this man is a living saint..watching this during the espys inspired me to do what ever i dream of doing in my life...NEVER LET FEAR DETERMINE WHO YOU ARE, NEVER LET FEAR DETERMINE WERE YOURE GOING..i'll carry these words for the rest of my life and to this day when im scared or wanting to quit i think of those words and dewey's life and keep pushing even harder...
This is one of the most inspiring stories I have ever heard. I've seen this video so many times and the tears keep coming again and again. Dewey Bozella, God bless you!
It pisses me off about the wrongfully accused who get ZERO compensation after years of wrongful imprisonment.Even the ones who do get chicken change compensation often just get minimum wage based on 52 weeks of every year they served at 40 hours a week and even then their attorneys get a cut as well as taxes taken out. It's inhumane to destroy a persons life then expect them to go out and start a career old and broke.These people should get a $ MILLION $ clear for EVERY YEAR served !!!
This guy is the most inspiring man I ever heard about. It's amazing that he refused freedom to keep his faith. If all these so called celebrities sitting in the hall only to show off to each other their expensive cloths would donate just $1000 each to him he could fulfill his dream and open that gym.
They didn't. It shows how much they worth. This man worth more than the whole bunch of Hollywood celebrities.
my best friend's mom makes $77 an hour on Internet. She has been out of job for 9 months but last month her check was $7487 just working on Internet for a few hours. Read about it here CashBrave . com
if this man was white he would have got compensation for being jailed for 26 years of his life. and what did this fella get? $0.00 compensation. what a fucking joke.
Don't know if he's innocent or not. I don't know what he has gone through and I'm sure it was horrible. But I do know that this speech was horrible and this guy's 3rd grade education doesn't inspire me or anyone I know.
@tuscaniman25 He's innocent, the man spent 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was an amateur boxer that spent most of his life behind bars, he's not a professional motivational speaker you cunt.
@tuscaniman25 You hit on a good point as your third comment mirrors a third grade education. Your first two comments are more true "I dont know" and by the grace of God may you and anyone you do know never have to suffer the way this man has. 3rd grade educations and great speeches shouldn't define a man or women, but how they live or have lived their life is more a true measure of their greatness. 30 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit speak volumes more, than a 5 minute speech.
@tuscaniman25 I am willing to bet that the mans several degree's (one of which is a Master's degree) are a few more than you have. Also, when you get the chance to give a speech in front a few thousand celebrities - live - that is also broadcasted to millions of viewers, about a horrific injustice that imprisoned you for 32 years I won't critique your nervousness and emotion as you did this man.
Honor - Integrity – Courage; vital traits to be embraced by all. In the face of everything he’s been through he chose the path of righteousness to deal with it. This is a GREAT man.
Great role Model & inspiration, Never mad at the people that looked him up, Always had his composure even inside the pen.. Inspires me everyday to workout & live life at my fullest. Thanks Dewey
It was GREAT meeting you tonight at L.A.Live. You have been CHOSEN to do the WORKS OF THE LORD. Keep you Dreams ALIVE!!! and help OUR CHILDERN all over this WORLD. I WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS. We may not understand now BUT by and by we will understand why
Innocence is something not to take lightly, People please see that there's so many in prison innocently!!! God bless his life, heart and family and God bless the people the lawyers and people who fought on his behalf to see that day come!!! I shed tears man..... I know this mans pain :( i helped and tried and continue to try to help my friends behind them walls innocently accused for crimes they never committed.
i keep wondering what most of those celebrities in the room are thinking. i can't help but think they are yawning and thinking, you just some nigga that got out of jail, i am going to go back to my yacht, lie half naked in the sun and have my servants paint my toe nails.
i keep wondering what most of those celebrities in the room are thinking. i can't help but think they are yawning and thinking, you just some nigga that got out of jail, i am going to back to my yacht, lie half naked in the sun and have my servants paint my toe nails.
if i was one of these multi-multi-million dollar athletes.. and that's like one year of your salary.. buy out his fucking gym...make it a part of one of your tax right off charities for gods sake
He deserves not only an award, he is owed 30 years of lost earnings if he was working with interest, then compensation for misconduct and abuse of power from the police authorities, that is his right! With that he will be able to have the Gym if he hasn't got it already. God bless Mr Bozella , his beautiful wife and lovely daughter !
