[00:00:00] Hurricane - InstaHit Crew [00:00:15] Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night [00:00:19] Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall. [00:00:23] She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, [00:00:27] Cries out, "My God, they killed them all!" [00:00:30] Here comes the story of the Hurricane, [00:00:34] The man the authorities came to blame [00:00:38] For somethin' that he never done. [00:00:42] Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been [00:00:46] The champion of the world. [00:00:58] Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see [00:01:02] And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously. [00:01:06] "I didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands [00:01:09] "I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand. [00:01:13] I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops [00:01:17] "One of us had better call up the cops." [00:01:21] And so Patty calls the cops [00:01:24] And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin' [00:01:28] In the hot New Jersey night. [00:01:41] Meanwhile, far away in another part of town [00:01:45] Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin' around. [00:01:48] Number one contender for the middleweight crown [00:01:52] Had no idea what kinda sh*t was about to go down [00:01:56] When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road [00:02:00] Just like the time before and the time before that. [00:02:03] In Paterson that's just the way things go. [00:02:07] If you're black you might as well not show up on the street [00:02:11] 'Less you wanna draw the heat. [00:02:24] Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops. [00:02:27] Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin' around [00:02:31] He said, "I saw two men runnin' out, they looked like [00:02:34] Middleweights [00:02:35] They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates." [00:02:39] And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head. [00:02:42] Cop said, "Wait a minute, boys, this one's not dead" [00:02:46] So they took him to the infirmary [00:02:50] And though this man could hardly see [00:02:53] They told him that he could identify the guilty men. [00:03:07] Fourn the mornin' and they haul Rubin in, [00:03:10] Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs. [00:03:14] The wounded man looks up through his one dyin' eye [00:03:17] Says, "Wha'd you bring him in here for? He ain't the guy!" [00:03:22] Yes, here's the story of the Hurricane, [00:03:25] The man the authorities came to blame [00:03:29] For somethin' that he never done. [00:03:33] Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been [00:03:37] The champion of the world. [00:03:50] Four months later, the ghettos are in flame, [00:03:53] Rubin's in South America, fightin' for his name [00:03:56] While Arthur Dexter Bradley's still in the robbery game [00:04:00] And the cops are puttin' the screws to him, lookin' for somebody [00:04:03] To blame. [00:04:04] "Remember that murder that happened in a bar?" [00:04:08] "Remember you said you saw the getaway car?" [00:04:11] "You think you'd like to play ball with the law?" [00:04:15] "Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin' that [00:04:18] Night?" [00:04:20] "Don't forget that you are white." [00:04:33] Arthur Dexter Bradley said, "I'm really not sure." [00:04:36] Cops said, " A poor boy like you could use a break [00:04:39] We got you for the motel job and we're talkin' to your friend [00:04:42] Bello [00:04:43] Now you don't wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow. [00:04:47] You'll be doin' society a favor. [00:04:51] That sonofabitch is brave and gettin' braver. [00:04:55] We want to put his a** in stir [00:04:58] We want to pin this triple murder on him [00:05:03] He ain't no Gentleman Jim." [00:05:15] Rubin could take a man out with just one punch [00:05:18] But he never did like to talk about it all that much. [00:05:22] It's my work, he'd say, and I do it for pay [00:05:26] And when it's over I'd just as soon go on my way [00:05:30] Up to some paradise [00:05:33] Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice [00:05:37] And ride a horse along a trail.