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Okay. And we return to our American stories. Jamel McGee spent three years in federal prison and not a day went by that he didn't think about his son, who he had never seen, and the crooked cop. who had kept Jamel from seeing him. For most of those three years, Jamel writes in his book, Convicted, I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him.
I intended to keep that promise. Here's Jamel and Andrew picking up with the moment the two saw each other for the first time. in a park. Back home. Here's Jamil.
In my mind, the first thing that popped up was Get him.
Okay. Kiero.
Now he's here, he's in front of you. All that I was feeling in the prison. was back on my shoulders. Everything, and now he's in my face, and I'm like, oh, yeah, it's time, let's get him.
So I go over there, beeline, stuck out my hands. I said, hey, you remember me? And he said, yeah. When he said it, I squeezed him. And in my mind, It was Two things.
It was myself again telling me To hit 'em. Hit on. What do you wait, Noah? You're taking too long. Hit 'em.
Then God was like, hey. The guy was like, hey. I got this. Get out of my way. I got this.
Step out of my way. Let me avenge this for you. I got this. I can do far more than you ever can.
So I'm like hmm Hit him. Yeah, um Um My son was right there and I was just like. Just explain to my son. Why I missed that on these years. of his life.
Because I'm having a hard time doing it. And I was like I didn't do something first that the world, everybody thought and knew that I probably was going to do anyway. I didn't do it. And I let him go. And I walked away.
And each step I walked away, I felt lighter. I felt better. Me too. And. The closer I got to the curve, I began to think.
Man, that's over with. I'ma leave that to God where it was supposed to be. I can't do nothing about it anyway. Forget it. I'll never see him again anyway.
There you go. I still see him. But after that, I saw him every day. I could leave the store or be walking down the street or riding down the street on my bike, and I would see him. everywhere I went and I'm like Man, God, was I supposed to do something to him?
Like, I don't know what was, why am I seeing them so much? And I found that out later, four years. Yeah. Yeah, so I'll pick back up. And I'm going to basically, we're going to give you five years, four years, whatever it was, four years of history in nine minutes and 46 seconds.
Ready? Strap on your seatbelts.
So I start working for this place called the Mosaic CCDA, Christian Community Development Association. It has three social enterprises: a cafe, a resale store, and a full-scale lawn care company. Cafe Mosaic, if you all have ever been there, downtown Benton Harbor, great place to go get a coffee.
So I'm working there as the cafe manager in Benton Harbor, having reconciliation stories with people, feeling like God has called me there. This is great. This is awesome. There's another part of the program called Jobs for Life. Where people from the community, maybe they've got felonies on their record, maybe they've never had a job before and they need a little bit of hand up.
They don't need a hand out, they need a hand up because they want to do something with their life. They graduate jobs for life, and then they either get absorbed into one of our social enterprises or they went out and got jobs with community people that we had made contact with. Everybody in Jobs for Life, every student, ended up with a mentor. Anybody putting two and two together yet? That's it.
One day, Miss Princella comes down because she runs Josh for Life. She says, Hey, there's this guy in my class called Zuki. Do you know Zuki? I want to introduce you guys to my friend Zuki. My nickname.
I said, No, I know the street name. I've heard it, but I don't think I know him personally. Don't think we ever met. Would you be his mentor? God has laid it on my heart that you should be his mentor.
Okay. Yeah. Yeah. God's funny, right?
So I say, you know my story, Miss P. You know what I've done in this city. I don't know if I've affected his family. Why don't you go ask him what he thinks about it?
So, Jamel, in two minutes or less, what did that conversation sound like? Yeah. It was like she came over and I was sitting in class. Everybody had a mentor. And she was like, yeah, we finally got your mentor.
She was like, yeah, God has laid it up my heart for you two guys to be mentor, mentee. And I don't know if you guys had any history together, but. Um Yeah, I think you guys should be mentoring. I'm like, okay, get on with it. Who is it?
And she's like, Andrew Collins. And I'm like, no. No way. There's no way I'm doing that. And she was like, Okay, fine, we'll get you somebody else And I'm like Wait a minute, Miss P.
That was my decision. Let me pray on that real fast. Because I don't want no more of my decisions to affect my life. This was. My decision.
So I want it to be God's decision.
So I prayed and I opened my eyes and there was a book on my desk and there was two figures. on a um mountain that was written in words. and it was one pulling the other one up. I was like, all right, guy, you got it.
So It's evident this is what you want, this is the path. You want me to teach? I'm gonna take it.
So he comes walking through the cafe doors. I'm like, an hour and a half later, hey, Jamel, come on, have a seat.
So we sit down. I say, hey, I used to be a police officer in City of Bend Harbor. I did some awful things. If I've ever harmed you or your family, can you let me know? I'd like to apologize for it.
