- [Gordon] Today, out for revenge.

- [Bryann] I've been looking for him.

- [Gordon] One gangster gets the jump

on the man who tried to kill his brother.

- I'm thinking I got you.

- Plus, protests, race riots,and destruction of monuments.

CBN's chief of police on what it's like

to straddle the blueline as a black officer

on today's "700 Club Interactive."

Well, welcome to the show.

The aftermath of GeorgeFloyd's death has reminded us

that racism is aliveand well in our country.

Protests have erupted acrossthe world, demanding change.

- That's right, andwe're now seeing people

from all walks of life andjoining the call for justice.

As Charlene Aaron showsus, one former Muslim woman

is using her voice tobring healing and peace.

- [Charlene] As a formerMuslim, Isik Abla knows the pain

of mistreatment and discrimination.

Abused as a child, shelater faced death threats

from her former husband.

Now as head of Dream Church,

a multi-ethnic ministry in Virginia Beach,

Abla is sympathetic to theissue of racial injustice.

- So many years that thissituation, racism, injustice,

black and white fight hasbeen swept under the carpet,

and I feel like blackpeople have being angry

just because they were overlooked

and their pain wasn't heard.

And just the issue was just undercover

and peoples are like, "Get over it."

But something happened with George Floyd

that got our attention.

It happened in front of our eyes,

right now, and I was even traumatized.

♪ I have decided to follow Jesus ♪

- [Charlene] She recentlyturned that trauma into action,

hosting a unity prayer walk.

- I think instead of hiding it,

instead of not talking about it,

it is time for Americato realize and recognize

what is going on andstand against injustice.

- [Charlene] Abla says part of that stance

includes the need forhumility and repentance.

- I felt like God was leading me,

that white people, white Americans,

even though I am not whiteAmerican, I am white,

we had to ask black people's forgiveness

for injustice and racism.

- [Charlene] She'shopeful that such an act

will pave the way for much needed healing

and reconciliation.

♪ Amen ♪

- I think it's all about unity.

The house divided withinself cannot stand.

And it is time forAmerica to become united,

black and whites, Africansand Americans, and all colors

to unite under one God becauseall men are created equal.

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- Well with me now isCBN's chief of police

and vice president, Chris Mitchell,

and Chris, it's great to have you on set.

- Great to be with you,

of course.- You're not nervous

or anything, are you?- Yes, sir.

(laughing)

Absolutely.- Well,

relax, 'cause let's talkabout a very serious issue.

And you know, I think a lot of Americans

were sort of going along the road

that we are solving the racism problem.

We elected an AfricanAmerican as president,

and now, George Floydhas exploded on the scene

and we've got problems.

And then to add to it, whatjust happened yesterday

down in Wilmington,where you have officers

who are being recorded andthey literally are saying,

"I'm going to get a shotgunand I'm going to kill."

- [Chris] Yeah.

- And then, after that'sreleased and after they're fired,

they then come back and say,"Well, we're not racist."

How do you explain that,or can you explain that?

- It's difficult to explain that action,

that response, withoutaddressing the core issue.

To me, the core issue is the heart.

As we think, so we are,

and as we think in ourhearts, we're gonna speak.

So everything comes from thecore value of an individual.

It's systemic in our culture

that we have drawn these lines of division

between us purposely to keep us separate

instead of bringing us together.

So, I grew up with this ideathat I'm either privileged

or not privileged, orbetter or not better,

I'm second class or I'm first class.

And we perpetuate that same ideology

in our social environmentsand in our neighborhoods,

in our schools, in our churches.

As a young sailor, my wifeand I were asked to leave

a Southern Baptist white church.

And it was amazing to us

'cause we're sittingthere in a worship service

and the pastor gets up and says,

"There's people here thatare not welcome here,"

and my wife and I are looking around

and we're going, "Well,who is he talking to?"

and the ushers came upand asked us to leave.

So the anger and the pain andthe memory of those things-

- How did that make you feel?

- It made me feel less than.

