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KLANSMAN:
Oh, yeah.

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All right.

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[somber orchestral music]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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PERSON:
For 2,000 years, God Almighty

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has seen fit to have
a separation of the races.

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Either you are for the white,
or you are for the Black.

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PERSON: Ladies and gentlemen,

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there is a white day coming
in the United States.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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[spirited rhythmic beat]

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JOE: Living with all
of these ghosts around me,

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the things that I have done
and the knowledge I have,

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it is life altering.

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- The white people
of this nation

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are sick and tired.
[cheers and applause]

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TERRILL: This was the Klan,
seeking to kill someone

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because of their skin color.

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PERSON: It is not malice
when we protect ourselves.

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JASON: And it wasn't 1965.
It was 2015.

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SINGER:
♪♪ The bottom of the river ♪♪

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LATONYA: The KKK wanted
to catch my son,

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cut him up in pieces
on the creek,

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and leave him there.

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JASON:
This is a modern-day lynching

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of a Black man
in the Deep South.

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- The facts of this case
are despicable.

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JOE:
I asked the question,

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"Do you want him
6 feet under?"

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GEORGE: He was a rising star
of the Klan.

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He actually became
the Grand Nighthawk.

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- He came home
with a Ku Klux Klan outfit.

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And I was like,
"Oh my God. What is this?"

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SINGER:
♪♪ Meet me at the bottom ♪♪

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GEORGE:
Tapes don't lie.

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You fear
for your safety now?

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JOE:
Yes.

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JOE: If something were
to happen to me,

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I need the world
to know the truth.

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SINGER:
♪♪ Bottom of the river ♪♪

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[fire crackling]

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[insects chirring, birdsong]

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[tense music]

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TAMEKA: There are
many different Floridas.

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Not many people
appreciate that.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I would tell people
that I was from Florida,

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and they immediately
thought about beaches

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and palm trees, about Disney.

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But that's not the Florida
that I grew up in.

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- North Florida is
significantly more rural.

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It's more farmland.
It's old plantation.

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JASON: It's a region
that has been left behind

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by the modern economy.

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There is a lot
of agriculture jobs here,

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but the other big job in rural
communities is prisons.

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In Florida, the prison system
is the largest state employer,

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employing thousands of people.

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There are about
150 facilities,

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about 80,000 inmates,

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and even though Florida has
about a 17% Black population,

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half of inmates are Black.

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I think a place like this
that has such a long history

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of racial strife should
not be surprising to anyone

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that the largest employer
is also going to have

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members of the Klan in it.

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The members of the Klan
when they join,

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join something
called the Invisible Empire.

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[eerie music]

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They exist among us
in society,

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not in their robes and hoods,

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but in everyday street clothes

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working everyday,
regular jobs.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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Obviously, this is not
an everyday kind of story.

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In 2015,
there was a press release

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by the state of Florida.

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It said that they'd arrested
three prison guards,

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and it turned out
that the guards were members

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of the Ku Klux Klan

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plotting the murder
of a Black man, an inmate,

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once he got out of prison.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I just started
looking into it,

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and I kind of became
obsessed with it.

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And I did a story
for the AP wire,

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which went national,

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but there were just
a lot of questions,

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a lot more questions
than answers.

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It was only after
I wrote the second article

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in my series
that I received an email,

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and my heart stopped.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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There was someone
who was in the Ku Klux Klan,

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and he came forward to me.

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The subject was,
"This is Joseph Moore."

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"Hello, I do not go
by Joseph Moore anymore,

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"but that was me.

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"There is and was
much more going on

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"in the white supremacist
circles

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than I can discuss
at this time..."

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JOE: "But I am not restricted
at this point that I know of.

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"My family and I are
under constant threat

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"from white supremacists.

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"I want to give you
information I have

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"in case something happens
to me

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"and I can no longer speak.

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Joe."

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[tape rewinding]

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[dramatic music]

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When you first
put that robe on,

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that persona that you put on
can overcome you.

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[indistinct speech]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I was Grand Nighthawk

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of the realm
of Florida and Georgia.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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JASON: The Grand Nighthawk is
basically the Klan's

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top security officer.

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JOE: Cross burnings
are sacrosanct to the KKK

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and one of the most
closely guarded secrets.

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I, as the Grand Nighthawk,

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would be the person
that lights the fire.

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JASON: So there's a big
nighttime cross lighting

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at a farm
in rural North Florida.

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- It was very remote,
very wooded, very rural,

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and there would be no traffic.

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JASON: All of the Klan members
in the region would show up

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in a field
and light a cross on fire.

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JOE: The night
of the cross burning,

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there were approximately
40 people there.

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JASON: They were members
of a violent group of the Klan

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called the Traditionalist
American Knights

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of the Ku Klux Klan.

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They were comprised of members
who had violent felonies,

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violent crimes in their past.

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[indistinct shouting]

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JASON: The Klan tries
to present a public face

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of being kind of
a social club.

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But behind the scenes,
oftentimes,

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they're plotting violence.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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- The Grand Nighthawk has been
sort of a hit man for the KKK.

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I embraced the fact
that the KKK might

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call upon me for violence.

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GEORGE: The crosses are
burning, the moon is full,

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and that night changed
everything.

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- Yes.

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[ominous music]

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After the ceremony
and the cross lighting,

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I stepped away from the crowd.

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And as I'm looking up
at the moon,

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I hear something coming my way.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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Charles Newcomb,
the Exalted Cyclops,

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which is essentially
the local leader,

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walked up to me and said,

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"Hey, Brother Joe,
we got a situation

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we wanted to, uh,
talk to you about."

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♪♪ ♪♪

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"We got Brother Driver
and Brother Moran over here.

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They want to talk
to you about something."

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David Moran was a Klansman
working his way towards

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a position directly under
Charles Newcomb,

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the Exalted Cyclops.

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Thomas Driver
was a newer Klan member,

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not even first
or second level yet.

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- The other thing
these three had in common

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was they had all worked for

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the Florida Department
of Corrections

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as prison guards.

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- Thomas driver explained
that he got into a fight

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with this inmate,
and they handed me

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a paper with
an inmate's picture on it

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and the inmate's
biographical information.

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The inmate was Warren Williams.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I asked,
"What do you want to do?"

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Driver and Moran
looked at one another.

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I asked the question,

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"Do you want somebody
to talk to him?"

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They looked at each other,
said no.

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I said, "Do you want someone
to beat him up?"

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They looked at each other
and said no.

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Then I asked the question,

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"Do you want him
6 feet under?"

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And they said yes.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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I said "OK, you need
to put that paper away,

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"and then we need
to meet another time

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"to talk about this outside
of this environment.

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Brothers, uh, y'all enjoy
the rest of the evening."

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[eerie music]

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GEORGE: So three men
have talked to you

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about a potential murder,
but they didn't know

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something very important.

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- They don't know that I was

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undercover for the FBI.

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[suspenseful music]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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- So this is the Reception
and Medical Center

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in North Florida, Lake Butler.

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And it houses
thousands of prisoners,

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as well as being the hospital
for the prison system

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in this region.

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Driver and Moran worked here
during the murder plot.

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Newcomb was a former employee,

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and all three were members
of the Klan.

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ANTWAN: Lake Butler Reception
and Medical Center

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has to be the worst prison--

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it is the worst prison
in Florida.

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Lake Butler is known to be
so bad that you can leave,

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go to another prison,
and you can tell the officer,

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"Man, I'm glad
I ain't at Lake Butler."

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Well, you know
what they tell you?

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Rednecks don't play down there.
Kill your ass, huh?

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[blues music]

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When I was there,
I knew Sergeant David Moran.

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♪♪ ♪♪

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We called him Chief.

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Back then, he had
a little size on him,

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barrel-chest dude, and inmates
feared and respected him.

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They knew--they knew Chief--

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they were like, "You know,
man, Chief'll kill you."

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JASON: In the eight years
that I've covered this region,

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there have been
a number of stories

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that had involved Klansmen

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being unmasked
law enforcement.

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ANTWAN: You not gonna surprise
no Black person

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by telling them the Klan
is working in prison,

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not Southern Black people.

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- And with the resurgence
of white supremacist groups...

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[people chanting and screaming
indistinctly]

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JASON: You have seen
an emboldened Klan.

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CHRIS: We had been receiving
a series of directives

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going back to 2006
concerning the threat

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from domestic terrorism
extremism groups.

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GREG: It's always best,
in any criminal investigation,

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to have somebody
on the inside

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because you're not only
having eyes and ears

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where yours can't be,
but in many cases,

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you're getting
real-time feedback.

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- Hence, the approach
to Joe Moore.

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[indistinct chatter]

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- Good to see you.
- Nice to meet you.

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- Nice to meet you.
Have a seat.

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So you don't go by the name
Joe Moore anymore?

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- No, we've gotten
identity changes.

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- Can I call you Joe?
- Yeah, that's fine.

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That's what most people
call me anyway.

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- Let's start out at--
at the beginning.

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JOE: I was born in 1971
in Jacksonville, Florida.

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I guess I always wanted
to be in law enforcement.

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[chuckles]

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I was close to my sister,
and I was her protector.

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In high school, I ran track,
played football.

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After college, I enlisted
in the Army as a private.

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- You really did well
at the beginning.

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- I was a distinguished
honor graduate

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in my basic training class,

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making rank pretty quick,

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and was selected
to become a sniper.

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Eventually became
the sniper section leader.

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I began learning
breathing techniques,

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maintaining your composure,

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being able to get control
of what would

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otherwise cause people
to panic.

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For me,
I was serving my country.

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I was fulfilling who I was.

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[soft dramatic music]

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- But after that,
you ran into some challenges.

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- Yes.

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I received
an honorable discharge,

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and I was already
receiving treatment

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when I left the Army,
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and within a year
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I was diagnosed
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GEORGE: How do you manage it?
JOE: You see multiple doctors.

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And of course, you get
onto a medication protocol.

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And when I'm feeling manic,

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I imagine
I'm wearing a heavy suit.

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And then when I'm depressed,

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I imagine zipping out
of that heavy suit,

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as well as
constantly practicing

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my breathing techniques
that I've learned as a sniper.

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LATONYA: When you have kids,

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you want the best for 'em
in all situations.

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[laughs]

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But he just didn't go
the route

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that I would have had him go.

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I'm Latonya Crowley.
I'm Warren William's mother.

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JASON: Warren Williams
is a young man who grew up

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in the Central North Florida
town of Palatka,

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which is
on the St. John's River.

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He lived with his mother
and three younger sisters,

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protective older brother.

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LATONYA:
He had a great spirit,

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and he liked outdoors,

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always, you know,
hands on with dirt,

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flowers, stuff like that.

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He get it from his granddaddy.

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JASON: He spends time
quietly fishing

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in St. John's River.

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- He's not a people person.

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He never have been,
never have.

