The Aryan Brotherhood & Redemption 

Trying our best! Only 12 episodes in, we are happy with this start, but we have much room to improve and we will keep getting better! Thank you for the encouragement!

This was a good show

I really REALLY wish you would have asked more about WHY Manson was a “punk”. Was he being sexually abused? Extorted? C’mon guys!!

I'll try swearing less in the follow up interview! Thanks for the encouragement! This episode was completely off the cuff and unedited, with exception of the part where mikes phone went off. I hope you'll like what we put out in part two in the coming weeks!

@@TheDamageDone what are the names of the documentary about this guy....This guy is legit and people want to see his documentary...Tell me now guys

Absolutely my thoughts also. They're like kindergarteners interrupting Einstein, or something like that...

Facts. He was just about get into it about the MM wen they interrupted him 🤦

@@jimiray1969. Right around the 50:00 mark Michael starts talking about the actual inner day-to-day workings of the AB, how they conducted their business, paying guards to bring in drugs and so forth, and he sets the tone perfectly to take the interview to the next level when he brings up "illicit activities" with almost a nod and wink like "Hey, ask me about that, guys!" And dude in the back somehow comes up with the question "Sooo, what was the tipping point of you severing ties with the Aryan Brotherhood?" It's like "Let's just skip over the interesting stuff and get right to the end of the story, Michael, I've gotta be at the gym in like an hour."

@@bryntrev9145 Foreals had me waiting

boom agreed

@@robertrichardson9923 yep i know him too from those docs.

What's his full name and his sounds and has the same tone of speaking as the mafia boss Michael franzese

You can tell this guy is a clever individual

Be has to, because, cops.

@@zgbsp1364 he sure as hell isn't Michael lol

@SuperDave Miorgan Says the guy who is dumb

Yes aka there are no solutions only trade offs

Make good ones brother.

@Azhag Dark but the quote is accurate about life.

Dimitris P what truth is this guy saying?

Donald j trump.

God Bless Iron Mike

Bet Curt dog wants to stand in his light

People still have not learned that concept just look at the comments down through here from all the young people that don't know who this guy is.

Absolutely.. mike is hands down one of the most respected and well known AB members on the planet.. He definitely earned his stripes.. and he is noone to mess with..

Exactly cause the calmest and quietest person in the room is the most dangerous

@@paranormaldrummer69 you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. He is one of the most hated men that ever walked any yard. Everything in this interview he said was a lie and you lames eat it up like candy! Funny he pretends he just warned some guy that his daughters were going to be abducted? Then why did he end up with that mans wife after he murdered him? And you’re telling me he was “dispatching” a dozen men at a time? Hardened gangsters? And the baseball bat story was a complete lie, there were over 20 woods that participated in that beating because the NF wanted them to pay taxes so they took off on them in DVI. Do your homework before you blow this guy thru RU-vid.

@@gottyboy33 so you know this guy? 🤔 btw you have no clue what ppl are capable of...

Check out Blood On The Razor Wire

That’s exactly all it’s about. Respect! Most real respectful hardcore criminals/Convicts respect each other despite racial differences.I have seen it first hand and the way I was raised as well.

Just be straight up & shitcan the bullshit. Don't be disrespectful & always be truthful. In short just be a man. The way we all are supposed to be to one another.

Well put.

You mean like a normal human being is supposed to act.

I mean, I think it's a bit more than not messing with him, I'm sure he'd have ya hooping shanks and putting in work or get poked up.

@@MissTee4me exactly! Almost hero worship. Unprecedented naivete.

July 20th….. we now know it’s ALL a lie. Stabbed 14 BGF in 1 day? Lol…

@@alexm7297 yeah he's a goddamn liar. I was in there 29 years and never ever heard his name.

🤣😂🤣😂

And that was before he joined the brotherhood..... What he didn't tell you, was they came to him for protection.... 1 indian saved the white race in prison.... Sky FullaBullshit

I call bullshit!

@@marcogomez983 Oh, you internet fighters know whats the truth?

Mike trained himself to be the reincarnate Sun Tzu. You think he embellishes stories ?

I would think all of these things would be on paper with the B,O,P!

Exactly I have no doubt he is a tough guy but its like this other old cat from the Cali prison system he went on and on that he won every fight and no one got to him for 20 years and then he got sent back to England he was on this guy Shawn Atwoods channel on you tube .

I've heard this peace before. Usually in the form of meditation. Mr Thompson has deep wisdom along with it.

Absolutely...."Through the FIRE"...

