Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Interview


Student Nicholas Ballasy interviews Rubin "Hurricane" Carter following a speech he gave at Rider University. Carter talks about starting out as a boxer in the Army, offers advice to the current generation of young people, and says the he didn't sue the state after he got out of prison because he feared that he would be unjustly found guilty for a third time.




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