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- Warren suffered from
some pretty severe

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mental illness diagnoses
throughout his life.

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LATONYA: Warren has
some mental issues,

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and they kind of arose
when he was in high school.

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noticing the little changes.

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He didn't see it,
but I seen it,

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you know, with bipolar.

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They put him on medication.

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He'll take it for a while,
and then he'll stop

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because he feel like
he's not himself.

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- Sometimes, he would have
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and his mother
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would, you know,
have to call the police

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because they couldn't
deal with him.

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LATONYA: Because he's not
taking his medicine,

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he had taken a baseball bat
to my car.

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Because I know
he wasn't in his right mind,

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I had to call the police.

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[soft dramatic music]

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You know, he needed help.
He just needed help.

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[faint police sirens blaring]

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The police came to the house.

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And Warren was, you know,
sitting on the porch.

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You know, and I told them,

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"Don't try to attack him."

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JASON: The police came when he
was having a mental breakdown,

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and he became violent.

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Warren hit one
of the police officers,

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which would send him in
to that prison.

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[gun shots]

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JOE: There are bad things
that happen daily,

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and you certainly can't
build fences around life.

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My identity and how
I was formed as a person

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were the result
of some criminal things

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that were done to me
as a child.

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When I was eight years old,
I was victimized by two men

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over a period of
approximately three months.

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JASON: First time I met Joe,

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he brought up
his childhood abuse.

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It's clearly something
that is not only traumatizing,

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but that he's turned into
a major life-motivating force.

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JOE: Instead of deciding
to become a victim

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of those tragedies,

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I decided to be the person
that would speak out

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against things
that were wrong.

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I was giving classes
at a local shooting range

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to active duty
military personnel,

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police personnel.

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[indistinct chatter]

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While I was conducting
a class, I guess,

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a member of the Joint Terrorism
Task Force noticed me,

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and I received
a phone call after that.

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- He--he fit the bill.

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And by that, I mean he had
certain qualifications.

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- Like what?

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CHRIS: Well, he had
a military background.

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Physically,
he sort of fit the bill.

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I mean, he's a white male.
He was from--from that area.

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He could walk the walk.

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JOE: When I was growing up,
I lived in a very swampy,

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rural part of town,
and where I lived at,

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those people
flew Confederate flags,

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those people used the N-word.

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- The FBI asked you
to go undercover.

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What was your mission?

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JOE: My mission was
go inside the KKK

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to identify people
that are involved

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and to forewarn the FBI
of any illegal activities.

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[gun shots]

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- Was there a threat in
northern Florida at the time?

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- Yes, clearly.

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[eerie music]

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GEORGE: KKK?

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CHRIS: The KKK has--
has the history,

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the image, so to speak.
- We do not...

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CHRIS: They're capable
and dangerous.

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GREG: Florida has been
a bastion of the Klan.

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I usually call the KKK

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the granddaddy of white
supremacy movements

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because you can see the roots
if you study the history.

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TAMEKA: The Klan was founded
after the end

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of the United States Civil War

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by whites who were determined
to maintain their supremacy.

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In 1921, it was estimated

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that there were approximately
100,000 Klan members

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across the United States.

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A full one-third of them
were believed

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to have been
in the state of Florida.

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African Americans
living in the state of Florida

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have the highest likelihood
of being lynched

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of any people
in the United States.

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During
the Civil Rights Movement,

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you're going to see
a lot of these Klan members

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be active in confrontations
of civil rights demonstrators.

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You see that very vividly

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in Saint Augustine, Florida,
in 1964.

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JASON: Local leaders,
officials, sheriffs

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were openly members
of the Ku Klux Klan

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who ran these towns
100 or less years ago.

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So it's still a very active
part of the culture

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and history of this region.

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GEORGE:
And to do your job well,

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you have to make them believe
you're one of them.

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How do you even start though?

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- So this wasn't my first time
undercover for the FBI.

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Back in 2007,
I spent about four years

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undercover for the FBI

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in a different
Klan organization.

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- Joe walks into the FBI office
in Gainesville, Florida

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to report what he thought
was a crooked cop.

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The FBI agent saw
Joe's military background,

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saw something in him
and thought,

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"Here's someone we could
recruit to help us out."

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- Initially, I wasn't surprised
that they contacted me,

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but I was--
I was honored.

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I realized that I had
a second chance

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to serve my country again.

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I had the opportunity
to help someone else,

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just as I wished somebody
was there to help me

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when tragedy happened to me
as a child.

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GEORGE: But something
went wrong there.

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They believed
your cover had been blown?

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- The problem
was my family issues.

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- Joe was under
a lot of pressure

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and stress from his wife.

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JASON: There was some secret.

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Sooner or later,
he came clean,

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and when the FBI discovered
that he told his wife,

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they severed the relationship
immediately.

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- So he broke the rules?

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CHRIS: He broke a rule,
he broke a rule,

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and a decision
was made to sever ties.

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GEORGE: So if a guy
breaks the rules once,

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why bring him back?

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CHRIS: Because it was,
in a sense,

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almost understandable.

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JASON:
This time, they were able

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to strike up a new deal

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where his wife would know
from the beginning.

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CHRIS: You also consider
the need to bring somebody in

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who already has
that experience.

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The decision to reopen him,
so to speak,

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was really an easy decision.

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[people shouting
and chanting indistinctly]

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JASON: In 2013, there were
more than 100 Klan groups

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operating
in the United States.

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CHRIS: Really,
the first year or so was,

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be on the lookout,
gather intelligence,

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evaluate the threat.

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- I was learning how to be
a part of that organization

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and getting close to them.

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This is the application

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to the Traditionalist American
Knights of the KKK.

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And it simply asks,

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"Do you support
white supremacism?"

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They want people
that have skills.

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They want people
from the military.

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The KKK has a formal structure

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similar to a military unit.

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The KKK has
what is essentially

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a commander-in-chief
in the Imperial Wizard.

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The governors of the regions
would be the Grand Dragons,

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and the Grand Nighthawk
would be that state

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or that region's leader
of the National Guard.

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They use acronyms
in order to ensure

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that impostors
were not infiltrating

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the meeting or the Klan.

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They would use terms like
AYAK, are you a Klansman?

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And the proper response,
if you are a Klansman,

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is AKIA, A-K-I-A,
a Klansman, I am.

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If you don't respond
with AKIA,

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they know
you're not a Klansman.

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- They also have a blood oath.

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- Yes, they do.
When you sign the blood oath,

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they tell you
that if you violate

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or disclose secrets of the KKK,
you'll pay with your blood.

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[tense music]

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♪♪ ♪♪

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GEORGE: What does it mean
to be operational for the FBI?

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JOE: I was constantly
in contact with the Klan,

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nearly on an hourly basis,

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transferring information,
attending meetings.

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I perhaps, would be
having dinner or lunch

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with my family,
or at church or something,

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and we'd get a phone call,

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and I knew
it was a Klan member.

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- The KKK,
who did they think you were?

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- Someone far more qualified
than myself.

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GEORGE: A warrior?
JOE: Yes.

504
00:25:30.761 --> 00:25:32.631
[exhales deeply]

505
00:25:32.698 --> 00:25:36.238
My Zodiac sign is Gemini.

506
00:25:36.304 --> 00:25:37.941
Being the twins,

507
00:25:38.008 --> 00:25:40.847
there were two aspects
of myself,

508
00:25:40.914 --> 00:25:46.057
one undercover,
and one who I really was.

509
00:25:46.124 --> 00:25:48.495
- They were really interested
in his military background

510
00:25:48.562 --> 00:25:50.633
and training as a sniper.

511
00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:55.309
He took on a character
that inflated his credentials

512
00:25:55.376 --> 00:25:57.915
even further
than what they already were.

513
00:25:57.981 --> 00:26:00.485
CHRIS:
He took military experience

514
00:26:00.553 --> 00:26:04.895
and made it sound
almost sexy to them.

515
00:26:04.962 --> 00:26:07.767
So he talked about
being a sniper,

516
00:26:07.834 --> 00:26:11.074
alluding to killing people
in Delta Force,

517
00:26:11.141 --> 00:26:14.080
which they clearly
were attracted to.

518
00:26:14.147 --> 00:26:16.752
- I was able
to rise through the ranks

519
00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:20.192
to the point that they made me
a Nighthawk and, eventually,

520
00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:22.831
the Grand Nighthawk.

521
00:26:22.897 --> 00:26:28.543
- It's clear from his ascent
that he impressed them.

522
00:26:28.609 --> 00:26:30.647
They trusted him.

523
00:26:30.714 --> 00:26:32.951
He displayed
admirable patience

524
00:26:33.018 --> 00:26:34.755
throughout that process,

525
00:26:34.821 --> 00:26:39.463
which easier said than done,

526
00:26:39.531 --> 00:26:41.367
particularly in a situation
like that

527
00:26:41.434 --> 00:26:44.875
that's potentially
very dangerous.

528
00:26:44.942 --> 00:26:47.647
[Klansmen chanting]

529
00:26:52.456 --> 00:26:55.495
- So in his first year,
Joe was leaking intelligence

530
00:26:55.563 --> 00:26:56.933
to the FBI here and there,

531
00:26:56.999 --> 00:26:59.971
but there were no major plans
he's disrupting.

532
00:27:00.038 --> 00:27:02.777
But that would all change.

533
00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:08.722
It was the height of

534
00:27:08.789 --> 00:27:11.529
North Florida
deep South summer,

535
00:27:11.596 --> 00:27:14.868
which anybody knows
is one of the most humid,

536
00:27:14.935 --> 00:27:17.206
sticky, hot places.

537
00:27:17.273 --> 00:27:19.912
Many of the rooms
inside the RMC

538
00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:21.248
are not air conditioned.

539
00:27:21.314 --> 00:27:23.653
It makes conditions
even more tense

540
00:27:23.719 --> 00:27:25.924
between the inmates
and the guards.

541
00:27:25.990 --> 00:27:28.930
Thomas Driver
worked in the dorm area

542
00:27:28.997 --> 00:27:31.869
where Warren Williams
was an inmate.

543
00:27:31.936 --> 00:27:34.508
They crossed paths
at numerous times.

544
00:27:34.574 --> 00:27:38.314
But one day, Thomas Driver
had brought Warren

545
00:27:38.381 --> 00:27:42.791
into a room inside the prison
to reprimand Warren

546
00:27:42.858 --> 00:27:46.097
for losing his ID badge.

547
00:27:46.164 --> 00:27:49.003
Driver just smoking
a cigarette,

548
00:27:49.070 --> 00:27:52.176
started blowing smoke
at Warren's face.

549
00:27:52.243 --> 00:27:54.582
LATONYA: And he said
he asked him to stop,

550
00:27:54.648 --> 00:27:55.650
and he wouldn't.