Bro get real I've met people that never pushed a shiv in someone's back speak the same way.. I've met Buddhist and rastafarian that talk just as calm ..

@@cashapark87s25 my grandad who looks igzactly like this guy did alot of time behind bars and sounds just like him - but i c ur point also casha

@@ryanfrye6850 wow. Igzactly. Akshualee that's not how you spell it.

He was a warrior, no doubt about it, and a very clever one at that. He not only survived, but figured out a way to get out on parole.

I had to Google the word "mettle". I always love hearing new words to use, so thank you for that!

@@tomjohnson3141 debriefed is corporation meaning he told abt some of those abz hits inner working need I go on

@@tomjohnson3141 he said he was shot 20 times😂 and beat 7 guys

It's all about your Wit & Grit. Prison is the best place to exercise your mind & spirit. Trust me when you got years or even decades to kill. Your mind can get as creative & imagitive as you want or it will get as boring & submissive as you want. Remember the mind is infinite in all facets of life.

Because it doesn’t fit the divide and conquer tactic.

Thank you!

Hey I I uyu

We will be having a follow up interview in the near future! Will make some improvements from this one and dive a bit deeper! Thanks for checking us out!

@@TheDamageDone will u please tell me what he ment by "dispatched"

He meant that, he disarmed them all and took them out!

@@TheDamageDone he killed 7 people?

This guy is a bright warrior

I think we have a few more than 4! But we are coming out with more soon..next episode coming out is our second interview with mike! Hope you check it out!

I did 5 years in several cali prisons, all level 4 yards (most violent inmates) and I saw more shit that I wish I never saw in 5 years then I will see the rest of my life, its like being alive in hell. Literally. This guy is a legend in the California prison system, even tho he is a drop out.

Drop out or not he is a man of strong character & faith. Believe this much no matter how unpopular the actions in life you take. Living with the consequences of those actions that takes strong character. Doesn't mean self-doubt & self-hatred is what you are reduced to. You must look deep inside yourself & ultimately find the God within yourself. Give yourself hope & as Thompson said best love for all you can do in this life.

F netflix

Check out Shot Caller with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Jeffrey Donovan. Very powerful performances from everyone of the actors involved with this project. Great script & the director knocked a grand slam right out of the park with one. This is why you want to watch movies.

@@vincecommando7575 💯, Shot caller is an awesome Movie !!!

Andy....EXACTLY..how the fuck he get out??? Dude killed more inmates than Aids! Respect

Shot caller wasn't bad... I saw this dude on the nat geo thing and 1 or 2 other docs about prison and the ab...he's the fkn real deal. I was in rehab with older guys like him, coming of serious charges, they all have that state he has, the mellow talking voice, but you can just tell you don't wanna fuck with em. My dad was a bit of badass, felon, always fighting with a huge m.c. in my area, and not losing. Sober, he was the nicest guy, would help anyone, anytime. Wasn't this dude's level, not many are, but a badass. Wasn't much of a Dad, never saw him, mom died in car he was driving...long story. Made him crazy, was always tough and a fighter, but he went over the edge. I've seen that, scared me to death. I was young. He died when I just turned 16. It's like a switch flips and the human turns into a fkn machine. I'd hate being across from this dude when his switch flipped, whether to protect himself or outta just plain anger. Anyway...haha

very interesting

I thought the same thing!!!!

Rogan podcast blows now

So he can tell the same story over again?

Also a dangerous dude.

Lol well when you sit a room for years without shit to do you better. Not as intelligent as it seems. He manipulates you to think so. Smart in that way.

Um........he’s literally 6x9. We can write those people off, no one needs a snake in the group.

This man is alive by the grace of GOD, JESUS wants you to surrender, the HOLY SPIRIT hounds of heaven are on your heels Michael Thompson, it's your choice choose everlasting life with JESUS CHRIST

In my experience what with recognize in others,usually tells us alot about OURSELVES.

In my experience what we recognize in others,usually tells us alot about OURSELVES.Its like trusting a guy who has LOYALTY tattooed on him,time and time again there the last person to trust.Two punks in my life I learned that from.....First ones to open there mouth to avoid walking the YARD.

Exactly

Me too bud

Same

Same

He still can be recalled to prison if he doesn't follow his parole officer.

he got out because of his testimony against the brand

i dont know how tuff he is, but laying 8 guys out with shanks sounds a little made up.

@@floggyWM1 you can actually Google this guys work...he was a true viking in his younger days!!!

