American History X
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This guy C.C., is that him?
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Yeah, that's him right there.
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This morning we have a guest,
and there he is.

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Good morning.
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Morning, sir.
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Good to see you.
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Good morning.
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This here is Dr. Bob Sweeney.
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He's principal
over at Venice Beach High.

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For some time now,
he's been doing outreach work...

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with gangs
both in and out of the can.

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Three years ago, a local kid
named Derek Vinyard...

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was sent up for murdering
a couple of Crips...

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who were trying to jack his car.
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Bob taught Vinyard, and
he's followed this case closely.

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He was a skinhead, right?
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He was more
like "the" skinhead...

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the protégé
of Cameron Alexander.

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-Who?
-Cameron Alexander.

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Here you go. Have a look-see.
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Cameron Alexander, well,
he's a Venice Beach landmark.

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He's the biggest distributor
and writer...

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of White Power literature
and videos in L.A. County.

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He promotes White Power bands,
he writes reviews...

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and in his spare time, this guy
even writes hate columns.

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-Does he have a record?
-He's pretty clean.

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Been trying to pin something
to him, but it doesn't work.

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Trust me.
He's behind all of it.

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He runs everything
out of his house by the beach.

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There were no white gangs
in Venice Beach...

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before Cameron Alexander
and Derek Vinyard hooked up.

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Alexander found in Derek
his shining prince.

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Essentially,
he used Derek to recruit...

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a slew of insecure, frustrated,
and impressionable kids.

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This kid Vinyard,
he's got a lot of baggage...

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as you'll see on this tape
we've gotten courtesy of NBC.

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Earlier today, L.A. County
firefighter Dennis Vinyard...

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was shot and killed
battling a blaze...

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at a suspected Compton drug den.
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We're at the Vinyard home now...
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and Lieutenant Vinyard's
oldest son Derek...

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has agreed to talk with us
for a moment.

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Derek, if you could come
down here please for a second.

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Look, I know this is tough,
but how do you feel right now?

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How do you think I feel?

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