It made me feel like I was not welcome,

like I was not a partof the American dream,

like I didn't have a purpose,

like you don't count, youknow, you're not to be,

you're not allowed here-

- [Gordon] How'd you get through that?

- Well, I was angry.

And I think we see that.

The effects of this anger areevident in the streets today.

The abuse in the GeorgeFloyd case was obvious.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist

to figure out that man was murdered,

and that should be addressed directly.

And so the anger just explodes

because we've been carrying this weight

for all of our lives.

I couldn't sit here across from you,

who I happen to love dearly as a brother,

and not tell you thatthere are times when I feel

that feeling like I'mnot supposed to be there,

or you walk into a place andyou feel the eyes watching you

or what is he doing hereor who is that person?

And I'm not saying that that's racism.

It could just be they don'tknow who I am, but for us,

it's that feeling that youget, like, here it goes again

and I have to fight this thing.

How do I fight it?

I'm a born again believer.

The Bible says that I'ma new creation in Christ.

I'm a new species of being.

I gotta change the way I think.

I can't combat evil with evil.

I have to combat evil with good.

I've got to reach out in love.

I've got to cross that line.

I have one quick story.

I had a friend of mine I wasserving with in the military.

He was a white guy,

and I could do more push-ups than him

and he could do more sit-ups than I could.

I could run faster than him.

(Gordon laughs)

So we were always fighting

and he would say-- You had a competition.

- Yeah, it was competition all the time

and he would say, "I hate you, Mitchell.

I hate you Mitchell,"

and I would say, "Becker, I love you."

And he would go, "I hate you still."

And this went on for a good six months.

And finally it broke and hebecame one of my dearest friends

because he saw me reachingacross the table to him

because he had never engagedwith a black person before.

He had never experiencedwhat it was like to be me

and I had never really experienced

what it was like to be him.

And so when we were ableto cross that bridge

in a place of respect andhonor and love for each other,

we were able to dealwith some heart issues

that both of us had.

- Did you reconcile?

- We reconciled to the pointwhere he ate in my house,

he slept in my house, I ate in his house,

(chuckles) I slept in his house.

We went places together.

He became like a uncle to ourchildren when they were small.

He just felt like hewas part of the family

and that's exactly what he was,

part of the family.- So the answer is

how do we get closer to thepoint where you can say,

"I can live with you.

I can be in your house.

I can sit at your table.

I can break bread with you."

- Again, to me, it goes backto what our core belief is.

I feel, as a American

who happens to be black,

I'm not African American,I was born and raised

in the United States of America,

I feel it's, we have to go back to

what do we want as a society?

I want to see you as a brother.

I want to see you as a friend.

I don't want to see you as an adversary.

I don't want to see you asthe man always oppressing me

because that brings victimhood.

I am not a victim; I'm a victor.

I'm not oppressed; I'm a son.

And when I understand my identity,

which has been a systemicproblem, I believe,

for the black culture...

When I first joined the military,

it was like you have forms you fill out

and, at first, it was colored,and then it was Negroid,

and then it was black, andthen it's African American.

I'm like, well, what am I?

I mean, at some point yougotta let me know who I am.

And it's that we're dealingwith this identity issue

that even the courtshave supported, you know,

separate but equal andthose types of things

that happen in our own system of justice.

But we have to look ateach other as God sees us,

a human race, one people of one blood.

Years ago, I was shot

and I bled out and theyemptied the blood bank.

It didn't matter if it waswhite blood, Indian blood,

- We're all one blood.- Hispanic blood.

I needed B+ blood, and that B+blood, whoever it came from,

I didn't care.

Well, at the time, I didn'tknow, but I didn't care.

- I'm sure you didn't care.

You were thankful.

- I was thankful for it.

- You've worn the blue.

I mean, you wear uniforms,

not every day, but you wear a uniform.

How is it for you wearing that uniform,

particularly as you relateto other African Americans?

And I remember one time

where you were actually accused of racism

by an African American andyou had to confront that.

- I have...