551
00:27:55.717 --> 00:27:57.253
You know, he kept saying,
you know,

552
00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:59.190
"Get out my face
with the cigarette smoke."

553
00:27:59.257 --> 00:28:03.298
You know, "Get out of my face.
Get out my face."

554
00:28:03.365 --> 00:28:06.437
ANTWAN: They would do things,
outrageous things,

555
00:28:06.505 --> 00:28:07.874
that push you in a corner,

556
00:28:07.941 --> 00:28:10.913
just things
that just not necessary.

557
00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.383
JASON:
Warren asked him to stop.

558
00:28:12.450 --> 00:28:14.086
Driver refused to stop,

559
00:28:14.153 --> 00:28:16.592
and it was at that point
that Warren jumped on him,

560
00:28:16.658 --> 00:28:18.930
and the fight started.

561
00:28:18.997 --> 00:28:21.301
LATONYA: Warren and Driver
was fighting,

562
00:28:21.367 --> 00:28:23.037
wrestling, you know,
on the floor or whatever,

563
00:28:23.104 --> 00:28:27.379
and the other COs came in.
They beating him.

564
00:28:27.446 --> 00:28:33.058
♪♪ ♪♪

565
00:28:33.125 --> 00:28:36.999
They beaten him so bad,
they took him to the hospital.

566
00:28:39.572 --> 00:28:42.109
JASON: Williams had gotten
the better of Driver

567
00:28:42.176 --> 00:28:44.213
in the fight,
and during the fight,

568
00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:48.321
had also bit Driver
and broken the skin,

569
00:28:48.388 --> 00:28:50.894
and Driver had required
a series of tests

570
00:28:50.961 --> 00:28:52.864
to make sure
that he didn't have some

571
00:28:52.931 --> 00:28:57.072
serious communicable diseases,
hep C or HIV,

572
00:28:57.139 --> 00:29:00.914
and because of the worry
over whether or not

573
00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.817
he'd picked up
one of these diseases,

574
00:29:02.884 --> 00:29:05.488
he said it
had caused his family

575
00:29:05.556 --> 00:29:07.994
immeasurable stress
and that he just

576
00:29:08.061 --> 00:29:10.933
wanted this guy assassinated.

577
00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.271
♪♪ ♪♪

578
00:29:13.337 --> 00:29:15.342
So Warren was released
from prison

579
00:29:15.408 --> 00:29:18.315
right around Christmas time
and returned back

580
00:29:18.382 --> 00:29:20.753
to his mother's small home
in Palatka.

581
00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:22.456
[soft dramatic music]

582
00:29:22.524 --> 00:29:27.066
He began working
a landscaping job,

583
00:29:27.133 --> 00:29:29.838
trying to stay out of trouble.

584
00:29:29.905 --> 00:29:31.241
He was on probation,

585
00:29:31.308 --> 00:29:34.447
so he's going to
regular probation meetings,

586
00:29:34.515 --> 00:29:36.217
fishing when he can,

587
00:29:36.284 --> 00:29:40.259
just trying to get his life
back to a peaceful state,

588
00:29:40.325 --> 00:29:43.298
but at the same time,
the Ku Klux Klan

589
00:29:43.365 --> 00:29:47.105
is plotting to snatch him up
and murder him.

590
00:29:48.843 --> 00:29:50.412
JOE: I ask the question,

591
00:29:50.479 --> 00:29:52.383
"Do you want him
6 feet under?"

592
00:29:52.449 --> 00:29:54.788
And they said yes.

593
00:29:54.855 --> 00:29:56.926
I said, "OK, brothers,

594
00:29:56.993 --> 00:29:58.997
y'all enjoy the rest
of the evening."

595
00:29:59.063 --> 00:30:01.301
Get in my vehicle,

596
00:30:01.367 --> 00:30:03.806
just running the night
over in my head

597
00:30:03.873 --> 00:30:05.876
over and over and over.

598
00:30:05.943 --> 00:30:08.014
When I got
safely down the road,

599
00:30:08.081 --> 00:30:10.887
I immediately called the FBI
to tell them

600
00:30:10.953 --> 00:30:13.559
that these guys
were prepared to murder.

601
00:30:22.844 --> 00:30:25.415
CHRIS: So December 6...

602
00:30:25.482 --> 00:30:28.756
everything about that
meeting...

603
00:30:28.823 --> 00:30:31.328
was chilling.

604
00:30:31.394 --> 00:30:34.901
It's not illegal to engage
in hateful speech.

605
00:30:34.968 --> 00:30:38.308
What is illegal is to go
from hateful speech

606
00:30:38.375 --> 00:30:42.817
into the planning
of a criminal act,

607
00:30:42.884 --> 00:30:44.688
a violent act.

608
00:30:44.755 --> 00:30:47.861
- And once he hears some talk
about murder,

609
00:30:47.927 --> 00:30:50.265
that's when you need him
to wear a wire?

610
00:30:50.331 --> 00:30:51.500
- Yes.

611
00:30:58.783 --> 00:31:01.989
They've had this conversation
in December.

612
00:31:02.056 --> 00:31:05.395
Now he has to go back,
wearing a wire this time,

613
00:31:05.462 --> 00:31:09.436
and recreate important
parts of that conversation.

614
00:31:19.190 --> 00:31:20.593
PAUL: It's invaluable
to have those recordings

615
00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:24.668
to validate and corroborate
exactly what the informant

616
00:31:24.734 --> 00:31:27.472
is telling us so that we know
precisely the words used.

617
00:31:42.737 --> 00:31:44.841
PAUL: There are many hours
and many meetings.

618
00:31:44.908 --> 00:31:48.582
Countless hours of him
spending time talking with them

619
00:31:48.649 --> 00:31:50.886
so we could try
to keep a good pulse

620
00:31:50.953 --> 00:31:52.623
of what were they thinking.

621
00:32:06.852 --> 00:32:08.756
CHRIS: If you've ever
had a cotton ball

622
00:32:08.822 --> 00:32:12.095
and you try to pull it apart,
if you pull too hard,

623
00:32:12.162 --> 00:32:13.533
it won't come apart.

624
00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:16.037
If you pull easily,
it comes apart.

625
00:32:16.104 --> 00:32:20.613
That's what Joe Moore was able
to do with this organization.

626
00:32:29.698 --> 00:32:31.267
CHRIS:
He never pushed too hard.

627
00:32:31.334 --> 00:32:35.676
He would inquire, listen,
go along with things.

628
00:32:45.229 --> 00:32:47.099
- It was obvious that
they did harbor

629
00:32:47.165 --> 00:32:48.735
racial animosity
toward the victim.

630
00:32:55.248 --> 00:32:56.484
- And the other thing
that was apparent to me

631
00:32:56.552 --> 00:33:00.458
was there was absolute intent
to see this carried out.

632
00:33:16.525 --> 00:33:18.361
PAUL: He's obviously
interacting with

633
00:33:18.428 --> 00:33:20.566
and around people
that have expressed

634
00:33:20.633 --> 00:33:22.235
a clear intent
to commit murder.

635
00:33:22.302 --> 00:33:24.006
If it came out
that Joe was cooperating

636
00:33:24.073 --> 00:33:26.511
and working with the FBI,
we feared his--

637
00:33:26.578 --> 00:33:30.385
his life could very well
be in danger.

638
00:33:30.452 --> 00:33:33.559
- Joe was in danger.
He also had a wife and kids.

639
00:33:33.625 --> 00:33:35.162
- He did.

640
00:33:35.228 --> 00:33:37.499
With sources,
it's a constant challenge

641
00:33:37.567 --> 00:33:40.606
and a struggle, particularly
if they have family,

642
00:33:40.673 --> 00:33:43.044
if they're trying
to lead a normal life.

643
00:33:43.110 --> 00:33:47.520
To have that going on
on the side is--it's tough.

644
00:33:48.455 --> 00:33:50.325
- Make sure they're
all the way over here, love.

645
00:33:50.392 --> 00:33:51.695
[indistinct chatter]

646
00:33:51.762 --> 00:33:53.097
GEORGE: When you're in it,
how do you go

647
00:33:53.164 --> 00:33:55.068
from a cross burning
at night to having breakfast

648
00:33:55.135 --> 00:33:56.705
with your kids
the next morning?

649
00:33:56.772 --> 00:33:57.707
JOE: It's difficult.

650
00:33:57.774 --> 00:33:59.176
With whatever operation

651
00:33:59.243 --> 00:34:00.746
you're conducting
with the FBI,

652
00:34:00.813 --> 00:34:02.683
you still have family life
to deal with.

653
00:34:04.353 --> 00:34:06.057
ZOE: Lord, thank you
for watching over us.

654
00:34:06.123 --> 00:34:08.395
I thank you
for our many blessings.

655
00:34:08.461 --> 00:34:11.801
You know, I always say
everything is for a reason.

656
00:34:11.868 --> 00:34:16.110
And we weren't together
six months when we got engaged.

657
00:34:16.177 --> 00:34:17.479
About six months.

658
00:34:17.547 --> 00:34:19.016
- And we've been together
15 years.

659
00:34:19.083 --> 00:34:20.887
- Yeah, yeah.

660
00:34:20.954 --> 00:34:22.757
[upbeat rock music]

661
00:34:22.824 --> 00:34:24.694
♪♪ ♪♪

662
00:34:24.761 --> 00:34:27.466
JOE: I have four children
in total,

663
00:34:27.534 --> 00:34:30.305
one from a previous marriage.

664
00:34:30.372 --> 00:34:32.209
ZOE: Joe just told me
that there was a man

665
00:34:32.276 --> 00:34:33.712
that they was wanting to kill

666
00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:36.117
and that this was gonna be
some dangerous waters.

667
00:34:36.183 --> 00:34:39.691
He didn't even know what he
was going to be stepping into,

668
00:34:39.758 --> 00:34:41.160
so I was always worried.

669
00:34:41.227 --> 00:34:44.868
- Good job, bud.
Yeah.

670
00:34:44.934 --> 00:34:48.775
I would wonder about
what would happen to my family

671
00:34:48.842 --> 00:34:52.215
if I was discovered
all the time,

672
00:34:52.282 --> 00:34:56.090
every day, every second

673
00:34:56.157 --> 00:34:59.296
of being operational.

674
00:34:59.363 --> 00:35:01.300
- The burden
that it put on me--

675
00:35:01.367 --> 00:35:04.808
and it wasn't just me.
It's our children.

676
00:35:04.874 --> 00:35:08.047
We were worried.

677
00:35:08.114 --> 00:35:09.951
Is he gonna be safe?

678
00:35:10.018 --> 00:35:12.990
Are we gonna be safe?

679
00:35:13.057 --> 00:35:15.930
[soft dramatic music]

680
00:35:15.997 --> 00:35:17.465
JOE: After the holidays,

681
00:35:17.533 --> 00:35:19.202
I got a call
from Charles Newcomb

682
00:35:19.269 --> 00:35:22.910
that he wanted to go
on a reconnaissance.