good man right here because if it were we I know I wouldnt be as forgiving to those people that stole a man's life years he is never getting back and big up to Dewey wife for sticking by him,this is what true ride or die woman is not ridin out for some guilty ass criminal who cant stay outta trouble but, your man who in your gut knows for sure he's getting railroaded
Hes such a nice guy. I saw him today and told him I had no idea what he had gone through until I saw him on the ESPN awards, he put his finger over his mouth as if he doesnt want everyone to know that he won an award =) and then thanked me =)
Humans what a brutal species ! What a special species as we see through people like this man. If you have a soul any soul left; if life hasn't taken what you were born with do something good for some one else. It will restore what soul you've lost,and build a new you.
anyone who was involved in his case should be imprisoned and have their families killed, fucking disgusting. if you're involved in the justice system and you fuck up like that, no mercy for you at all, you should serve 100x what this guy had to, i guarantee it was some republican, christian fuck that was responsible for this too.
Damn, I got a little misty eyed watching this and I rarely ever get moved by anything on tv much. But this guys stuggle was/is so real and the character he's dsiplayed in coming out of the other side an unchanged man is incredible. As a young man, I hope I can display the same humble, yet confident humility he has if/when all the chips are down.
Dewey Bozella = definition of a real man. He gives me hope in human spirit. When you've fallen down the only thing you can do is get back up, after 32 years of struggling, perseverance, and faith he finally got back up. It makes me extremely happy to see that he is a free man. I really do hope he gets his gym.
It's a good story but this guy just talked about himself during his speech. In a 10 minute speech he devoted 10 seconds to thanking his white lawyers for giving him freedom. not cool.
why am I a hater? I made the astute point that without his white lawyers, he would still be in jail. yet he (and others) choose to hate the white man for putting him in jail. if it wasnt for white people, the wrong would never have been corrected. black people didnt do shit to help him. yet he forgets who to thank.
"It's a good story but this guy just talked about himself during his speech. In a 10 minute speech he devoted 10 seconds to thanking his white lawyers for giving him freedom. not cool."
He didn't devote much time to the white savages who put him in jail either and kept him in prison for 30 years.
Truly a testament to what the human sprit can endoure and overcome Dewy Bozella is a champion and if any knows where to donate to help his dream come alive please let me know
Absolute shame, what happened to this guy. People get massive amounts of jail time all the time; 15, 25, much less 35 yrs is nothing more than an inhumane way to kill a man. Nothing correctional about it, your mind is usually long gone. And it's overwhelmingly disgusting that this can happen so easily, carelessly and so often to innocent men. Some states don't even offer compensation when this happens.
It's the mark of a REAL MAN that he didn't take the bribe when they realized they f'd up.
@WushuDude13 actually he is a TRUE HERO for not taking the bribe to plead guilty and upholding his innocence. and while I salute the soldiers fighting in a war that may never end, I'd rather cheer for a hero who overcame a corrupt justice system in his own country and personal anger to better his life.
LETS GO DUEY ,LEGEND FARREAL
bradbodies 1 month ago
dat handshake
trollmannenl0l 2 months ago
this man is a living saint..watching this during the espys inspired me to do what ever i dream of doing in my life...NEVER LET FEAR DETERMINE WHO YOU ARE, NEVER LET FEAR DETERMINE WERE YOURE GOING..i'll carry these words for the rest of my life and to this day when im scared or wanting to quit i think of those words and dewey's life and keep pushing even harder...
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szopen1000 3 months ago
Fucking corrupt country
WatWarrior22 3 months ago
This is one of the most inspiring stories I have ever heard. I've seen this video so many times and the tears keep coming again and again. Dewey Bozella, God bless you!
faithabiodun 3 months ago
Um, who did his hair though?
Buzz0Killington 3 months ago
Standing O and he deserved it.
Pinoy2500 3 months ago
damn im grown ass 32 year old man and this brought tears to my eyes!!
amzeedog 3 months ago 2
@amzeedog there's nothing wrong with crying
WatWarrior22 3 months ago
Who could dislike this???
woohoo800 4 months ago 2
cant belive he got no compo! those bastards should get lockt up
joejoey316 4 months ago
Dewey Bozella #1
WILL602 4 months ago
Dewey Bozella, God Bless you. You are an example to all of us!
ELGRECO33 4 months ago
hey friends, what he say about cus damato?
