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🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Brian Nelson was the leader of T.J.'s gang: The Simon City Royals. Nelson spent almost thirty harrowing years in prison. What was left when he came out?
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0:47.8 | What a fucking idiot. |
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0:58.1 | No. |
0:59.9 | This is Brian Nelson, a former leader of the Simon City Royals, TJ's gang. |
1:04.2 | And that was his reaction when I showed him a bunch of emails defending TJ. |
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