE VEHICLE 4@WOU
LOOK LIKE? I WAS TOLD WHO THE
TROPHY WAS A KNOWN DRUG DEALER
WAS AT THAT STORE. I SHOW UP IN
THE VEHICLES THERE AND 4@THERE
WAS ONE GUY IN THE CAR BUT I
KNEW THAT WASN'T MY GUY 4@EXCEP
IT WAS JAMAL WALKED OUT AND I
HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND I
DIDN'T KNOW HIM FROM ANYBODY
BUT JUST MADE 4@THE JUMP THAT
THIS MUST BE HIM. THEY
CONF4@RONTED NATS AT HIM AND GA
ME THE 4@DOPE. I'M LIKE WHAT.
LIKE 4@I'M TRYING TO WALK AROUN
AND I'M LOOKING AT HIM KIND OF
CRAZ4@Y 4@HE STARTED TO GET AN
EXTREMELY AGGRAVATED I THOUGHT
IT WAS GONNA BE A PHYSICAL
ALTERCATION ANDREW 4@DETAINED
JAMAL SEARCHED THE VEHICLE 4@AN
FOUND AN OUNCE OF CRACK
COCAINE. THERE WAS NOTHING 4@
INSIDE OF ME THAT SAW JAMAL AS
AN INNOCENT MA4@N. JAMAL THE
DRIVER REFUSED TO CONFESS THE
DRUGS WERE HIS AND HIS CAR.
THEY FOUND IT IN HIS TRUCK IN
HIS CENTER COUNCIL YOU KNOW NOT
MY PUCKETT ANDREW DIDN'T CARE.
SO HE FALSIFIED THE REPO4@RT. 4
DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE A CHANCE
FOR THAT TO CONTINUE BEING 4@MY
ARREST AND MY CONVICTION JUST
BY THE FACT THAT I MADE A
LITTLE MISTAKE ON WHO IT WAS.
JAMAL WAS CONVICTED 4@AND
SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRIS4@
LITTLE MISTAKE ON WHO IT WAS. JAMAL WAS CONVICTED 4@AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRIS4@@
I DIDN'T GET TO SEE MY SON.
INCARCERATION BECAME 4@A
PLAYGROUND FOR PRACTICING HIS
REVENGE. I WAS HURTING 4@
EVERYBODY THAT I CAME CONTACT
WITH DURING EACH ALTERCATION HE
THOUGHT OF ONE PERSON ON THIS
SIDE AND HIS PLANS FOR WHEN HE
GOT OUT 4@WAS 4@HIS KIMMEL JAMA
NEEDED A NEW MINDSET ONYOURSIDE
READING THE BIBLE. HE FOUND ONE
GUY WAS GIVING ME A CHANCE AND
SAYING HEY LET THIS STUFF GO. I
GOT SOME FOR IF YOU LET THIS
STUFF GO ON DECEMBER 1ST 2008.
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH 4@CORRUPTION
CAUGHT UP TO COLLINS AND IT ALL
JUST CAME CRASHING DOWN 4@4@HIS
FICTICIOUS SEARCH WARRANTS
FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE
THROWN OUT. SO A LOT OF THOSE
CONVICTIONS WERE OVERTURNED
INCLUDING 4@JAMEELS. I WAS BLOW
AWAY. THE 4@INNOCENT MAN FREED
AFTER THREE YEARS I FINALLY 4@G
TO MEET MY SIDE WHILE THE DIRTY
COP BEGAN SERVING 4@18 MONTHS.
HAD JUST FALLEN SO FAR SUMMER
2011 THAT A STAGE 4@I THINK WAS
OVER THERE. ANDREW WAS OUT OF
PRISON. THEY HAD A TENT OVER ON
THE SIDE FOR PRAYER WORKING A
CHURCH EVENT AT BENTON
HARBOUR'S BROADWAY PARK. I JUST
KEPT LOOKING AT THE PAVILION
FOR SOME REASON JAMAL WAS
WALKING BY. I THOUGHT I SAW
ANDREW. 4@HE DID AND HEADED
STRAIGHT FOR HIM. I CAN DO WHAT
I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO RIGHT
HAND IS 4@4@PART. I SEE THIS GU
APPROACH ME JAMAL 4@OFFERS ANDR
A HANDSHAKE AND I TAKE HIS
HAND. HE SAYS YOU REMEMBER ME.