6atash 4 months ago
It pisses me off about the wrongfully accused who get ZERO compensation after years of wrongful imprisonment.Even the ones who do get chicken change compensation often just get minimum wage based on 52 weeks of every year they served at 40 hours a week and even then their attorneys get a cut as well as taxes taken out. It's inhumane to destroy a persons life then expect them to go out and start a career old and broke.These people should get a $ MILLION $ clear for EVERY YEAR served !!!
undergroundbasement 4 months ago 3
How come he has a wife? When did he get to know her, after he came out of jail?
Lorenshyne 4 months ago
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LivingTheFantasy 4 months ago
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@Lorenshyne She was already his girlfriend before he was in jail, she always believed in his innocence and they married in Sing Sing prison
LivingTheFantasy 4 months ago
I'm so happy for Dewey Bozella. Is it me or is Arthur Ashe reading the teleprompter? He kept on pausing every sentence.
DaBigSun 4 months ago
This guy is the most inspiring man I ever heard about. It's amazing that he refused freedom to keep his faith. If all these so called celebrities sitting in the hall only to show off to each other their expensive cloths would donate just $1000 each to him he could fulfill his dream and open that gym.
They didn't. It shows how much they worth. This man worth more than the whole bunch of Hollywood celebrities.
vacakpocok 4 months ago 43
@vacakpocok you are so true.This man spirits has been refined in jail for 26 years, inspiring man
arilestariono 2 months ago
@vacakpocok
Did you send $1000?
godofthisshit 2 months ago
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GilmoreCindy1 4 months ago
if this man was white he would have got compensation for being jailed for 26 years of his life. and what did this fella get? $0.00 compensation. what a fucking joke.
takewhole 4 months ago
this is the bravest man i've ever seen
PhilBongi93 4 months ago
this guy should run for president he's a great speaker and an amazing man!
MrCOLTSR2 4 months ago
@MrCOLTSR2 Agreed!
ajstyled 4 months ago
That's good people can find out about him and watch his speech. It's such inspirational man. Really big man.
There is that kiddo in 3:50 that none likes DAMN !
Pymuch 4 months ago
man i wanna meet this guy... what an inspriation !
kensen09 4 months ago
@PHILLYHEAT215
Yeah I can tell. Worst speech I've ever heard.
tuscaniman25 4 months ago
@tuscaniman25 you're a tool
Zazgar 4 months ago
Dewey Bozella wins pro boxing debut since his prison time.
Breaking news straight from ESPN.com
MrDante609 4 months ago
Don't know if he's innocent or not. I don't know what he has gone through and I'm sure it was horrible. But I do know that this speech was horrible and this guy's 3rd grade education doesn't inspire me or anyone I know.
tuscaniman25 4 months ago
@tuscaniman25 He's innocent, the man spent 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was an amateur boxer that spent most of his life behind bars, he's not a professional motivational speaker you cunt.
PHILLYHEAT215 4 months ago 2
@tuscaniman25 You hit on a good point as your third comment mirrors a third grade education. Your first two comments are more true "I dont know" and by the grace of God may you and anyone you do know never have to suffer the way this man has. 3rd grade educations and great speeches shouldn't define a man or women, but how they live or have lived their life is more a true measure of their greatness. 30 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit speak volumes more, than a 5 minute speech.
gateway1965 4 months ago
@tuscaniman25 I am willing to bet that the mans several degree's (one of which is a Master's degree) are a few more than you have. Also, when you get the chance to give a speech in front a few thousand celebrities - live - that is also broadcasted to millions of viewers, about a horrific injustice that imprisoned you for 32 years I won't critique your nervousness and emotion as you did this man.
dynomikie 4 months ago
Honor - Integrity – Courage; vital traits to be embraced by all. In the face of everything he’s been through he chose the path of righteousness to deal with it. This is a GREAT man.
ecehst2 4 months ago
How many innocent men have been released from prison early by pleading guilty and letting the state off the hook. Impressive human being.
Zooni2 4 months ago
Great role Model & inspiration, Never mad at the people that looked him up, Always had his composure even inside the pen.. Inspires me everyday to workout & live life at my fullest. Thanks Dewey
juanchavez089 4 months ago
I will be watching the game tomorrow of a FREE DEWEY BOZELLA !
mvp111MCA 4 months ago
3:50 LOL
pinio108 4 months ago 5
@pinio108 i don't understand either
MrDante609 4 months ago
It was GREAT meeting you tonight at L.A.Live. You have been CHOSEN to do the WORKS OF THE LORD. Keep you Dreams ALIVE!!! and help OUR CHILDERN all over this WORLD. I WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS. We may not understand now BUT by and by we will understand why
redchild1010 4 months ago
makes the west memphis 3 look like bitches
spinnernetfan1 4 months ago
Broken system is broken.