@@cornbread2554, dont be so impressed by this guy, sure at one time he was a baddass, and he did function and interact with some heavies on the yard back in the day, but he also was a person who would have you killed or kill you if he saw some sort of advantage he could gain within the organization he was involved with. He was not a good guy, he would intimidate and extort with violence anyone who he saw as a weak individual. He had the guts cut out of some dude to retrieve secreted drugs that some guy got through a visitation. The guy didn't want to give his drugs up to Mike, who was pressuring him to give him, so he had the guy butchered and murdered just to get the dope. This is a true story, do your homework, you will see. Not only was he all of this, he turned snitch when he knew his name was in the hat, a lot of the fellas just did not like him for reasons known only to them, but he knew he didn't have much time left, and in a hardcore prison like old Folsom, or San Quentin back in the day, it didn't matter how many prison killings you got under your belt, or how big and bad you think you are, you will fall to the steel. If this clown had any honor like he says he does, he should have done himself a favor and offed himself a long time ago. This guy is no good at all.

@@lesduffey6032 well written. This guy is no tough guy at all. Tough is being a good loving man who's temper is under control. This guy is full of shit. His whole existence is based upon fiction.

@@Savisoundman1 you and les Duffy seem way too emotional about this guy

I hope so, if done well it would be my new favorite movie.

Dude is the ultimate warrior ! It takes a special person to lead such an organization like ab

@@thegoatfather9720 he's a snitch

Michael Thompson would have been a awesome special forces soldier

Well your dad must of been full of shit because cos have already said that he did not take on 7men with knifes.

@@LOKOBOY864 wtf would you know about it sausage smoker

I was thinking the same thing

I'm happy for him all thing considered I think he deserves it

Yea same thought here. I saw the thumbnail & remember him from Doc’s and my first thought was “holy shit Thompson pulled a Shawshank”. Interesting dude!

He was like “you’ll never hear another word out of that Jews mouth again” about the person he killed😬

Hi mate whats the titles of the other docs he's been in?,..........thanks

Pretty sure he is back in

Rene Boxer stands out also, and its probably because these men are geniuses. This man explained the HPA axis and neurolplasticity better than my USC professor.

Nah he ain’t brilliant he is selfish

some people make some real stupid comments re this guy..He was, and probably still is one bad ass man. What a waste of a life... Fascinating guy.

@@airman20012001 you dropped out of middle school you dummy

@@BUSTER.BRATAMUS it’s ok, you’re not alone in your gullible hero worship. SMH

He is headed back to prison for stealing from the homeless so perhaps he will have time for that from his new cell.

He is still a virgin !

lucky ? idk about lucky, getting banged up for something you didnt do and spending 45 years in jail doesnt sound lucky to me

@@jacobperez281 stupid

I find it rather peculiar that a man with such an apparently calm demeanor can be so dangerous and prone to such violence.

He has a similiar demeanor as Franseze lol

I think there will a time he wants to forget about this place in life, and look for something better, I do like to hear him speak

Right

I can't believe people listen a rat and sellout turncoat like those 2. This guy at least did serious time without rolling but he's still a next level BS artist that most layman will believe.

@@jimmartin7881 how do you know

Best RU-vid comment I’ve read this week😂😂😂 this dude is so full of shit it’s just sad

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

💯😂😂😂

@@freddiejay2512 he’s the real deal

@@thesurgeon6713 😂😂😂😂

Yeah I recognized him from previous video or TV documentary... glad he's out and hope he fares well.

💯💯

Dude is trash

Dudes is so full of bullshit he's 50lbs heavier than last time and twice as full of tough gutlirs!

Tough guy lies is what I was saying...not thisl silly ass phone changing my words here and there!!! Lol

You are right this is a man who truly cares about all people. We can only image the merciless horrors that he has seen & experienced in his own life. Tip your hat to him & pay it forward in various ways in your own life. Cause we will always need caring & passionate people like him in life.

Holy crap how did this guy ever get released, he's murdered dozens of people?!!!

@@andys2856 when ppl are murdered in prison no one saw a thing & no one speaks to the C.O’s ( guards). So getting away with murder back then was easy. Also there were no video cameras 📹

Glad to see hes out and a free man

NoobON TwoWheelz; Amen to that brother!🤙🏻🎩☘️🍀

@Ted K yes legends i'm NOT talking about snitching but you know what that is the part of that lifestyle (outside the law)

Its crazy to see a rat speak human language.

@@jacobtworks watch your back Jacob

Your father is a wise man.

If you hang around the barbersop long enough, sooner or later you will get a haircut.

What if you have no friends, you have no future?