Yes, that's happened anumber of times as well

because then I can become the Uncle Tom

or I can, you know,you're not black enough.

I count it to be a distinctive privilege

and a distinctive honor to serve.

Jesus came to serve.

I've served all my life.

I served in the military.

I served my country.

Honored to do so.

Now I serve here.

I'm honored to do it here.

And as a black man in auniform, I count it an honor.

I have a family and ahistory of our family.

I have a cousin who retiredas a police lieutenant.

My father was the first black sergeant

in the Clark CountySheriff's Department in Ohio.

My brother was a state trooper.

My uncle died in the line of duty

as a police officer in Springfield, Ohio.

It's part of a legacy of honor.

And when I want to, what I want to present

is I'm accountable, I'm responsible,

I'm a man of integrity,and I'm a man of character.

See me for who I am, not what I wear.

My uniform does not represent me.

I represent the uniform.

When I put that uniformon, I want you to see me.

I want you to see my heart.

I want you to see my concern

and my care for you as a citizen,

or just plainly, as an individual.

- What do you think the way forward?

I mean, we say it,

I think we all need torecognize it's aspirational,

with liberty and justice for all.

What it going to take for us to,

that not just be words, but that's real.

and that's real on a daily basis.

You don't have to have this ongoing anger

or even an ongoing conversation.

It's just assumed everyone isgoing to be treated equally.

- I've truly believed the way forward

is representative at this table.

We come to this table as individual men,

born one year apart, one month apart,

and we walk as brothers.

We've been all around the world together.

We've had good days and we'vehad bad days. (chuckles)

- Mostly good.

(Chris laughs)

I need to hear somethingfrom you right now?

- No, no, no, as human beings,

we've all had our moments.

You know, but that's part of life.

- I'll tell on myself.

There was one time in a airport in Bangkok

and we'd just flown in from India

- India.- and I'd been up forever,

and I turned to Chris andI go, "Is the room moving?"

(men laughing)

We had more, we had many more miles

to go on- Many miles to go.

- and I was so not ready for that.

- Yeah.

So the way forward is forus to accept each other

for who we are.

But it begins with us, but it has to,

it has to spread throughoutour justice system,

throughout our core values.

When we take God out ofeverything, we lose everything

because then there's no standard.

And if love is the standard,

if love is not the standard, then what is?

But if love is the standard,we can accomplish anything.

Where there's love, there's unity.

Where there's love, there's peace.

Where there's love, there is hope.

Where there's love,there's reconciliation.

There's forgiveness.

I can look beyond yourfaults and see your needs

and you can do the same with me.

We can see each other

as human beings.- You have faults?

- Well, I mean, hey.- I didn't know there...

(men laughing)

- Well, whatever those faults might be.

(men laughing)

- I just noticed someduring budget season.

(men laughing)

- And that's understandable.

- If I don't say it,

you gotta stand- That is really

for the increase- understandable.

- and I get to hear it.

(men laughing)

Chris, thank you.

They're not many people that you can say

there's somebody out who'lltake a bullet for ya.

Chris will take a bullet for ya,

and as a result, you just go, wow,

here's someone willing to laydown his life for the cause.

We've been all over the world.

He's with me on every one of the trips

to preach the gospel,to get CBN established.

And many people don't know this,

but in addition to being chief of police,

he's also a bishop.

He's in charge of a church.

And so when we're in trouble somewhere,

it's like, all right, Chris, let's pray.

- Hey.

- Chris knows how to pray.

So hallelujah. I praise God for you.

- Appreciate it.- You are,

you're something else.- Great to be with you.

- All right.

Way forward.

The way forward is live together.

And how do you breakthrough those barriers?

And just as I, you know, as Chris said,

there was purpose in the division.

Can we be purposeful in the unity

and realize this isn't goingto happen accidentally.

It has to be done with purpose.

And I think one of the bestplaces for it to be done

is in church, to say, on purpose,

let us have congregationsthat reflect heaven.

And we look at Revelations 7,

in heaven, we're all together,

we're all worshipingthe Lamb with one voice,

every nation, every tribe, every tongue.