I SAID JAMAL MCGEE. AND HE
GRIPPED ME 4@EXTREMELY TIGHTLY
THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT HE
WAS GONNA BREAK MY HAND 4@MY
FIRST MIND WAS A LITTLE BIT. I
TRIED TO APOLOGIZE HE CUSSED ME
OUT. EVENTUALLY JAMAL 4@LOOSENE
HIS GRIP. GOD IS TELLING YOU
THIS SONY 4@I COLLECTED HIMSELF
AND WALKED AWAY JUST LET IT ALL
GO INCONCEIVABLY 4@THEIR PATHS
WOULD CROSS AGAIN 4@ANDREW WAS
MANAGER AT CAFE MOSIAC A
RESTAURANT THAT OFFERS A JOB
PLACEMENT PROGRAM LINED 4@TAKIN
THE CLASS. JAMAL GRADUATED
EVERY INDIVIDUAL 4@GRADUATE TO
GET A MENTOR HIS ADVISER TOLD
HIM WHO IT WAS AND IT WAS LIKE
ANDREW COLLINS AND I WAS LIKE
NO WAY NO JAMAL FELT THE
IMMEDIATE NEED TO PRAY ABOUT
IT. OH MILES AN HOUR BOOK WAS
ON MONDAY'S AND IT WAS TWO
FIGURES ON4@ THE SIDE OF A
MOUNTAIN 4@WRITTEN IN WORDS AND
ONE WAS PUTTING THE OTHER ONE
UP. THE MAN WHO WRONGFULLY 4@PU
HIM IN PRISON KEPT HIM FROM HIS
SON. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN BY
CHANCE. WAS ABOUT TO BECOME HIS
HIM IN PRISON KEPT HIM FROM HIS SON. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE. WAS ABOUT TO BECOME HIS@
BOSS NORMIALLY SAID TO MY
MENTOR. JAMAL 4@WENT TO MOSIAC
MEET WITH ANDREW. I ALSO FELT
LIKE IT WAS A SECOND 4@CHANCE T
APOLOGIZE. SO I JUST STARTED
APOLOGIZING TO HIM AN4@D IT WAS
ALMOST 4@LIKE HE WAS OFFENDED.
KEPT AWAY FROM THE OFFICE LIKE
IT'S OVER MAN. IT'S FORGIVEN
JUST BLEW MY MIND. 4@AS THEIR
WORKING RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED
I'M 4@CLOSER TO HIM THAN MOST O
MY FRIENDS. THEY BECAME JAMAL
JUST TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. BEST
FRIENDS I CAN CALL HIM THEY
DREW ME. I'M HAVING THIS
PROBLEM. NEEDS YOU TO HELP ME
WALK THROUGH IT. I THINK IT'S
HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GRASP YOULL
GOT ANY MORE THERAPIES COMING
IN TODAY AHDERE. IT'S 4@WORKED
TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT GO AND
START IT BUT THEY ARE FAR FROM
SEPARATE 4@ON THIS SIDE. WHETHE
IT'S BEING A TEAM LEADER. NO
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE THIRD
COAST SURF SHOW MAN. NO PROBLEM
DANNY 4@OR KEEPING THE HOMELESS
HOUSED. WE ALL DO. SOMETIMES
TEENAGE 4@LIFE CAN BE A LITTLE
TOUGH. ANDREW IN JAMAL ARE ALL
ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE NATS
AROUND MY AREA. YOU KNOW THEY
LEARNED HOW BY HELPING EACH
OTHER. THERE'S POWER IN MOVING
ON AND SHARING LIFE LESSONS. IT
FELT REALLY GOOD TO BE FORGIVEN
BY JAMAL FROM THEIR