683
00:35:31.662 --> 00:35:33.765
JOE: It is Charles Newcomb
who, in fact,

684
00:35:33.832 --> 00:35:37.172
did take charge
of the overall operation

685
00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.675
and was essentially
the puppet master

686
00:35:38.742 --> 00:35:40.512
of all the pieces
that were moving.

687
00:35:46.223 --> 00:35:49.664
I was told
by Charles Newcomb

688
00:35:49.731 --> 00:35:53.138
that we were going to surveil
his location

689
00:35:53.204 --> 00:35:58.214
in order to further identify
the plan to murder him.

690
00:36:06.397 --> 00:36:10.740
And I asked him
if Brother David Moran

691
00:36:10.807 --> 00:36:12.375
would be attending.
He said yes.

692
00:36:12.442 --> 00:36:13.645
And I said,
"What about Brother Driver?"

693
00:36:21.662 --> 00:36:25.402
JOE: He said, "Brother Driver
will be working that day."

694
00:36:25.468 --> 00:36:26.905
In the back of my head,
I'm thinking,

695
00:36:26.972 --> 00:36:28.542
"You're making sure
he is working on the day

696
00:36:28.609 --> 00:36:31.213
we're just
doing reconnaissance."

697
00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.985
So there's a little red flag
that popped up for me there.

698
00:36:42.235 --> 00:36:43.672
The morning I left my home,

699
00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:46.644
I had to secretly meet
with the FBI.

700
00:36:48.649 --> 00:36:50.151
JASON:
They had outfitted Joe's truck

701
00:36:50.218 --> 00:36:52.222
with numerous microphones.

702
00:36:52.289 --> 00:36:55.394
And Joe, of course, had
a recording device as well.

703
00:37:02.877 --> 00:37:04.480
GEORGE: What would
have happened to Joe

704
00:37:04.548 --> 00:37:06.450
had they discovered the wire?

705
00:37:06.518 --> 00:37:09.423
- On the surface,
you would think they would

706
00:37:09.490 --> 00:37:12.997
probably react emotionally,
violently.

707
00:37:13.064 --> 00:37:15.401
- Would they have killed him?
- I think so.

708
00:37:25.889 --> 00:37:28.729
I showed up
at Charles Newcomb's home.

709
00:37:28.795 --> 00:37:32.904
And I'm thinking, "OK,
I have to hope for the best,

710
00:37:32.971 --> 00:37:35.876
but I have to expect
the worst."

711
00:37:35.943 --> 00:37:39.149
JASON: The general plan
was to case the area

712
00:37:39.216 --> 00:37:43.693
and get intelligence
for a future drive.

713
00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:47.566
What he'd find out is
that Newcomb had other plans.

714
00:37:55.214 --> 00:37:57.419
JASON: Injecting someone
who's not diabetic

715
00:37:57.485 --> 00:37:59.489
with too much insulin
poisons them.

716
00:37:59.557 --> 00:38:01.661
It kills them.

717
00:38:12.917 --> 00:38:15.789
- They were gonna take him out
on the spot using those drugs.

718
00:38:15.856 --> 00:38:18.695
- They also had thought ahead

719
00:38:18.762 --> 00:38:20.666
how to get rid
of all the evidence.

720
00:38:20.732 --> 00:38:21.668
JOE: Yes.

721
00:38:31.353 --> 00:38:33.826
- So the fishing pole
that day that they introduced

722
00:38:33.893 --> 00:38:36.665
was really to set the scene
to make it look like

723
00:38:36.732 --> 00:38:39.102
it was a normal day,
the victim was out fishing,

724
00:38:39.169 --> 00:38:42.275
and then he had had
a medical condition collapse,

725
00:38:42.342 --> 00:38:43.612
and he was face down
in the water.

726
00:39:04.620 --> 00:39:09.430
- So he puts the fishing gear
in the back of my SUV,

727
00:39:09.496 --> 00:39:13.070
where some of
the FBI equipment is.

728
00:39:13.137 --> 00:39:16.544
And I'm thinking...
- Don't open that.

729
00:39:18.615 --> 00:39:20.418
JOE: David Moran showed up,

730
00:39:20.484 --> 00:39:23.792
and there was
an exchange of firearms.

731
00:39:33.177 --> 00:39:35.582
I was not able
to inform the FBI

732
00:39:35.649 --> 00:39:40.826
of the intent of these guys
to kill Mr. Williams.

733
00:39:40.893 --> 00:39:44.466
- It's easy to watch TV
and believe the FBI is--

734
00:39:44.534 --> 00:39:46.505
is everywhere
and that they're--

735
00:39:46.572 --> 00:39:48.074
that they're in vans
down the street.

736
00:39:48.140 --> 00:39:51.314
The reality is
the idea that we can

737
00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:55.623
have an immediate response--
it's just not feasible.

738
00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:59.564
Joe Moore was out there
operating on his skills,

739
00:39:59.631 --> 00:40:02.703
on his instincts,
on his ability to react.

740
00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:27.352
- They're talking through
how they might even

741
00:40:27.419 --> 00:40:29.222
alternatively dispose
of the body.

742
00:40:37.506 --> 00:40:39.109
JOE: The closer we got
to Palatka,

743
00:40:39.175 --> 00:40:41.614
it's like these guys just--

744
00:40:41.681 --> 00:40:45.087
Moran got more excited.
Newcomb got more serious.

745
00:41:04.326 --> 00:41:06.097
JOE: When we pulled
into Warren's neighborhood,

746
00:41:06.163 --> 00:41:10.071
there were people
walking on the sidewalks,

747
00:41:10.138 --> 00:41:12.543
sitting outside
their front doors.

748
00:41:31.982 --> 00:41:36.457
- Almost immediately,
as we turn on to the road

749
00:41:36.524 --> 00:41:41.366
where Warren Williams lived,
there was an obvious presence

750
00:41:41.433 --> 00:41:44.273
of law enforcement.

751
00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:46.110
CHRIS: Enough
law enforcement presence

752
00:41:46.176 --> 00:41:49.383
was arranged
in that area, visible,

753
00:41:49.449 --> 00:41:52.155
to dissuade them from doing

754
00:41:52.221 --> 00:41:55.027
anything rash and sudden.

755
00:41:56.196 --> 00:41:57.867
JOE: They told me
law enforcement would

756
00:41:57.933 --> 00:42:02.844
be in the area, but I had no
idea what the plan was.

757
00:42:02.910 --> 00:42:05.583
- Now, there's much that
goes on in the background

758
00:42:05.649 --> 00:42:08.187
that we don't necessarily
tell the informant.

759
00:42:10.959 --> 00:42:13.598
JOE: An unmarked vehicle
showed up immediately

760
00:42:13.665 --> 00:42:17.171
and pulled right in behind us.

761
00:42:23.250 --> 00:42:26.858
I saw the expression
on Newcomb's face.

762
00:42:26.925 --> 00:42:28.628
He was ready
to jump into battle,

763
00:42:28.695 --> 00:42:31.635
and I'd be right
in the middle of it.

764
00:42:31.701 --> 00:42:33.404
- You're thinking he could
pull the gun out at any moment?

765
00:42:33.471 --> 00:42:35.241
- Absolutely.

766
00:42:36.110 --> 00:42:38.114
CHRIS: While we're in control
of parts of it there,

767
00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:41.822
we can't control Newcomb
and Moran's reaction.

768
00:42:41.888 --> 00:42:46.163
And it does pose danger
to Joe Moore.

769
00:42:52.175 --> 00:42:55.147
- I kept driving.
I kept my mouth shut.

770
00:42:55.214 --> 00:42:57.987
I turned left,

771
00:42:58.053 --> 00:43:01.093
and that vehicle
stayed right behind us.

772
00:43:01.160 --> 00:43:04.065
Moran kept turning around,
watching them.

773
00:43:09.877 --> 00:43:12.015
JOE: We went around
the block twice,

774
00:43:12.081 --> 00:43:17.058
and that patrol vehicle stayed
behind us the whole time.

775
00:43:17.125 --> 00:43:20.932
Newcomb let out
a breath of exasperation,

776
00:43:20.999 --> 00:43:24.840
as if he was getting
even more pissed.

777
00:43:28.181 --> 00:43:30.018
JOE: It was like I almost
had to have three eyes,

778
00:43:30.085 --> 00:43:33.224
one on Newcomb,
one on the road,

779
00:43:33.290 --> 00:43:35.060
and one on Moran.

780
00:43:46.885 --> 00:43:50.659
I was thinking to myself,
get myself under control,

781
00:43:50.726 --> 00:43:53.798
breathe, focus, observe.

782
00:43:57.773 --> 00:44:00.111
- I put my hand on my sidearm.

783
00:44:00.178 --> 00:44:03.150
I turned right
onto the highway

784
00:44:03.217 --> 00:44:06.256
and drove out,

785
00:44:06.323 --> 00:44:10.164
and that vehicle pulled over
and did a U-turn.

786
00:44:14.974 --> 00:44:19.249
I thought to myself,
"Thank God."

787
00:44:22.823 --> 00:44:25.327
However, Newcomb
was very suspicious.

788
00:44:54.252 --> 00:44:58.360
- What they were planning to do
became more and more

789
00:44:58.427 --> 00:45:00.131
shocking and disturbing.

790
00:45:00.197 --> 00:45:03.370
It was clear
they wanted him killed.

791
00:45:18.034 --> 00:45:19.971
PAUL: And so what we
needed to do was come up

792
00:45:20.037 --> 00:45:23.377
with an alternative
so that it prevented them

793
00:45:23.444 --> 00:45:26.116
from taking
independent action,

794
00:45:26.182 --> 00:45:29.255
and we can ensure the victim
was safe at all times.

795
00:45:32.863 --> 00:45:36.504
LATONYA: Warren did, I think,
almost a year in prison.

796
00:45:36.571 --> 00:45:38.542
And you know,
when he came home,

797
00:45:38.609 --> 00:45:40.011
he told me, he said,

798
00:45:40.078 --> 00:45:42.817
"Mama, ain't nobody
gonna ever hear my story."

799
00:45:42.884 --> 00:45:45.054
I was like, "OK.

800
00:45:45.121 --> 00:45:48.460
Well, sit down
and tell me your story."

801
00:45:48.528 --> 00:45:50.431
[soft dramatic music]

802
00:45:50.498 --> 00:45:52.603
♪♪ ♪♪

803
00:45:52.669 --> 00:45:57.412
WARREN: I believe it was about
three months into my sentence

804
00:45:57.478 --> 00:46:00.986
that I got into
the incident with him.

805
00:46:01.053 --> 00:46:03.925
Some type of feeling
overcame me,

806
00:46:03.992 --> 00:46:07.131
and I took it out on him.