And he's smiling at me the whole time. Like, what is this dude smiling? This ain't funny. I'm trying to be serious. And I said, So, once I got done with my little spiel, I said, Look, man, what's so funny?
And he just shook his head. He said, Man, we already had this talk. I said, we did. He said, yeah, Broadway Park.
Okay. And I was instantly flashed back to that moment in the park and I was like, oh shoot. Because I'm a Christian now. And I just went to apologizing, dude. I am so sorry.
I felt like God gave me a second chance. I'm so sorry. He said, I know, and he was like, offended, I know. I said, dude, there's got to be something I can do. He's like, no, no, no, it's over.
It's over. You were sorry then, and I trusted that. And I know you are now. You don't have to say it anymore. It's forgiven, it's done.
Yeah, yeah. I was like, dude, can we do this mentor thing? He said, I think God wants us to. I think God set this up. I said, man, this is blowing my mind, dude.
Like, four minutes ago, I'm making chocolate chip cookies. And now, this, like, this is this. Can we pray? He's like, let's pray.
So we bowed our heads right there and we prayed that God would bless this friendship, that God would make basically beauty for ashes. that we give to him our ashes he gives us back a crown of beauty. And we prayed that. And he got up. We said amen.
He got up and walked out because he had an appointment to get to. And I went back and cried like a child because I felt forgiven. And then we were meeting every week and I was like, yo, bro, we'd need an employee in the cafe and you need a job. Are you, do you need a job? He's like, yeah, I need a job.
You know I need a job? I said, well, how about this? Because what if I hire you, or what if we hire you, and you be. Are you a good worker? Because if I've got to write you up.
Things are already tense enough, you know? Like, and he did that. He just smiled. This dude smiled. It's like, it breaks down all border.
He's like, nah, man, no, I got you. I got you. And he started working. He was the best worker I had ever seen. I worked so hard.
I'd never seen somebody work so hard in that cafe.
So every day I say thank you, Jamel. Thank you so much for putting your all into this. And this is amazing. Thank you. Do you want to hit me?
Yeah. He'd be like, what? I'd be like, I just wanna check. I just wanna make sure. Because I don't wanna be at the cash register someday and then just get your big old.
I wanna make sure I know it's coming if it's coming. He's like, no, bro, no. We're good. And now it's like every three or four months I'll ask him while we're on a plane or something, hey, we still good? Yeah, we're good?
All right. And listen, y'all, we're finding out some stuff about reconciliation as we walk this thing out. Because I don't know if y'all notice it or not, but I'm white. I mean, I'm a little darker skinned than most, but I am white. and he's black.
We get this. We get that this speaks to our nation right now. And we don't think we have all the answers, but we think we have a piece of it. And the piece we think that we're holding on to right now is reconciliation. We met a woman who came down front and said, Look, guys, I just need you to help me pray because I just need to forgive my mom.
She hurt me so bad 18 years ago. And I'm understanding that if I'm starting to treat my child the way she was treating me because I'm holding on to this. And we were like, yeah, yeah, where's she at? Bring her down. Let's get her down here.
We'll all pray together. She's been dead for 18 years. She was holding on, harboring that unforgiveness for 18 years. And the person couldn't do anything about it.
So apology, forgiveness. But that's only two pieces. For reconciliation, you gotta come together. The more I get to know this man, the more I love him as an individual, the more I love him as a person. Not as a black man, but as a man.
And a terrific job on the production and storytelling by Greg Hengler. And a special thanks to Andrew Collins. and Jamel McGee for sharing their remarkable journey. And also a special thanks to Torres Montgomery. for sharing the audio of this remarkable story.
And what a story indeed about big things like forgiveness. and reconciliation. And what a stud Jamel is. What a man. The story of so much here about God, about faith, about forgiveness, and ultimately about racial reconciliation and real human reconciliation.
The story of a crooked cop, an innocent man, and an unlikely journey of forgiveness and friendship here. on our American story. People don't listen to radio ads. While you're driving or making a sandwich, your subconscious pays full attention.
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I want to take a second to talk about something that's personal to me. I've had the privilege of working closely with Robert Kraft for a long time. And one thing I've always respected is how seriously he takes up standing up to hate. As a Jewish athlete my identity is something I am proud of. But I also know what it feels like to be singled out for it.
That's why this new commercial for the Blue Square Alliance Against Hate that aired during the big game really hit home. It's about showing up for someone when they're targeted, even if you don't have the perfect words. And sometimes standing next to someone is enough. And you can show support by sharing the blue square. You won't see the engineer that slams the Nissan Rogue's door 13,920 times, or the corrosive chamber that simulates 15 years of life in five months, or the rogue heat-baked for over 300 combined hours.
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