Demoniiiic 4 months ago 4
Innocence is something not to take lightly, People please see that there's so many in prison innocently!!! God bless his life, heart and family and God bless the people the lawyers and people who fought on his behalf to see that day come!!! I shed tears man..... I know this mans pain :( i helped and tried and continue to try to help my friends behind them walls innocently accused for crimes they never committed.
eniezer1 4 months ago
THE JUDGE/JURY that wrongfully accused Dewey Bozella should have rightfully put Casey Anthony AWAY!!!!
TheCosmicStarmen 4 months ago
they should give him 35mil $
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i keep wondering what most of those celebrities in the room are thinking. i can't help but think they are yawning and thinking, you just some nigga that got out of jail, i am going to go back to my yacht, lie half naked in the sun and have my servants paint my toe nails.
dsfsdfdfhggf 4 months ago
i keep wondering what most of those celebrities in the room are thinking. i can't help but think they are yawning and thinking, you just some nigga that got out of jail, i am going to back to my yacht, lie half naked in the sun and have my servants paint my toe nails.
dsfsdfdfhggf 4 months ago
if i was one of these multi-multi-million dollar athletes.. and that's like one year of your salary.. buy out his fucking gym...make it a part of one of your tax right off charities for gods sake
alexoc949 4 months ago 4
This guy became a role model to me.. He is a hero to me
smokeCUH 4 months ago
0:20 thats real love right there lol
kjaymac0 4 months ago
There should be a Dewey Bozella award for courage as well.
TrueHiphopTV 4 months ago 3
i started tearing/crying up when i saw this...
id love to meet this guy, gives me hope to not give up on my life i guess...
ry3304 4 months ago
He deserves not only an award, he is owed 30 years of lost earnings if he was working with interest, then compensation for misconduct and abuse of power from the police authorities, that is his right! With that he will be able to have the Gym if he hasn't got it already. God bless Mr Bozella , his beautiful wife and lovely daughter !
corinnaitile4u 5 months ago 4
isnt arthur ashe a tennis player back then.Anyway this is probably the most pridest stories ive ever seen.
xRedFoo209x 6 months ago
this is good!!
RIDEOUTMUSIC 7 months ago
12222@ He is a great speaker too, speake good english well said mr. Bozella
wellingtonpyne 7 months ago
good man right here because if it were we I know I wouldnt be as forgiving to those people that stole a man's life years he is never getting back and big up to Dewey wife for sticking by him,this is what true ride or die woman is not ridin out for some guilty ass criminal who cant stay outta trouble but, your man who in your gut knows for sure he's getting railroaded
sportstalk23 7 months ago
Hes such a nice guy. I saw him today and told him I had no idea what he had gone through until I saw him on the ESPN awards, he put his finger over his mouth as if he doesnt want everyone to know that he won an award =) and then thanked me =)
nise612 7 months ago
@nise612 your so lucky, man I wish I could meet a man as inspirational as him.
dulwichdweller 7 months ago
"NEVER LET FEAR DETERMINE WHO YOU ARE, NEVER LET WHERE YOU COME FROM DETERMINE WHERE YOU ARE GOING" WELL SAID MR.DEWEY BOZELLA
82Loyalty 7 months ago
Humans what a brutal species ! What a special species as we see through people like this man. If you have a soul any soul left; if life hasn't taken what you were born with do something good for some one else. It will restore what soul you've lost,and build a new you.
tellthetruthg 7 months ago
how will they give back all his years lost?
MoonBHAA 7 months ago
anyone who was involved in his case should be imprisoned and have their families killed, fucking disgusting. if you're involved in the justice system and you fuck up like that, no mercy for you at all, you should serve 100x what this guy had to, i guarantee it was some republican, christian fuck that was responsible for this too.