807
00:46:07.198 --> 00:46:09.502
After what I did to him,

808
00:46:09.570 --> 00:46:11.406
he told me
to get on the floor,

809
00:46:11.473 --> 00:46:16.784
and another officer demanded
that he whoop my ass.

810
00:46:16.851 --> 00:46:21.493
Broke my finger,
hit me in the mouth,

811
00:46:21.561 --> 00:46:24.166
hit me in the eye,

812
00:46:24.232 --> 00:46:27.105
and I think he Maced me, too,
in the same eye.

813
00:46:27.171 --> 00:46:28.975
And I was feeling like,
you know,

814
00:46:29.042 --> 00:46:31.914
he might as well
just go ahead and kill me.

815
00:46:31.981 --> 00:46:38.393
♪♪ ♪♪

816
00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:40.966
LATONYA: Warren had went
to probation one day,

817
00:46:41.033 --> 00:46:43.705
and, you know,
he was doing fine.

818
00:46:43.772 --> 00:46:48.247
So he went, and later,

819
00:46:48.314 --> 00:46:51.053
driving with a friend of mine,

820
00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:54.794
and we was at a red light.

821
00:46:54.861 --> 00:46:57.164
♪♪ ♪♪

822
00:46:58.668 --> 00:47:02.075
And this--this van,

823
00:47:02.141 --> 00:47:04.313
you know, waving me down.

824
00:47:04.379 --> 00:47:08.888
The man presented himself.
You know, "We FBI,

825
00:47:08.955 --> 00:47:11.226
And I can't tell you
anything else."

826
00:47:11.293 --> 00:47:14.667
I said, "Well, you don't
have to tell me anything else

827
00:47:14.734 --> 00:47:16.938
because I already know."

828
00:47:17.005 --> 00:47:19.242
I said, "Somebody done
put a hit out on Warren."

829
00:47:19.308 --> 00:47:21.446
PAUL: She spontaneously
just mentioned

830
00:47:21.514 --> 00:47:23.584
that it was those
correctional officers

831
00:47:23.651 --> 00:47:25.989
that had the confrontation
With her son,

832
00:47:26.056 --> 00:47:27.893
and they hadn't gotten
over that.

833
00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.532
We didn't confirm
who was behind it,

834
00:47:30.598 --> 00:47:33.204
but she assumed accurately.

835
00:47:33.270 --> 00:47:35.140
LATONYA: So, you know,
we turned around

836
00:47:35.207 --> 00:47:36.644
and went back to the house.

837
00:47:36.711 --> 00:47:38.480
They said they needed
to get some pictures

838
00:47:38.548 --> 00:47:42.454
that seemed like
that somebody did kill him.

839
00:47:42.522 --> 00:47:44.359
WARREN: You know,
they was telling me

840
00:47:44.426 --> 00:47:48.300
that I have an option
to go with them

841
00:47:48.367 --> 00:47:52.442
because someone was after me.

842
00:47:52.510 --> 00:47:54.212
CHRIS: We need to make sure
you're protected,

843
00:47:54.279 --> 00:47:56.918
and, hey, we need
to stage this murder.

844
00:47:56.984 --> 00:47:58.922
[clock ticking]

845
00:47:58.988 --> 00:48:00.759
Williams was positioned
on the floor

846
00:48:00.826 --> 00:48:03.397
with what appeared to be
gunshot wounds to his chest,

847
00:48:03.464 --> 00:48:06.670
which had been discussed
with Driver.

848
00:48:11.781 --> 00:48:13.184
LATONYA: So you know, they--

849
00:48:13.250 --> 00:48:15.555
they knocked some stuff around
on the floor.

850
00:48:15.622 --> 00:48:20.933
- They poured water on me
like I peed my pants,

851
00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:23.772
and they took a couple photos.

852
00:48:23.838 --> 00:48:25.575
[camera clicking]

853
00:48:29.583 --> 00:48:33.057
And after, we were to leave
and go to a hotel

854
00:48:33.124 --> 00:48:37.566
until the situation
was under wraps.

855
00:48:37.633 --> 00:48:40.773
TERRILL: He had been required
to stage his own death

856
00:48:40.839 --> 00:48:42.977
and was whisked away.

857
00:48:43.043 --> 00:48:47.553
It's--it's just something
that's unimaginable.

858
00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:49.723
[camera clicking]

859
00:49:00.177 --> 00:49:01.948
LATONYA:
When they took Warren,

860
00:49:02.015 --> 00:49:05.655
they didn't tell me
where they was taking him.

861
00:49:07.959 --> 00:49:10.666
It just something
that needed to happen.

862
00:49:10.733 --> 00:49:13.538
[bluesy music]

863
00:49:13.605 --> 00:49:15.876
WARREN: They didn't tell me
exactly who was after me,

864
00:49:15.943 --> 00:49:20.785
because they wouldn't want to
ruin an ongoing investigation.

865
00:49:20.852 --> 00:49:25.662
But I was able to,
you know, just trust them.

866
00:49:25.729 --> 00:49:27.800
♪♪ ♪♪

867
00:49:27.866 --> 00:49:29.903
CHRIS: The more evidence
you can bring

868
00:49:29.970 --> 00:49:32.141
only helps
the prosecution's case.

869
00:49:32.208 --> 00:49:34.680
To round out the case
and prove

870
00:49:34.747 --> 00:49:36.651
that this was more
than just talk,

871
00:49:36.717 --> 00:49:38.721
Joe Moore
was given a photo

872
00:49:38.788 --> 00:49:43.263
to show them and ask again,
"Is this what you wanted?"

873
00:49:44.567 --> 00:49:46.436
JOE: No one told me beforehand

874
00:49:46.504 --> 00:49:49.510
that they were
going to set that up.

875
00:49:49.577 --> 00:49:51.279
♪♪ ♪♪

876
00:49:51.346 --> 00:49:53.952
SINGER:
♪♪ Hell, brimstone ♪♪

877
00:49:54.019 --> 00:49:57.358
♪♪ Fire burn on ♪♪

878
00:49:57.425 --> 00:49:59.697
♪♪ This is the fire ♪♪

879
00:49:59.764 --> 00:50:03.170
♪♪ ♪♪

880
00:50:03.237 --> 00:50:04.840
GEORGE:
The FBI hands you a phone

881
00:50:04.907 --> 00:50:07.211
with a picture of
Warren Williams on the ground.

882
00:50:07.278 --> 00:50:08.581
What did you think
when you saw that?

883
00:50:08.648 --> 00:50:13.624
JOE: I'm thinking...
I failed.

884
00:50:13.691 --> 00:50:15.596
And then they
sort of snickered

885
00:50:15.662 --> 00:50:16.597
and laughed and said,

886
00:50:16.664 --> 00:50:18.166
"It's just
a staged death scene.

887
00:50:18.233 --> 00:50:20.839
We wanted to see
how effective it was."

888
00:50:20.906 --> 00:50:23.244
♪♪ ♪♪

889
00:50:23.310 --> 00:50:25.414
- And what did the FBI ask you
to do with that photo?

890
00:50:25.481 --> 00:50:29.288
- I was to present this photo
to the three guys,

891
00:50:29.355 --> 00:50:31.059
as I was the hit man.

892
00:50:31.126 --> 00:50:33.964
I did this job to sort of

893
00:50:34.031 --> 00:50:36.270
give the defendants a chance

894
00:50:36.336 --> 00:50:40.144
to say they really

895
00:50:40.211 --> 00:50:43.150
didn't intend this,

896
00:50:43.216 --> 00:50:46.824
or to suggest that, yes,
this is what they wanted.

897
00:50:46.891 --> 00:50:49.563
♪♪ ♪♪

898
00:50:55.642 --> 00:50:58.146
JASON: He was outfitted
with a secret video camera.

899
00:50:58.213 --> 00:51:02.021
And he knows
that his life is in danger.

900
00:51:02.087 --> 00:51:05.796
He's seen what
these men are capable of.

901
00:51:05.862 --> 00:51:07.967
They would kill him
if they found

902
00:51:08.033 --> 00:51:09.737
that he was wearing a wire.

903
00:51:09.804 --> 00:51:12.809
♪♪ ♪♪

904
00:51:12.876 --> 00:51:16.483
JOE: I made messages
for my wife and children.

905
00:51:16.551 --> 00:51:18.153
- In case something
happened to you?

906
00:51:18.220 --> 00:51:19.623
- Because every day,

907
00:51:19.690 --> 00:51:21.927
there's a chance
I wasn't coming home.

908
00:51:21.994 --> 00:51:24.032
- What were they?

909
00:51:24.098 --> 00:51:28.274
- The last words that

910
00:51:28.340 --> 00:51:31.881
I felt they wanted to hear
from me.

911
00:51:31.948 --> 00:51:33.551
♪♪ ♪♪

912
00:51:33.618 --> 00:51:37.759
GEORGE: So what happened when
you showed them the phone?

913
00:51:37.826 --> 00:51:40.464
JOE: When I drove
to meet with David Moran

914
00:51:40.532 --> 00:51:43.369
to show him the photo,
I had a little bit of time

915
00:51:43.436 --> 00:51:45.675
to get into character slowly

916
00:51:45.742 --> 00:51:49.683
and think about
what I had to do.

917
00:51:49.750 --> 00:51:52.354
♪♪ ♪♪

918
00:52:04.412 --> 00:52:08.353
Moran was known for being

919
00:52:08.420 --> 00:52:10.692
an extremely
dangerous person,

920
00:52:10.758 --> 00:52:13.865
beating prisoners to within
an inch of their life,

921
00:52:13.932 --> 00:52:19.408
and I was very worried
about showing him the photo.

922
00:52:30.999 --> 00:52:34.706
- He was excited and gleeful,

923
00:52:34.773 --> 00:52:36.342
and I thought to myself,

924
00:52:36.409 --> 00:52:39.482
"How disgusting
can someone be?"

925
00:52:39.550 --> 00:52:42.388
But I just had
to maintain my composure,

926
00:52:42.455 --> 00:52:44.392
maintain my character.

927
00:52:46.730 --> 00:52:49.368
- Don't interject,
and let him do the talking.

928
00:53:10.845 --> 00:53:13.316
[engine turns over]

929
00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:25.374
JOE: It was upsetting,
but I can't dwell on that.

930
00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:29.015
I can't quit.
That's not an option.

931
00:53:29.082 --> 00:53:32.021
It's on me to make this case.

932
00:53:32.087 --> 00:53:34.994
JASON: At this point,
Joe is so deep in this case.

933
00:53:35.060 --> 00:53:38.233
Even with all the stress,
there's a job to finish.

934
00:53:43.177 --> 00:53:45.147
JOE: I met with Thomas Driver

935
00:53:45.213 --> 00:53:49.122
at a parking lot
of a shopping mall

936
00:53:49.188 --> 00:53:51.292
in Lake City, Florida.