@@trevorhatcher1255 lol good question

@@trevorhatcher1255 No... it means your future will have no friends.🤔

He would say "the mother".

.........Don't think it was the Father.

I struggle to believe him if I'm honest with everything he said, he got 45 years for nothing?? And now has a PhD? And single handed took out basically every major prison gang? I know truth is stranger than fiction often, but c'mon man...

They tried to hit him before he was released. The dude isn’t to be taken lightly. He fought the guy off took the piece away and sat on hit till the COs got to them lol shows you how much he’s grown out of that life

​@@mrtambourineman6107 - This dude is telling the truth. He is a very, very well known...even famous...or infamous guy in the California prison system. I live in Canada and I have known about this guy for at least 20 years. Not only from the documentaries he has been featured in. He is speaking the truth.

Nah Micheal Thomson is a real one i seen him on locked up along time ago and it was shown that a bunch of times people tried to hit him and he mostly always turned it around and stuck them lol

I agree, I really want to like this guy, but 7 people? The black panthers in the 70s trying to recruit you? Native american or not he looks white,45 years for making a phone call? Come on man... feels like he lien.

Yes he would become #1 best seller in the " fiction " section.

Not a remarkable guy it was revealed he was a complete fraud and is back in prison for running a million scam him and a partner started the second he got out.

The truly remarkable thing is that so many people buy his bullshit. It’s really hard to tell if you’re trolling or not, I mean surely you’re not actually that stupid to be in awe of this charlatan…..

Lmao It’s probably bcuz he’s big asf and very intelligent

LMAO best comment

LMAO big respect to enduring 40+ years but I dunno man.

lol

Seen him on h gang land

True...NF is absolutely one if the most violent gangs in the Ca DOC. The Brand is much smaller, but much more violent. If it were possible to take the Brand out, NF and BGF, not to mention the admin, would have done it years ago.

It's because he's obviously full of shit. I didn't buy even half of these wild stories lol.

I couldn't listen anymore. It's just not possible for a fish to crash the car like that getting at another race (NF) and have no DP? Then having a knife fight with Yogi and 3 of his men......would make for a good movie

@@at0micwerew0lf exactly! I mean I don’t doubt this guy is tough , has fighting skills but it doesn’t matter a big you are, if you are an mma fighter ... you could not just one of the gangs that controls part of the prison system , unless you are van damme or Rambo

@@pensatoreseneca part of what system they couldn’t be around eme so the ab would try and catch them. Back in them days whites had numbers.

Facts... Not 2; not 3, 4, 5,........ But 7..... Such a good spinner of yarn... Captivating cadence.... Just ruined it with unrealistic unsurvivable odds.... .45 yrs of perfecting the art of conning and fumbled....

Thanks so very much

Yeah as soon as i saw the thumbnail i remembered this guys face...

@@P4GES1 same here bro. I had to double check it and when I realized it was him. I immediately clicked it

Me neither. I'm pleasantly surprised

What is his name

Same here I remember watching him on National Geographic a while back and when I came across the thumbnail I had a click on it .

Agreed! I’m shocked it has not ... YET

Crazy story

It's one most won't believe..truth sometimes stranger than fiction.

@@ericnielsen5441 true

With the right actors, director & script. Everything could work beautifully. It's all a matter of opinion & as we all know there's no accounting for taste. Still makes for a terrific story.

@iAmJoePop NachoDaddy think that debriefing played a part in he ring released wonder how many people he told on after debriefing

That is exactly what I thought when I saw him on here.

So wait is he out or what?

i remember seeing him on Tv, dude was freakin huge

Me too, and great to see he's doing positive things, sharing his learned life lessons and hopefully preventing others to walk his path.

He looks sick

Should have part 2 released by this Sunday!

He is and apparently was successful growing up in school despite his hardships. Give a studious human 45 years of time...they’ll use it wisely.

You will learn to make use of time you have in prison. Cause sooner or later your thoughts bouncing off the walls gets extremely boring. So what do you do? You take a interest in various things & in a way obsess over them. For a long period of time. That will turn into a ritual for you however long you locked up. Possibly other events my also occur in that time. Whether with your family, friends, prison staff or fellow inmates.

Thank you. We are going to keep improving and getting better, glad you enjoy it thus far!

Aryan Brotherhood

Yeah he should . It's be cool if he did one with mundo mendoza they're around the same age

He should do one with rojo, gunner a little too out there and hyper.

