“My Time Will Come” author Ian Manuel discusses how writing poetry helped him cope with a life sentence for a nonfatal shooting at age 14, why young offenders deserve a second chance, and how his shooting victim became a friend and advocate. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #IanManuel
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i feel like hearing this story is going to make me cry…
ReplyHi Emmanuel
ReplyHi
ReplyReally early
ReplyThis book should be a movie
ReplyAmericans 😒😑
Reply18 years tho
Reply3:32
Replythat woman has such a kind soul for forgiving him.
How is it legal to keep someone in solitary confinement for that long?
ReplyJust Don’t be a criminal- and who blast some one in the face by mistake??? – why have a gun at that age ? Too many factors for me to give a pass
ReplyThis man is my hero.
ReplyWow befriending the person he shot at 14 and given a life sentence at such a young age. His mental state right now seems so stable compared to how you would think.
ReplyA 14 y/o floridian boy killed a 13 y/o girl this past weekend. I hope he gets life
ReplyOne year in solitary will mess you up for a very very long time. 18 years is so F’d.
Replymommy
ReplyThat poem was amazing. Just wow.
Reply😭😭😭😭😭
ReplyWow 🥺 thnx for helping share his story and supporting him!!!
Reply🤗🙏🥰
What did he mean by, “No 14 year old should answer?”
I mean kids should be asked certain questions, to have them think about their wrongs.
ReplyI remember stealing something when I was a child. And a lady asked me why I did it, I told her the devil told me to.
But after that, It had me thinking about the consequences of all my actions. With every action there is a reaction.
why in the world there is an unlike?
Reply“If I Don’t Steal Your House Someone Else Will”
ReplyTrevor is a wonderful human being and I appreciate the compassion on every level.
Reply🌎 Not only was this inspiring and his poetry was so deep but the lady he shot in the FACE forgave him and realized his humanity. Nobody is perfect so let’s love instead of hate and see where we go cause right now most people are hating and its gotten us no where. ☮ 🕊
ReplyThat law was made by monsters. How can you say, you are a child but in the same sentence you say, treat them like an adult. It does not make any sense. Illogical!
Reply14 years old… sentence for life!!! What the F?!?
Reply4:49, in 2021 why does anyone have to explain this to “educated, articulated & civil” human beings. You mean to tell me that you can’t find a way, anyway, to make this child understand, be punished but still have a chance at becoming a contributing member of society. .
ReplyI like how the victim forgave him and advocated to help him. I wonder what percentage of people are like her…
ReplyThe purpose of prison shouldn’t just be to keep society safe, it should also and most importantly offer help to those who want to change. it should not be about punishing or dehumanizing people, that doesn’t help anyone.
ReplyFor smarter people than me to debate, but “if” that shot had killed her, then what? Not everybody can be reformed, but how do you draw the line? Granted, kids DO (usually) grow up and evolve, but under the exact same circumstances, how does anybody know they won’t react the same way again at someone else’s expense/life? I think it might be unfair to sentence a child to life, but how can you be certain they reform? Again, for smarter people than me to decide. If he had shot my child/wife/mother, I’d have wanted him executed. But, seeing him now, it appears he’s one of the people who could be rehabilitated. Interesting topic for sure. Glad nobody asked my opinion.
ReplyI’d like to give him some now that he’s out …. oh he’s been out for a while? My bad
ReplyLove this redemption story
ReplyHi GUYS could SOMEONE HELP ME INVITE ME ON CLUBHOUSE APP 🙏🙏😍
ReplyJust, uau.
ReplyHe became a better person NOT BECAUSE of his time in prison, but DESPITE it.
ReplyWow! Speechless.
ReplyI bought a lavender plant.
ReplyYes, the issue is complicated. And the forgiver hows the light only when the receiver behaved and transformed his whole being into something worth freeing a repentant soul.
😊
ReplyWow!! This is a book I want to read!! He found solace in poetry, and I do as well. I’m going to recommend this for my book club. Just wow!
ReplyFor comparison: In Germany he would have been out at age 24. More probably at 18 because the victim survived. And he would have left prison with complete training for a job.
ReplySolitary confinement is only legal for 1 month, unless the prisoner is suicidal or if he gets attacked all the time by the other inmates.
Talk about whats happening is Palestine people need to know
ReplyWow I was moved by his poem. Thank you
ReplyWow, what an incredible human! Sir, you truly are a gift to us. Thank you. 💜💙💜💙
ReplyExcellent interview! Thank you!
Replysolitary confinement shouldn’t be for punishment it should be for criminals who are so dangerous they have to be in solitary confinement. If you don’t need to put someone in solitary confinement then put them in a regular jail cell.
Replywait he shot a woman in the face and she survived? was the gun that he used some gun from the 1800s?
ReplyJustice For Kahlief
ReplyI have an idea of what this trauma is like from de-facto solitary confinement due to my disability and an uncaring society.
ReplyThere’s just not enough difference.
This has always been my issue with the prison system. It treats humans as static, unchanging, damaged goods. It’s supposed to rehabilitate but it does not.