937
00:53:52.862 --> 00:53:57.639
Since this particular case
started with him,

938
00:53:57.706 --> 00:54:00.477
it needed his approval.

939
00:54:18.080 --> 00:54:21.621
- If Thomas Driver had said
that he didn't want

940
00:54:21.687 --> 00:54:23.525
the target, Williams, dead,

941
00:54:23.591 --> 00:54:25.862
the entire case
would have fell apart.

942
00:54:47.839 --> 00:54:49.977
[chuckles]

943
00:54:50.044 --> 00:54:54.051
JOE: He appeared to get
the blood that he wanted.

944
00:55:02.802 --> 00:55:05.975
When I got back
into the vehicle...

945
00:55:09.014 --> 00:55:12.088
I felt a huge relief.

946
00:55:12.154 --> 00:55:14.860
[dramatic music]

947
00:55:14.927 --> 00:55:19.703
However, when I had to go meet
with Charles Newcomb,

948
00:55:19.769 --> 00:55:22.509
that was probably
the most intense meeting.

949
00:55:22.576 --> 00:55:24.980
♪♪ ♪♪

950
00:55:25.047 --> 00:55:27.117
He was certainly
the ringleader

951
00:55:27.184 --> 00:55:30.892
and probably the most driven
of the three.

952
00:55:30.959 --> 00:55:33.664
♪♪ ♪♪

953
00:55:46.389 --> 00:55:51.266
Newcomb was so meticulous
and had an attention to detail.

954
00:55:51.332 --> 00:55:53.403
It was alarming.

955
00:56:00.518 --> 00:56:02.822
JOE:
Charles Newcomb was perhaps

956
00:56:02.889 --> 00:56:05.761
most likely to ask
a dangerous question.

957
00:56:13.476 --> 00:56:18.019
I expected him to ask,
"Where's the body?"

958
00:56:27.038 --> 00:56:30.010
Because there's
a guy murdered.

959
00:56:30.077 --> 00:56:32.347
We don't see anything
about it in the news.

960
00:56:32.414 --> 00:56:34.151
Where's the body?

961
00:56:49.281 --> 00:56:51.052
I had to come up with a way

962
00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:54.860
to get him off of
his normal thought processes.

963
00:56:54.927 --> 00:56:58.467
And I thought,
"OK, what can I do?"

964
00:56:58.534 --> 00:57:01.841
I can pretend to be sick,

965
00:57:01.907 --> 00:57:04.445
had powder on my face
to look like I was pale.

966
00:57:10.792 --> 00:57:12.896
He looked at me,
and I kind of tried

967
00:57:12.963 --> 00:57:16.469
to look like I was tired
and exhausted.

968
00:57:27.992 --> 00:57:32.836
- I keep telling myself,
"Breathe, focus, listen,

969
00:57:32.903 --> 00:57:36.677
breathe, focus, listen."

970
00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:54.813
JOE: The moment
where Charles Newcomb

971
00:57:54.880 --> 00:57:58.020
became happy with it,
I thought to myself,

972
00:57:58.086 --> 00:58:00.591
"Thank God."

973
00:58:00.658 --> 00:58:04.031
I have reached that crest.

974
00:58:08.005 --> 00:58:10.778
But I had seen
so many false peaks

975
00:58:10.845 --> 00:58:15.420
that I questioned myself,
"Is this really the end?"

976
00:58:16.289 --> 00:58:18.126
REPORTER:
Shocking case coming to light.

977
00:58:18.193 --> 00:58:20.598
Three KKK members,
who are current

978
00:58:20.665 --> 00:58:22.134
and former
Florida corrections...

979
00:58:22.201 --> 00:58:23.738
REPORTER:
The Attorney General,

980
00:58:23.805 --> 00:58:25.207
Pam Bondi, was fired up
about these arrests.

981
00:58:25.274 --> 00:58:26.943
- Hey, guys.

982
00:58:30.383 --> 00:58:32.922
ANTWAN: Up at
Charlotte Correctional,

983
00:58:32.989 --> 00:58:35.060
that's the prison
I went home from,

984
00:58:35.127 --> 00:58:37.431
you know,
the 6:00 news came on.

985
00:58:37.498 --> 00:58:39.101
So I'm like,
"Man, what is that?"

986
00:58:39.168 --> 00:58:41.707
- Today, in conjunction
with the FBI,

987
00:58:41.774 --> 00:58:43.443
three defendants were charged,

988
00:58:43.511 --> 00:58:46.817
all with conspiracy
to commit first-degree murder.

989
00:58:46.884 --> 00:58:48.821
ANTWAN: They showed the
pictures of the officers.

990
00:58:48.888 --> 00:58:50.357
And I recognized chief.

991
00:58:50.423 --> 00:58:53.430
I said, "That's Chief.
Man, what the hell?"

992
00:58:53.496 --> 00:58:55.100
And then I heard the story.

993
00:58:55.167 --> 00:58:57.304
PAM: All three were employees

994
00:58:57.371 --> 00:58:59.442
of the Department
of Corrections

995
00:58:59.510 --> 00:59:03.517
and are known alleged members

996
00:59:03.584 --> 00:59:05.822
of the Ku Klux Klan.

997
00:59:05.889 --> 00:59:07.992
- So it was--[chuckles]
I went through

998
00:59:08.059 --> 00:59:09.829
all the emotions
sitting there watching this.

999
00:59:09.896 --> 00:59:12.602
I'm not gonna lie,
my first thought was,

1000
00:59:12.669 --> 00:59:14.238
"These guards,
they done went crazy now."

1001
00:59:14.305 --> 00:59:16.308
- And, again, no one
has been convicted yet.

1002
00:59:16.375 --> 00:59:17.979
These are pending charges,

1003
00:59:18.045 --> 00:59:21.452
but the facts
of this case are despicable.

1004
00:59:21.520 --> 00:59:24.425
[soft dramatic music]

1005
00:59:24.492 --> 00:59:26.062
♪♪ ♪♪

1006
00:59:26.129 --> 00:59:29.334
WARREN: I saw that the
officers had gotten arrested.

1007
00:59:31.372 --> 00:59:34.980
I knew that
everything had worked out.

1008
00:59:35.046 --> 00:59:37.919
It was time
for me to go back home.

1009
00:59:39.723 --> 00:59:41.693
JOE: After Driver,
Newcomb, and Moran

1010
00:59:41.760 --> 00:59:44.165
were taken into custody...

1011
00:59:44.231 --> 00:59:48.373
my wife, my children,
and I were taken

1012
00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:49.609
into protective custody.

1013
00:59:49.676 --> 00:59:52.214
- The FBI had called us,
and they said

1014
00:59:52.281 --> 00:59:55.822
to get what you need
and you have to leave.

1015
00:59:55.888 --> 00:59:59.729
So fit everything that you can
into your car, and that's it.

1016
00:59:59.796 --> 01:00:02.233
♪♪ ♪♪

1017
01:00:02.300 --> 01:00:05.206
JOE: It's an incredibly
emotional feeling.

1018
01:00:07.378 --> 01:00:12.287
But I had to struggle
with this character

1019
01:00:12.354 --> 01:00:16.062
that I had been
for so many years.

1020
01:00:16.129 --> 01:00:18.800
You try to get back
to your life,

1021
01:00:18.867 --> 01:00:23.176
but it becomes
more and more difficult...

1022
01:00:23.243 --> 01:00:28.152
to discard or insulate
yourself from that character.

1023
01:00:28.219 --> 01:00:32.829
♪♪ ♪♪

1024
01:00:32.896 --> 01:00:34.666
- Joe being undercover
for so long,

1025
01:00:34.732 --> 01:00:36.670
it just--it takes a toll.

1026
01:00:36.737 --> 01:00:39.943
I was ready to start over new.

1027
01:00:45.386 --> 01:00:47.324
CHRIS:
The arrests occur in April.

1028
01:00:47.391 --> 01:00:51.499
And then two years later,
a trial.

1029
01:00:51.567 --> 01:00:52.735
Now Joe Moore

1030
01:00:52.802 --> 01:00:54.071
is going to testify

1031
01:00:54.137 --> 01:00:56.543
as the key state's witness.

1032
01:00:56.610 --> 01:01:00.416
JASON: Driver got a reduced,
four-year sentence

1033
01:01:00.483 --> 01:01:03.924
after entering a guilty plea
to a lesser charge.

1034
01:01:03.991 --> 01:01:07.532
Both Moran and Newcomb

1035
01:01:07.598 --> 01:01:11.272
stood trial for conspiracy
to commit murder.

1036
01:01:11.339 --> 01:01:13.109
LATONYA:
We got in the courthouse.

1037
01:01:13.176 --> 01:01:15.213
They had FBI agents there.

1038
01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:17.552
They had
so many polices there,

1039
01:01:17.619 --> 01:01:19.689
and Warren, he was all right.

1040
01:01:19.756 --> 01:01:23.831
He don't show
a lot of emotions.

1041
01:01:23.898 --> 01:01:26.335
He just hold 'em in.

1042
01:01:26.402 --> 01:01:30.645
♪♪ ♪♪

1043
01:01:30.712 --> 01:01:33.717
JOE: The defense in this case
was not able to attack

1044
01:01:33.784 --> 01:01:36.288
the facts of the case.

1045
01:01:50.016 --> 01:01:53.055
They couldn't deny the fact

1046
01:01:53.122 --> 01:01:55.995
of Williams
as being the victim.

1047
01:01:56.061 --> 01:01:59.970
The only thing
they could attack was me.

1048
01:02:00.037 --> 01:02:02.942
[tense music]

1049
01:02:03.009 --> 01:02:05.080
♪♪ ♪♪

1050
01:02:05.147 --> 01:02:08.386
- You got paid by the FBI?
- Yes.

1051
01:02:08.453 --> 01:02:09.689
- How much?

1052
01:02:09.756 --> 01:02:13.362
- For the 10-year span,

1053
01:02:13.429 --> 01:02:16.001
somewhere over $100,000.

1054
01:02:16.068 --> 01:02:18.439
GEORGE: And at the trial...
JOE: Yes.

1055
01:02:18.507 --> 01:02:21.112
GEORGE: The defense tried
to make an issue of this?

1056
01:02:21.178 --> 01:02:22.481
- Yes.

1057
01:02:22.548 --> 01:02:24.452
- But you say you weren't doing
this for the money.

1058
01:02:24.520 --> 01:02:25.654
- I was not.

1059
01:02:25.721 --> 01:02:27.357
At one point,
I actually told the FBI,

1060
01:02:27.424 --> 01:02:30.330
"Don't pay me anything.
Just cover expenses."

1061
01:02:30.397 --> 01:02:33.870
- The concept that Joe Moore
would not have been paid

1062
01:02:33.937 --> 01:02:36.242
or his payments were contingent

1063
01:02:36.308 --> 01:02:40.951
on positive reporting
or results is just a fallacy.