🤣🤣what ? A warrior? The guy is a com man , anybody can pick up on his bullshit stories , no he didn't " disarm 7 members of the Nuestra Familia, no he didn't stab 16 blacks during a riot, no he hasn't been shot 20 times by the gunners, no he didn't make hugo pinal run , no he did not get life in prison for telling on a couple of would be baby killers of an imaginary drug cartel when cartels didn't exist. The man has been telling these stories up in Protective custody for 4 decades.

I'm sure. But come on. Disarmed 8 Nuestra Familia members who were armed with shanks? With his grandpa's secret martial arts? I'm not saying he's not a badass, but he doesn't need to exaggerate. I'm sure he's got enough true stories. It just seems to be innate that criminals lie and exaggerate. They are all egomaniacs and are incapable of not embellishing.

Dude is a fake lol

He spent 1 year on the main line and the entire rest of his time in the SHU. He must have had a very busy 1 year for all of that to happen 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@joaquinmurieta2276 You are right....His sister and his wife pretty much laid out the real deal.....Not to mention, the guy is already back in jail on fraud charges, did not take long....Very intelligent man, he will always be programmed by the system.......

Same!

I thought the same thing.

Inhumane treatment usually creates monsters.

@@psychologicalsigma9917 what's inhumane?

maybe they are doing this?

how legit do you think his story is? its kinda hard to believe u can take out 8 guys with shanks, no matter how tough u r, especially in that environment

@@floggyWM1 I was thinking the same thing. I remember listening to this guy years ago and thinking how wise he sounded, but hearing him with all these stories... I just can't believe it's all true. I don't know if only 10% are true, or if 50% are true, or if 0% are true, but this interview and his recent fraud scheme that got him back in jail makes me think he has just been a fraud all along.

Yeah guess what Robocop? People have to do the same on the streets sometimes.

@@schrisdellopoulos9244 One thing people never have to is wolf behind keyboards on You Tube. The man you just disrespected shared an experience. Experience is something you might need a little more of by the way you're carrying yourself.

I’m sure it was CO’s like you that helped the AB

And where is he now? 🤣🤣

A movie as well.

And put it in the fiction se room.

@@JohnSmith-sh1zg it kind of is already. He’s taken characters and scenes from all his favorite ones he watched in prison and made a composite for his story.

@@longdays5705 lol let the man be

@@longdays5705 So if Michael Thompson is lying and his story is nothing but fiction as you contend... 1) He was locked-up in California's toughest & worst prisons for 45+ years. 2) Was heavily-recruited by top-tier prison gangs, chief among them, the Aryan Brotherhood. 3) Eventually had a price but on his head and was marked for death by other inmates & prison-gangs... again, chief among them, the AB / "The Brand"... .....all for nothing??

same

Warrior but he be debriefed and told on others that's a warrior please bs

@@anthonyanderson4543 warrior in the sense that he could kick your ass not his moral code

@@anthonyanderson4543 he is a warrior. He turned on the AB when they wanted to hurt innocent people.

To all the negative comments. This man has served 45 year's in Prison, let him be. This is not meant to offend, it's just about letting him live what's left of his life in peace. Everybody have a great day. Peace.

I thought Mike was a lifer? I remember seeing this guy on some prison documentary.

He got stabbed for telling on the cellphones in 3 block I had ordered him sliced but the native guy who sliced him got to him first cause he told on cartoon in 2 block me and cartoon and sharks and doc went to the hole cause of him

He got out cause he had 12 open cases for squad at Lancaster

@@willgarcia9762 i could've swore tosco gave up the phones... That's why the reps stepped down... just saying...

@@oswaldorivera1110 - Were any of you guys there at Lancaster when he had the Canteen lady (Janey, was it?) bringing him in meth and they caught her on a hidden camera banging it out with the store workers? This was a couple of years before RD (pincushion) passed away. That's when Mike really stepped up working with the goon squad and playing everyone. Inmates, free staff, C. O.'s, goon squad, parole board. Dude was a master manipulator with zero respect for those around him. Everyone in his eyes was seen as a mark. His next victim.

You probably wouldn't leave

He'd be the one on the top bruh js.

@@thomasbeers6336 hardest inmate gets the bttm bunk, its the code inside, it would be all his

Yeah it's the same dude that was in the documentary talking about how they wanted to kill him

Yup..35 yrs out of 45 yrs as a snitch. No good. Facts don't coincide with his stories

@@kobratv554 I somewhat agree with gangs and brotherhoods but when they start killing and kidnapping innocent people that dont have shit to do with it is bitch work. Standing up for the innocent is much more honorable than killing them.