"This is what happens when you steal people's land" - Part 2
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After robbing a store to feed his crack cocaine addiction, Jesse Thistle gets thrown in jail. While locked up, Jesse reflected on his life and oddly enough, he thought about education. He wanted to do better for himself, so he started by picking up a few books. Slowly he began to turn his addiction to crack to an addiction to higher learning.
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