1064
01:02:41.018 --> 01:02:44.124
If his payments
were dependent on arrests

1065
01:02:44.191 --> 01:02:46.930
or successful operations,

1066
01:02:46.997 --> 01:02:50.705
then we wouldn't have been
paying him up to that point.

1067
01:02:50.772 --> 01:02:54.712
- Defense also tried to argue
that your mental-health issues

1068
01:02:54.779 --> 01:02:57.284
made you an unreliable witness.

1069
01:02:57.351 --> 01:02:59.823
- That's fine.

1070
01:02:59.889 --> 01:03:02.127
Prove it.

1071
01:03:02.194 --> 01:03:06.001
- Not one element
of his mental-health struggles

1072
01:03:06.068 --> 01:03:07.772
dealt with truthfulness,

1073
01:03:07.839 --> 01:03:10.745
and they can say
his truthfulness

1074
01:03:10.812 --> 01:03:12.649
was suspect all they want.

1075
01:03:12.715 --> 01:03:15.554
Tapes don't lie.

1076
01:03:15.621 --> 01:03:18.059
JASON: Joe weathered
the cross-examination well,

1077
01:03:18.125 --> 01:03:20.898
and the jury found him
credible enough

1078
01:03:20.964 --> 01:03:23.871
to find these men guilty.

1079
01:03:23.937 --> 01:03:27.845
Moran and Newcomb were
sentenced to 12 years each.

1080
01:03:27.912 --> 01:03:29.850
LATONYA:
And I thank God for it,

1081
01:03:29.916 --> 01:03:31.686
and I thank God
for the informant

1082
01:03:31.753 --> 01:03:33.456
that told his story,

1083
01:03:33.524 --> 01:03:36.362
that put his life
on the line for us,

1084
01:03:36.429 --> 01:03:40.103
because this could
have been so wrong.

1085
01:03:40.169 --> 01:03:42.407
It could have been so wrong.

1086
01:03:47.083 --> 01:03:49.556
[instrumental hip-hop beat]

1087
01:03:49.623 --> 01:03:53.196
JASON: For Warren,
even though that plot

1088
01:03:53.263 --> 01:03:55.334
was foiled and these men
were put in prison,

1089
01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:59.208
he lives with a constant fear
that someone's gonna come

1090
01:03:59.275 --> 01:04:02.247
and finish what
their Klan brothers couldn't.

1091
01:04:02.314 --> 01:04:03.951
LATONYA:
People know who we are,

1092
01:04:04.018 --> 01:04:07.157
but we don't know
who all they are.

1093
01:04:07.224 --> 01:04:08.727
TERRILL:
And so he found himself

1094
01:04:08.794 --> 01:04:11.232
just stuck in the house
and looking out the window

1095
01:04:11.299 --> 01:04:14.004
and making sure
no strange cars were around.

1096
01:04:14.071 --> 01:04:16.710
And that's a very difficult
place to be

1097
01:04:16.777 --> 01:04:19.716
for years, for a lifetime.

1098
01:04:19.783 --> 01:04:22.254
WARREN: I kind of like
being alone more,

1099
01:04:22.321 --> 01:04:27.063
but I try not to have
too many friends because...

1100
01:04:27.130 --> 01:04:30.904
I really can't trust
everybody in the world.

1101
01:04:30.971 --> 01:04:34.546
LATONYA: He will sit
in the house and make beats,

1102
01:04:34.612 --> 01:04:36.616
He write poems.

1103
01:04:37.952 --> 01:04:41.225
He's more into poetry
and music.

1104
01:04:41.292 --> 01:04:44.465
I don't really think
he even talk to people.

1105
01:04:44.533 --> 01:04:47.003
You know,
it was hard for him

1106
01:04:47.070 --> 01:04:50.243
to come out the house.

1107
01:04:50.309 --> 01:04:52.080
Warren hasn't been fishing.

1108
01:04:52.146 --> 01:04:55.487
- That serenity
has totally been shattered

1109
01:04:55.555 --> 01:04:58.392
because that thing
that he loves to do

1110
01:04:58.459 --> 01:05:01.933
was part of the plan
of the Klan to kill him.

1111
01:05:02.000 --> 01:05:04.906
[soft dramatic music]

1112
01:05:04.973 --> 01:05:07.410
♪♪ ♪♪

1113
01:05:07.477 --> 01:05:09.549
I had one very simple question
after reporting

1114
01:05:09.616 --> 01:05:13.055
this story for Florida's
corrections officials.

1115
01:05:13.122 --> 01:05:15.193
If you know
that there were Klansmen

1116
01:05:15.260 --> 01:05:16.997
working in one of your prisons,

1117
01:05:17.064 --> 01:05:18.266
what have you done

1118
01:05:18.333 --> 01:05:19.836
to investigate whether or not

1119
01:05:19.903 --> 01:05:23.309
this is a wider problem?

1120
01:05:23.375 --> 01:05:26.683
And I was told by them
that there was no indication

1121
01:05:26.750 --> 01:05:29.523
or evidence that would lead
to a wider investigation.

1122
01:05:29.589 --> 01:05:32.127
I know that's not true
in a couple of ways.

1123
01:05:32.193 --> 01:05:35.801
One, Joe Moore told me
that he had evidence

1124
01:05:35.868 --> 01:05:37.638
that other members of the Klan

1125
01:05:37.705 --> 01:05:39.843
had also worked
at that same prison.

1126
01:05:39.910 --> 01:05:41.580
JOE:
As Grand Nighthawk,

1127
01:05:41.647 --> 01:05:45.153
I had access
to membership lists,

1128
01:05:45.220 --> 01:05:46.990
and that information
was vetted.

1129
01:05:47.056 --> 01:05:51.298
This list has not only
Thomas Driver,

1130
01:05:51.365 --> 01:05:54.271
David Moran, and
Charles Newcomb on the list,

1131
01:05:54.338 --> 01:05:56.976
it has other
law enforcement officers

1132
01:05:57.043 --> 01:05:58.847
on the list as well.

1133
01:05:58.914 --> 01:06:01.151
JASON: Beyond Joe's list,
my investigation

1134
01:06:01.218 --> 01:06:03.924
found numerous
more recent cases

1135
01:06:03.991 --> 01:06:05.861
of Florida prison guards

1136
01:06:05.928 --> 01:06:08.734
who are suspected members
of white supremacist groups

1137
01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:11.038
at prisons throughout
the state of Florida,

1138
01:06:11.104 --> 01:06:13.977
not just the Florida Reception
and Medical Center.

1139
01:06:14.044 --> 01:06:17.317
This is QAnon symbolism here.

1140
01:06:17.384 --> 01:06:20.156
It's like a "Punisher."

1141
01:06:20.223 --> 01:06:24.364
If you drive to
the parking lot of the prison

1142
01:06:24.431 --> 01:06:27.404
where these Klansmen work,
you will see

1143
01:06:27.470 --> 01:06:30.511
symbols that are used
by white supremacist groups

1144
01:06:30.577 --> 01:06:32.882
slapped on as stickers
on the cars

1145
01:06:32.948 --> 01:06:34.653
in the employee parking lot,

1146
01:06:34.719 --> 01:06:37.257
and you would think that
as somebody who works

1147
01:06:37.324 --> 01:06:40.096
for a state institution,
those types of symbols,

1148
01:06:40.163 --> 01:06:41.967
while covered
by the First Amendment,

1149
01:06:42.033 --> 01:06:43.804
would still be frowned upon.

1150
01:06:43.870 --> 01:06:45.641
There's
an institutional indifference

1151
01:06:45.708 --> 01:06:47.343
by the Department
of Corrections

1152
01:06:47.410 --> 01:06:51.018
to my questions and
to this problem as a whole.

1153
01:06:51.085 --> 01:06:53.757
And we know this is just not
a Florida problem.

1154
01:06:53.823 --> 01:06:56.630
It's just not
a correctional problem.

1155
01:06:56.697 --> 01:06:58.700
- White nationalists
are seeing it as their time.

1156
01:06:58.767 --> 01:07:00.705
[people chanting]

1157
01:07:00.771 --> 01:07:03.877
[impacts, people screaming,
tires screeching]

1158
01:07:03.944 --> 01:07:06.282
MERRICK: The top domestic
violent extremist threat

1159
01:07:06.348 --> 01:07:08.553
we face comes from racially

1160
01:07:08.620 --> 01:07:11.359
or ethnically motivated
violent extremists,

1161
01:07:11.425 --> 01:07:14.833
specifically those who advocate
for the superiority

1162
01:07:14.900 --> 01:07:16.035
of the white race.

1163
01:07:16.102 --> 01:07:18.507
JASON: Louisiana...

1164
01:07:18.574 --> 01:07:20.242
- Tonight
a Lake Arthur police officer

1165
01:07:20.309 --> 01:07:22.781
is out of a job over
a controversial picture...

1166
01:07:22.848 --> 01:07:24.952
REPORTER: Taken at
a Ku Klux Klan meeting.

1167
01:07:25.019 --> 01:07:26.188
- Michigan...

1168
01:07:26.255 --> 01:07:27.892
- Muskegon police officer
is now on leave

1169
01:07:27.959 --> 01:07:30.698
after KKK memorabilia
was discovered in his home.

1170
01:07:30.764 --> 01:07:32.033
- Ohio...

1171
01:07:32.100 --> 01:07:33.904
- The Sheffield Lake
police chief has resigned

1172
01:07:33.971 --> 01:07:37.444
after video emerged
of him placing KKK imagery

1173
01:07:37.511 --> 01:07:40.884
on a raincoat
belonging to a Black officer.

1174
01:07:40.951 --> 01:07:44.425
JASON: So the Klan is also
evolving and morphing,

1175
01:07:44.491 --> 01:07:48.199
often joining up
with other more modern groups.

1176
01:07:48.266 --> 01:07:50.470
all: [shouting indistinctly]
Stop the steal!

1177
01:07:50.538 --> 01:07:52.107
GREG: From the Proud Boys
to the Oath Keepers

1178
01:07:52.173 --> 01:07:53.510
to the Klan,

1179
01:07:53.577 --> 01:07:56.850
that ribbon of racial identity
or white supremacy

1180
01:07:56.916 --> 01:07:58.253
runs through all of them.

1181
01:07:58.319 --> 01:08:00.256
PERSON:
You fucking traitors!

1182
01:08:00.323 --> 01:08:03.262
GREG: These groups are trying
to recruit law enforcement,

1183
01:08:03.328 --> 01:08:05.635
and they're using
and twisting these symbols.

1184
01:08:05.701 --> 01:08:07.838
CHRIS: They're armed.
They've had training.

1185
01:08:07.905 --> 01:08:10.678
They have access
to confidential information.

