WEBVTT - Introducing: Running Smoke

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<v Speaker 1>Yours shut. My name is Roger Gola, and if there's

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<v Speaker 1>one thing you need to know about me, it's that

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<v Speaker 1>I love NASCAR and there's a story I want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about. Don't even think about hitting that thirty

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<v Speaker 1>second skip button, because even if you're one of the

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<v Speaker 1>few strange folks that doesn't like racing, you're gonna want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear this. People will say, Oh, he's crazy, he's

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy there, No, it's just reality. My hands are on

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<v Speaker 1>their faith here in New Hampshire barters back in forty

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<v Speaker 1>three drivers gathered at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway or

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<v Speaker 1>a chance at the checkered flag, and all the way

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<v Speaker 1>in the back, starting in forty second place is a

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<v Speaker 1>man named Derek White. On the front, Gnaage Okay back

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<v Speaker 1>and the Indian Reserve just outside of Montreal. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>stand a snowball's chance in hell at winning this race,

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<v Speaker 1>but that doesn't matter because he's making history here. He's

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<v Speaker 1>the first ever or indigenous person to race in the

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<v Speaker 1>NASCAR Cup Series, and to Derek this was the first

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<v Speaker 1>step in a long career in racing. What he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know was that he was about to be arrested in

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<v Speaker 1>Canada's largest ever police operation, called the largest grade of

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<v Speaker 1>its kind in America. Quebec Provincial police cops have been

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<v Speaker 1>on his tail for more than a year, watching his

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<v Speaker 1>every move, tapping his phone and following his vehicles. We

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<v Speaker 1>have holicopters over my host our phones are but they're

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<v Speaker 1>I was watching them because they believed he was a

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<v Speaker 1>major figure in an international criminal organization made up of

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<v Speaker 1>South American drug cartels, Canadian gangsters, and outlaw bikers. He

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<v Speaker 1>was the frontman, if you will, for the organized crime

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<v Speaker 1>slash holes Angels organization. Well see, that's one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't really do their homework very well. I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>was way on the bottom of the total pole. But

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<v Speaker 1>of course they have to put the native person, uh

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<v Speaker 1>close to the top, you know. Well, now Darry is

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<v Speaker 1>fighting his charges in court. His defense relies on his

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<v Speaker 1>rights as a Native person. And the craziest thing, he

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<v Speaker 1>might actually have a case and it may change the

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<v Speaker 1>future of Native rights. They know that if this case

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<v Speaker 1>goes in any way our way, they got a whole

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<v Speaker 1>new story to be right, it's not only my fight,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the whole nation's fight. From Camp Side Media and

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Patrick Productions, This is running Smoke, the story of

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<v Speaker 1>how a race car driver accused of smuggling is redefining

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<v Speaker 1>the future of Native rights. All these outsiders want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell us what to do. It ain't. It ain't gonna happen.

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