Klank123 7 months ago
@Klank123 easy hitler
CBee10 7 months ago
That was an amazing quote
bobmarleyiscool69 7 months ago
Jack Bauer saves yet another innocent man
abhi2791ify 7 months ago 3
@abhi2791ify lol
cocoaBUTTERGEISHA 7 months ago
Damn, I got a little misty eyed watching this and I rarely ever get moved by anything on tv much. But this guys stuggle was/is so real and the character he's dsiplayed in coming out of the other side an unchanged man is incredible. As a young man, I hope I can display the same humble, yet confident humility he has if/when all the chips are down.
tokinblckgie 7 months ago
veryproud that he made it to where he wanted to be so happy for him and his family
geena672009 7 months ago
Hero. He's a great speaker too
torysam544 7 months ago
does anyone know the song that they played when he walked up?
jets495 7 months ago
@jets495 Diddy- I'm Coming Home ft. Skyler Grey...same one played in the video
billbixby007 7 months ago
@billbixby007 i dont think it is
jets495 7 months ago
Dewey Bozella = definition of a real man. He gives me hope in human spirit. When you've fallen down the only thing you can do is get back up, after 32 years of struggling, perseverance, and faith he finally got back up. It makes me extremely happy to see that he is a free man. I really do hope he gets his gym.
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It's a good story but this guy just talked about himself during his speech. In a 10 minute speech he devoted 10 seconds to thanking his white lawyers for giving him freedom. not cool.
duffy31311 7 months ago
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godofthisshit 2 months ago
@godofthisshit
his white lawyers gave him freedom. dewey is yet another black racist. terrible.
duffy31311 2 months ago
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@duffy31311
"his white lawyers gave him freedom. dewey is yet another black racist. terrible."
You're trolling.
godofthisshit 2 months ago
@duffy31311 HATER
bradbodies 1 month ago
@bradbodies
why am I a hater? I made the astute point that without his white lawyers, he would still be in jail. yet he (and others) choose to hate the white man for putting him in jail. if it wasnt for white people, the wrong would never have been corrected. black people didnt do shit to help him. yet he forgets who to thank.
duffy31311 1 month ago
@duffy31311 he thank whoeva he desires hater
bradbodies 1 month ago
@bradbodies
riiiiight. got it. thanks the blacks but forgets the whites. who got him out? oh yeah, the whites.
makes sense.
duffy31311 1 month ago
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@duffy31311
"It's a good story but this guy just talked about himself during his speech. In a 10 minute speech he devoted 10 seconds to thanking his white lawyers for giving him freedom. not cool."
He didn't devote much time to the white savages who put him in jail either and kept him in prison for 30 years.
He did talk the children he want's to help.
godofthisshit 2 months ago
They made a movie sorta like this, were the college kids help the prisoner out of jail i think denzel was it in or some black dude
whoisjordyjoe 7 months ago
@whoisjordyjoe
"The Hurricane" was the name of it.
tokinblckgie 7 months ago
i swear to god if he doesnt get a donation for his own gym that will be pathetic to the people that have the money to do so
cameronl44 7 months ago
Amen
110persianpride 7 months ago
Truly a testament to what the human sprit can endoure and overcome Dewy Bozella is a champion and if any knows where to donate to help his dream come alive please let me know
MrReasonhov 7 months ago
Absolute shame, what happened to this guy. People get massive amounts of jail time all the time; 15, 25, much less 35 yrs is nothing more than an inhumane way to kill a man. Nothing correctional about it, your mind is usually long gone. And it's overwhelmingly disgusting that this can happen so easily, carelessly and so often to innocent men. Some states don't even offer compensation when this happens.
It's the mark of a REAL MAN that he didn't take the bribe when they realized they f'd up.
Gravyman 7 months ago 53
incredible.... just incredible man and determination
nathankingmotivation 7 months ago
Dewey Bozella is a role model for us all. His life's actions define what it means to be a man.
bsmpsu 7 months ago 77
Unreal story. This guy isn't a hero like soldiers who fight for freedom. But he is a CHAMPION! a real champ.
WushuDude13 7 months ago
@WushuDude13 actually he is a TRUE HERO for not taking the bribe to plead guilty and upholding his innocence. and while I salute the soldiers fighting in a war that may never end, I'd rather cheer for a hero who overcame a corrupt justice system in his own country and personal anger to better his life.
mrbmore869 4 months ago
@WushuDude13
He's a bigger Hero.
godofthisshit 2 months ago
God bless this man!
tmuzic63
tmuzic63 7 months ago
He earned it.
connerjd 7 months ago
not first.
ZZFusiionZZ 7 months ago
1st
brandonsitatani 7 months ago