ReplyA very uplifting story
ReplyThank you for reminding me that my actions speak louder than words… even in the midst of adversity 🙂
ReplyWow … Wow … Wow
ReplyThe poem man … That was a deep one man
Wow…from turning himself in to the police, to manifesting his own poem…
ReplyWow😱! Thanks for the empathy Trevor👍
ReplyBreak out of your of your comfort zone
Change your beliefs, alter your tone
Challenge what you know to be wrong
Love yourself, be kind, be strong
Stand up for those we leave behind
Follow your heart, change your mind
Confront your bias, change your way
You can overcome, it starts today
Question those who pump out hate
Work together and cooperate
Do not judge, embrace, accept
Rid yourself of all contempt
Learn to love your fellow man
The world can change you know it can
Open up and finally see
The way the world’s supposed to be
A place of love and faith and trust
That better world begins with us…
ReplyWhat a beautiful poem I’m glad she forgave him and I’m glad the system as hard as they tried
ReplyDidn’t break this man’s spirit.
F!ck me. Anyone who thinks a human being should be thrown away (especially as a child) needs to watch Ian. Man, shivers up and down my spine.
ReplyI am SOOO sick of black and white thinking, like that of that ridiculous judge. The binary thinking of others has been the one of hardest things for me to deal with in my life. Here’s the deal:
ReplyThe definition of STATIC is “unchanging”. The opposite of static is DYNAMIC. We change, so we are NOT static. We are dynamic. It is NOT POSSIBLE for a person to stay the same, because the universe in which we EXIST is in a constant state of change… because it is dynamic. And that’s exactly WHY we are also dynamic. Imagine, even in an “unchanging” box in solitary confinement, Ian was changing. How? Because the box was not unchanging. On a sub atomic level, that box was changing, the world was changing, the entire universe was changing, and so was he. EVERYTHING is ALWAYS changing. The moment a person truly understands this, is the moment they get out of their own way, and out of the way of others. Props Ian and Debbie, you are some of the few who truly understand this concept.
Sejam mais justos com a vossa humanidade!
Reply#saveshiekhjarrah
Reply#savepalestine
ReplyThis is inspiring I’m glad the world was able to hear it
ReplyHe SHOT a woman in the FACE!
ReplyHis sentence is more than justified..
And NO his “colour” has NOTHING to do with it.. If he was white the same punishment would be justified!
Commiting an ADULT crime means an ADULT sentence!
Talk about a trial by fire!!! You poor kid.
ReplyI bet he got a lot of applause for the poem.
ReplyPowerful. We are all human beings. Thank you Ian and Trevor,
ReplyFree Palestine 🇵🇸
ReplyTrevor this one touches home bro I was told at 12 that I would spend 3/4 of my life in prison.
ReplyThat has not happened.
And I understand the hate that comes after the crime. how people feel and look at you and make you feel as though you are less than.. Trevor I’m a survivor and I’m a poet also an artist and a human .
Quarantine must be so easy for him.
ReplyWhat kind of uncivilized person puts a young child in prison for life without parole?! 14 is an idiotic time, we were ALL at our dumbest stage in life. This child never deserved to be treated like this. I’m so glad he has collected himself better than that judge with all his disadvantages.
ReplyWow!! My Heart 💗 And Soul Goes Out To That Godly Wonderful Brave Women 🕊 🕊 That Forgave Ian Manuel For Shooting Her In Her Face!! I Want To Thank Ian Manuel For Overcoming His Struggles Through His Time ⏰ In Prison.. And How He Reached Out To This Same Women That He Shot 🙏 🙏.. And To Trevor Noah aka The Daily Show 📺 📺.. Thanks For A Great Interview.
ReplySpread awareness about Palestine do something for the humanity #Palestine_lives_matter
ReplyWhy did he shoot her? He didn’t say why
ReplyWonder what has to happen in a 14 year old’s life to where they find themselves shooting someone in the face?
ReplyYour a BEAST SIR!!! Your time is now!!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
ReplyTrevor for president!!? Like this comment to vote😂
ReplyHey Trevor you should interview the woman who forgave him.
ReplySpeechless 😶
ReplyInspiring story. Sad the Supreme Court Just signed a law condemning child prisoners to life without possibility of parole. After hearing this interview, America has a lot of fundamental systemic issues in great NEED of complete over haul. Thanks for your story, Ian Manuel.
Reply“I do it with the faith of a poet, that believes he was born to do it. Like an acorn caught up in a storm flung from the branch where it was born. You can only hold me back for so long. My time is going to come.”
Reply– Ian Manuel⚘
Oh man I couldn’t imagine 🥺
ReplyDude kept his mentals sharp.
ReplyNow that right there is a true poet ♥️ I hope the best for you and everyone else
ReplyAwesome loved his poem!
ReplyYou have so much power,i am in awe.Thank you for the education.
Replyhe is an angel
ReplyIf the woman had died this would not even be a story. Many young offenders are rotting in jail because they caused death. The real question is what will be done with them? They are as much a real person as Ian Manuel is. Ask yourself, deep inside yourself, should they be imprisoned for life? That will answer an important question about yourself
ReplyThis was a wonderful conversation and I’m so glad he has some life left to live and love 🥰🙏🏻
ReplyWhat a remarkable man….and, a REMARKABLE woman, gracious enough to forgive.
ReplyI hope that heartless, soulless judge is still alive, and saw him walk out of that prison.
I wonder if he can file a lawsuit for being in solitary confinement for so many years…THAT’S torture.
*THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY* would ever get me to move to America…
I need to live in a civilised society.
ReplyThank you for sharing this story. It’s so SO important
ReplyLife of an American citizen of color
ReplyLaw & Order
*“My Time Will Come” Amazon Best Sellers Rank: No. 328 in All Books*
From a fellow author – RESPECT
ReplyI spent 7 weeks in solitary & its awful
ReplyMy time gon come 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
ReplyTo be clear, I think knows what he did was wrong, but still there are horrors in solitary.
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