1186
01:08:10.744 --> 01:08:12.347
GREG:
When we talk about extremism

1187
01:08:12.414 --> 01:08:14.118
within law enforcement,

1188
01:08:14.184 --> 01:08:15.821
I've heard 1%.
I've heard 2%.

1189
01:08:15.888 --> 01:08:19.696
Nobody wants to hear, "It's OK.
I have 2% cancer."

1190
01:08:19.762 --> 01:08:21.767
It's going to spread.

1191
01:08:21.834 --> 01:08:24.505
JASON: The states that have
tried to implement screening

1192
01:08:24.572 --> 01:08:27.311
have come against
the correctional guards unions,

1193
01:08:27.377 --> 01:08:29.348
and they're powerful.

1194
01:08:29.415 --> 01:08:30.617
You see in the federal level,

1195
01:08:30.684 --> 01:08:32.721
hearings and discussions,
at least,

1196
01:08:32.788 --> 01:08:35.359
of these types of problems,
but at the state level,

1197
01:08:35.426 --> 01:08:37.899
they're not seemed
to be taken very seriously.

1198
01:08:37.965 --> 01:08:40.403
[indistinct shouting]

1199
01:08:40.470 --> 01:08:42.775
TERRILL: And it's something
that has to stop.

1200
01:08:42.841 --> 01:08:45.747
Until America decides

1201
01:08:45.814 --> 01:08:48.152
to live its creed...

1202
01:08:48.218 --> 01:08:51.459
and face up to its flaws,

1203
01:08:51.526 --> 01:08:53.362
there will continue
to be stories

1204
01:08:53.429 --> 01:08:55.232
that shock the conscience.

1205
01:09:03.015 --> 01:09:05.754
JASON: After the trial,
Joe's identity

1206
01:09:05.821 --> 01:09:07.457
is now discoverable

1207
01:09:07.524 --> 01:09:09.729
because he testified
in open court.

1208
01:09:09.796 --> 01:09:11.833
- It's the last goal
of the Bureau,

1209
01:09:11.900 --> 01:09:14.772
or any law enforcement,
is to expose your informants.

1210
01:09:14.839 --> 01:09:20.283
Is it the case in some states
and jurisdictions?

1211
01:09:20.350 --> 01:09:23.055
Sometimes you're required to.

1212
01:09:23.122 --> 01:09:25.895
- He is responsible
for putting away

1213
01:09:25.961 --> 01:09:28.031
members of the Ku Klux Klan.

1214
01:09:28.098 --> 01:09:32.274
It's a betrayal,
not only of his Klan oath

1215
01:09:32.340 --> 01:09:33.643
from the Klan point of view,

1216
01:09:33.710 --> 01:09:38.152
but also these men
who he'd befriended.

1217
01:09:38.219 --> 01:09:40.289
The FBI gave him
and his family

1218
01:09:40.356 --> 01:09:41.926
a new identity, new names

1219
01:09:41.993 --> 01:09:44.431
and put him
into Witness Protection.

1220
01:09:44.497 --> 01:09:46.435
But at some point,

1221
01:09:46.502 --> 01:09:49.041
someone who is affiliated
with the Klan contacted Joe

1222
01:09:49.108 --> 01:09:51.513
and said,
"We know where you are."

1223
01:09:51.580 --> 01:09:53.883
JOE: We have had
representatives

1224
01:09:53.950 --> 01:09:55.554
from the KKK come
to our house,

1225
01:09:55.621 --> 01:09:57.791
let us know
they know where we live.

1226
01:09:57.858 --> 01:10:01.966
We've had supporters of KKK
contact us on our phones.

1227
01:10:03.803 --> 01:10:06.041
I have no choice
but to come out and speak

1228
01:10:06.108 --> 01:10:07.678
to the general public

1229
01:10:07.745 --> 01:10:10.383
in an effort to try
to bring light to the issues

1230
01:10:10.450 --> 01:10:12.955
that I uncovered
when I was undercover.

1231
01:10:14.725 --> 01:10:18.199
If something
were to happen to me

1232
01:10:18.266 --> 01:10:20.403
because of the threats,

1233
01:10:20.470 --> 01:10:22.908
I needed the world
to know the truth.

1234
01:10:24.444 --> 01:10:26.348
ZOE: So the youngest
doesn't grasp

1235
01:10:26.415 --> 01:10:29.154
what Daddy has really done,

1236
01:10:29.221 --> 01:10:32.027
but as far
as my two older children,

1237
01:10:32.094 --> 01:10:36.302
they look
at my husband as a hero.

1238
01:10:36.368 --> 01:10:38.908
- You recently met
Warren Williams.

1239
01:10:38.974 --> 01:10:41.478
JOE: Yes, I did.

1240
01:10:41.546 --> 01:10:44.585
[soft dramatic music]

1241
01:10:44.652 --> 01:10:47.357
How you doing, Warren?
Nice to finally meet you.

1242
01:10:47.424 --> 01:10:48.560
- Nice to meet you, too.

1243
01:10:48.627 --> 01:10:50.029
- Thank you so much
for coming over.

1244
01:10:50.096 --> 01:10:52.301
- I'd like to say thank you
for what you did for me.

1245
01:10:52.367 --> 01:10:54.037
- You got it, man.
You got it.

1246
01:10:54.104 --> 01:10:55.507
- Thank you.

1247
01:10:57.009 --> 01:10:59.849
JOE:
When I met Warren Williams...

1248
01:11:01.886 --> 01:11:03.389
I...

1249
01:11:03.456 --> 01:11:05.861
I was fighting back the tears.

1250
01:11:05.927 --> 01:11:08.833
You just want to open
that gate right there for me?

1251
01:11:08.900 --> 01:11:13.811
Warren and I,
we both like to fish.

1252
01:11:13.877 --> 01:11:15.914
I could see
that when he's fishing,

1253
01:11:15.981 --> 01:11:18.920
he's just--
it's just him and nature.

1254
01:11:18.987 --> 01:11:22.628
♪♪ ♪♪

1255
01:11:22.695 --> 01:11:26.603
And it's just mind-blowing

1256
01:11:26.669 --> 01:11:31.078
how people can have
so much disdain

1257
01:11:31.144 --> 01:11:33.316
for a fellow human being,

1258
01:11:33.382 --> 01:11:36.622
certainly one
as such as Warren is.

1259
01:11:39.361 --> 01:11:41.465
- Can I ask
a personal question?

1260
01:11:41.533 --> 01:11:43.102
- Sure.
- It's not towards you.

1261
01:11:43.169 --> 01:11:47.344
- Oh, you can ask me anything.
- It has to do with me.

1262
01:11:47.410 --> 01:11:48.746
- OK.

1263
01:11:48.813 --> 01:11:53.355
- No matter who you are,
no matter how old you are,

1264
01:11:53.422 --> 01:11:55.260
you don't always
make good decisions.

1265
01:11:55.326 --> 01:11:56.629
- Uh-huh.

1266
01:11:56.696 --> 01:12:00.270
- Someone has to be there
to protect you.

1267
01:12:00.336 --> 01:12:04.712
Through thick and thin,
somebody should be there...

1268
01:12:04.778 --> 01:12:05.881
right?

1269
01:12:05.947 --> 01:12:07.584
- Like...

1270
01:12:07.651 --> 01:12:11.993
having somebody
you can go to for advice...

1271
01:12:12.059 --> 01:12:14.097
or...

1272
01:12:14.164 --> 01:12:16.168
- The kind of person you are.

1273
01:12:16.235 --> 01:12:18.172
- Oh.
[chuckles]

1274
01:12:18.238 --> 01:12:21.145
So, in your situation,

1275
01:12:21.211 --> 01:12:24.484
you were not treated fairly.

1276
01:12:24.552 --> 01:12:27.390
There were so many things
wrong with that.

1277
01:12:27.456 --> 01:12:29.962
And...

1278
01:12:30.029 --> 01:12:32.701
I sympathize with things

1279
01:12:32.768 --> 01:12:35.039
that you might
have gone through,

1280
01:12:35.105 --> 01:12:37.711
and...

1281
01:12:37.778 --> 01:12:40.049
it's not any more complicated
than that.

1282
01:12:40.116 --> 01:12:42.888
[tender music]

1283
01:12:42.955 --> 01:12:44.959
LATONYA: Warren have
a beautiful soul.

1284
01:12:45.026 --> 01:12:46.294
He do.

1285
01:12:46.361 --> 01:12:48.299
He's a great person.

1286
01:12:48.365 --> 01:12:49.902
I raised Warren

1287
01:12:49.969 --> 01:12:52.741
to be the man that I would want
to marry one day.

1288
01:12:52.808 --> 01:12:55.379
[laughs]
And he is.

1289
01:12:55.446 --> 01:12:57.317
He is.

1290
01:12:57.383 --> 01:12:58.887
JOE:
All right.

1291
01:12:58.954 --> 01:13:01.859
There you go, buddy--
a little one-pounder.

1292
01:13:01.926 --> 01:13:03.597
LATONYA:
I want him

1293
01:13:03.664 --> 01:13:07.671
to at least try
to move on with his life...

1294
01:13:07.738 --> 01:13:10.443
but I don't know
if that will ever happen.

1295
01:13:10.511 --> 01:13:13.148
♪♪ ♪♪

1296
01:13:13.215 --> 01:13:17.925
TERRILL: But I think he's
found a way to continue on.

1297
01:13:17.992 --> 01:13:21.332
He'll be able to talk
about his experiences

1298
01:13:21.398 --> 01:13:23.102
through poetry.

1299
01:13:23.169 --> 01:13:25.139
♪♪ ♪♪

1300
01:13:25.206 --> 01:13:27.812
WARREN: "Love is trust.
Love is compromise.

1301
01:13:27.878 --> 01:13:31.752
Love is a must
in order to survive."

1302
01:13:31.819 --> 01:13:34.759
TERRILL: He has a story
that America needs to hear.

1303
01:13:34.825 --> 01:13:37.263
He has a story
that the world needs to hear.

1304
01:13:37.330 --> 01:13:38.600
And he's got a voice

1305
01:13:38.666 --> 01:13:41.271
that's gonna allow him
to share that story.

1306
01:13:41.338 --> 01:13:44.512
WARREN: Love is a promise.
Keep love alive.

1307
01:13:44.579 --> 01:13:46.950
♪♪ ♪♪

1308
01:13:47.017 --> 01:13:49.989
Know who you love before you
define who to hate.

1309
01:13:50.056 --> 01:13:51.959
♪♪ ♪♪

1310
01:13:52.026 --> 01:13:54.364
The love you give
is the love you get.

1311
01:13:54.431 --> 01:13:57.470
♪♪ ♪♪

1312
01:13:57.538 --> 01:14:01.344
No matter where you stand,
no matter whom you're with.

1313
01:14:01.411 --> 01:14:07.791
♪♪ ♪♪