And so how do we havethat on Sunday morning?

Can we be purposeful there?

And if we can be purposeful there,

we will see it spreadthroughout the culture.

That's a goal worth fighting for.

That's also a goal worth dying for.

- Amen.- So take a bullet for that.

It's worthwhile to havethat kind of fellowship,

that kind of unity, and realize,

we're all in this together.

Ashley, over to you.

- Amen.

God bless you, chief. We love you.

Well, still ahead, double-crossed.

One inmate plots revengeagainst those who did him wrong.

And you won't believe whathe did with his kill list.

Stay tuned to find out.

(dramatic music)

- For Bryann, revenge was sweet,

until all his friends abandoned him.

Alone in a cell, Bryann took a long look

at his hit list of enemies,

and then he did somethingtotally unpredictable.

- [Narrator] Bryann Trejoremembers feeling rejected

at 13 years old when hismother called the police

and had he and his twin brother arrested.

She had recently brokenup with their father

and it was her way ofdisciplining the two unruly teens.

- We always disobeyed,

you know, kind of asking for attention

but not getting the attention we needed.

We're feeling like we're last.

She's choosing her boyfriends first.

So it put us in a placewhere, well, who does love us?

- [Narrator] Releasedfrom juvenile prison,

they found shelter and acceptance

among neighborhood troublemakers

and started stealing and dealing drugs.

- So we eventually foundthe love in the streets.

Some knuckleheads that wererejected from their household,

they formed up their own brotherhood.

We robbed people to eat, you know,

literally call the pizzaman if we're hungry,

call the pizza man andwe'll get guns and rob.

It started building this lifestyle

of, if we want it, we'll cometogether and we'll get it,

even if it's the wrong way.

It made me feel like this issomewhere where I am wanted.

And I didn't know it at the time,

but they were using ustoo because they knew

that we would do whateverfor the brothers.

- [Narrator] For the next several years,

Bryann was immersed in street life

and was in and out of jail.

At 21, he tried to avenge afailed hit on his brother.

- I see the man comingthis way and he sees me.

And I'd been looking for him.

And I got a gun on mylap and I'm by myself.

I'm pulling up to him, I'mlike, "Man, perfect timing."

And he's coming to thecar with his friends

and they're thinkingthey're gonna beat me up

and I'm thinking, "I got you."

And as soon as he came to the thing,

I rolled the window down and, doo-doo,

he's on the floor and he's shaking.

I'm shooting this way at them.

And I remember peeling offlike yeah, I got you, victory.

- [Narrator] Bryann was arrested

and charged with attempted murder.

While awaiting trial, he realizedthat his so-called friends

weren't around anymore.

- Everyone I thoughtloved me vanished on me.

So I'm like, "Man, where's my loyalty at?"

And I remember I had a list ofeverybody that did me wrong,

what I was gonna do to themand I was gonna hurt her,

I was gonna hurt him.

So I'm sitting there in thiscell restless, so angry.

- [Narrator] Then he remembered

that revenge hadn't gottenhim far, so he prayed to God.

- I've heard the gospel preached before,

salvation and it's free and God loves you

and that He wants you to come home.

I went to a church servicethat night in jail, right,

and everything just came right back.

So I cry out to God in thiscell, facing this time,

to just give me peace while...

Just don't leave me. I'm gonna serve you.

Even if I have to be in thepenitentiary, I'll serve you.

And He tells me to start forgiving people.

That list I made of people

that I wanted to hurt when I got out,

I had to start praying over these people

instead of sitting therewishing death on them.

So it became a prayer list.

- [Narrator] At trial,Bryann's charges were reduced

and he was released afterserving three years in prison.

- It was like, man, thisis something unconditional

I never experienced before.

You know.

Just being the type of man I am,

that you would still give me help.

I was grateful.

♪ Shoulda killed me before I made it ♪

♪ To the altar ♪- By this time,

his twin brother hadturned his life around.

He became a Christian

and started creating rapmusic to glorify God.

♪ And so I told God I made a promise ♪

♪ I'll no longer be dishonest ♪

♪ Like a cycle that repeats ♪- Until the night

he was fatally shot just outside his home.

- When they said my twin was murdered,

I felt like my soul was cut in half.

I couldn't go to his funeral

because I didn't wantto see him in a casket

'cause he looks just like me.

I wanted to remember him withlife, so it was hard for me.

He walks like me. He talks like me.

Even now to this day, when Ilook in the mirror, I see him.

- [Narrator] The grief nearlydrove Bryann to suicide.

It was then he realized

he had never fully surrenderedhis life to Christ.

- I still had things I didn'twant to let go of, you know.

Kind of on my terms.

I'll change, God, but I don't want,

I'll just do little by little.

He was telling me, "Give me everything,"

and it was, you know, butwhen my brother was murdered,

I gave Him everything.

My prayer was like,

"I got lust in my heart.I got greed in my heart.

I'm blaming everyone.

I know it's my fault.

I'm tired of runningthe race the wrong way,

going backwards, in and outof prison, being a failure.

They just took the closestone to me on earth.

I don't want Satan to take no more from me

so I want to live for you.

So, whatever you gotta do, help me."

- [Narrator] Bryann's prayer was answered

and his life was transformed.

He forgave his brother's killers

and reconciled with his mother.

Now, he honors his brother'smemory by continuing his music.

♪ Love and forgiveness while we rise ♪

♪ Find our inner peace ♪

Today, Bryann is marriedand has a family of his own.

Through their ministry, Kingdom Muzic,

they travel and share the message

that forgiveness is freedom

and God's love is the way home.

- But knowing that the Father looks for me

and says, "Come home," that'sa different type of love.

I'm like, "Man, it's beautiful

to know He loves me like that."

- This is love, thatwhile we were yet sinners,

Christ died for us.

This is the love of the Father.

The prodigal takes hisinheritance and goes wasting it

on riotous living until hecomes to the end of himself.

And then he comes homeand what does he find?

He finds a father who's looking for him,

watching out for his return,knowing that, one day,

his son would come home.

Are you that son?

The story of the prodigalson is in the Bible for you

to give you hope that you can come home.

The enemy wants to tell you,

you want to tell yourselfthat you've gone too far,

that you've done too much, there's no way

a righteous and holy God wouldever want to have you around

and you won't be received.

All of those are lies.

Let the love of Godcut through all of them

right to you very soul.

And let it speak to you andhear the words it wants to say.

"You are my child.

This is my son, in whom I'm well pleased."

That's what God wants to say to you.

He wants to put a robe around you,

He wants to put a ring on your finger,

He wants to put a turban on your head,

and then he wants to havea big party just for you.

"My son who was lost is now home."

Now for Bryann, one of thethings that interfered,

and it will interfere, is ifyou're on a quest for revenge.

Bryann came to a point where he said,

"Revenge didn't get me anywhere."

And it's that realization

that all that bitterness, all that anger,

that quest for revenge, thatquest for violence, payback,

all of that will interfere.

If you're willing to lay all that aside

and say, "Father, forgive them.

I forgive them," then you'llfind that He'll forgive you

and He'll restore a relationship with you.

And you'll be able to hear His voice.

You'll be able to sense His presence.

What you saw with Bryannis an absolute miracle.

Here is a complete turnaround.

That can happen to you.

Now, what does it take?

Here's a very simple prayer for you.

Jesus, if you're there,

if you really are the savior,

if you can reallyforgive me and be with me

and let me know that you'rethere, could you show me?

Could you show up for me?

Now if you prayed that withall that of your heart,

He'll answer it.

If you need help with thatprayer, we're right here.

All you have to do is call 1-800-700-7000.

Well, on our next show,a young man loses his job

and his apartment because of addiction

and you're gonna seehow he found a way out.

We leave you with these words from James:

"Humble yourselves inthe sight of the Lord,

and He will lift you up."

(inspirational music)