From 2010: Wes Moore, and "The Other Wes Moore"
Summary
TLDRThe script explores the divergent paths of two individuals, both named Wes Moore, growing up in similar challenging environments. One Wes, a Rhodes Scholar and military officer, finds success and recognition, while the other ends up in prison for life for murder. The narrative delves into their backgrounds, the influence of family and choices, highlighting the profound impact of education and mentorship in shaping one's destiny.
Takeaways
- đ Wes Moore is an accomplished individual with a background as a Johns Hopkins graduate, military officer, and Rhodes scholar.
- đ The name 'Wes Moore' is associated with two vastly different individuals: one a celebrated student and the other a convicted murderer.
- đŚ Both Wes Moores grew up in challenging environments with single mothers and were influenced by their surroundings, leading to different paths.
- đĄ Wes Moore's father died when he was young, leading to a move to the Bronx which proved to be a worse neighborhood than the one they left.
- đŽââď¸ The other Wes Moore was involved in a tragic jewelry store robbery that resulted in the murder of a police officer.
- đ The convicted Wes Moore is serving a life sentence without parole, reflecting on the consequences of his actions and the impact on the victim's family.
- đ The successful Wes Moore attributes his achievements to education and the support he received, particularly from his mother and military school.
- đ¨âđ§âđŚ The successful Wes Moore is now focused on his four children, aiming to provide them with a better life and opportunities.
- đ¤ The script raises questions about the influence of environment, upbringing, and personal choices on an individual's life trajectory.
- đ Wes Moore's accomplishments, including becoming a Rhodes Scholar, highlight the power of resilience and the support of mentors.
- đ The script is based on Wes Moore's book 'The Other Wes Moore,' which explores the parallel lives and diverging paths of two individuals with the same name.
Q & A
Who is the author of the book 'The Other Wes Moore'?
-Wes Moore, a Johns Hopkins graduate, military officer, and Rhodes scholar.
What significant event in their early lives did both Wes Moores share?
-Both Wes Moores grew up in drug-ridden neighborhoods and were raised by single mothers.
How did the Wes Moore who became a Rhodes Scholar's life change after his father's death?
-After his father's sudden death, his mother moved the family to New York, but they found the neighborhood there was worse than the one they left in Baltimore.
What was the turning point for the Wes Moore who ended up at Johns Hopkins University?
-His grandparents took a loan against their house to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy, which was a pivotal moment in his life.
How did the other Wes Moore's life take a tragic turn?
-He was involved in a jewelry store robbery that resulted in the murder of a police officer, leading to a life sentence in prison.
What was the name of the Wes Moore who was involved in the jewelry store robbery?
-The other Wes Moore, who was also known as 'Kid Cupid' in his neighborhood.
How did the Wes Moore who became a Rhodes Scholar first learn about the other Wes Moore?
-His mother called him in South Africa to inform him that the police were looking for a man with his name in his old neighborhood.
What was the name of the police officer killed during the jewelry store robbery?
-Police Sergeant Bruce Prothero.
How did the Wes Moore who was imprisoned react to the murder of the police officer?
-He expressed that the family of the officer must feel the pain that his own family feels, acknowledging the grief and loss.
What is the current focus of the Wes Moore who was a Rhodes Scholar?
-He is now focusing on his four children and ensuring they have a better life, being more involved and participating in activities with them.
What does the Wes Moore who became a Rhodes Scholar believe contributes to a child's life path?
-He believes that who gives birth to you, your family, friends, and the neighborhood you grow up in significantly influence your life path.
Outlines
đ Parallel Lives: The Two Wes Moores
This paragraph introduces two individuals named Wes Moore, each with a strikingly different life trajectory. One Wes Moore is a successful Johns Hopkins graduate, military officer, and Rhodes scholar, while the other is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison for murder. The narrative explores the initial shock of discovering a namesake with a criminal background and the subsequent journey of understanding their shared history. Both men grew up in similar, drug-ridden environments and faced challenges as children of single mothers, yet their life paths diverged significantly.
đŚ Childhood and Choices: The Making of Two Destinies
This section delves into the early lives of both Wes Moores, highlighting the pivotal moments and choices that shaped their futures. The first Wes Moore experienced the death of his father at a young age, which led to a challenging upbringing in a transitioning neighborhood. His life took a turn when his grandparents took a financial risk to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy, a decision that ultimately saved him from a life of crime. The other Wes Moore, influenced by his older brother's involvement in drug dealing, followed a similar path, leading to a tragic robbery and the murder of a police officer. This paragraph illustrates the stark contrast between the disciplined life of one Wes Moore and the criminal life of the other.
đ Triumph and Tragedy: The Aftermath of Two Lives
The final paragraph contrasts the outcomes of the two Wes Moores' life choices. The first Wes Moore, after graduating with honors from military school, goes on to become a Rhodes scholar and an influential figure, reflecting on the importance of leadership and the impact of his upbringing. The other Wes Moore, convicted for his role in a jewelry store robbery and the murder of a police officer, expresses remorse and the pain of living with the consequences of his actions. This section also touches on the impact of their lives on their families and the broader community, emphasizing the ripple effects of individual choices.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄWes Moore
đĄCrime and Punishment
đĄParallel Lives
đĄSingle Mothers
đĄDrug-Ridden Areas
đĄMilitary School
đĄRhodes Scholar
đĄReflection
đĄSecond Chances
đĄLeadership
Highlights
Wes Moore, a Johns Hopkins graduate and Rhodes scholar, explores his life and the life of another man with the same name, who ended up in prison for murder.
The two Wes Moores grew up in similar drug-ridden neighborhoods and faced similar challenges, yet their paths diverged significantly.
Wes Moore's father, a television journalist, died when he was young, leading to emotional and financial struggles for his family.
The Moore family moved to the Bronx to escape a dangerous neighborhood, but found the new area to be worse.
The other Wes Moore's brother Tony was a known drug dealer, and he followed in his footsteps, making thousands of dollars a day by age 13.
Wes Moore's grandparents took a loan to send him to Valley Forge Military Academy, a decision that changed his life.
Initially resistant to military school, Wes Moore eventually thrived, graduating with honors and later attending Johns Hopkins University.
The other Wes Moore was involved in a tragic jewelry store robbery that resulted in the murder of a police officer.
Despite insisting he was not present at the robbery, Wes Moore was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Wes Moore's mother, Joy, played a pivotal role in his life, insisting he stay at military school and supporting his education.
The story of the two Wes Moores illustrates the impact of upbringing, choices, and the role of support systems in shaping one's life.
Wes Moore's journey from a troubled youth to a Rhodes Scholar demonstrates the power of education and perseverance.
The other Wes Moore reflects on the consequences of his actions and the pain his family and the victim's family have endured.
Wes Moore's mother, Mary, is raising his children with a focus on education and involvement, hoping to provide them with a better future.
The story emphasizes the importance of leadership and the belief that children need to feel cared for before they care about what others think.
Wes Moore's book, 'The Other Wes Moore,' serves as a reflection on the different paths that can be taken from similar beginnings.
Transcripts
of all the names to achieve a place in the history of crime and punishment perhaps none has ever got Â
there in quite the same way as the name Wes Moore Wes Moore himself explains it all in a Â
new book with the perplexing title the other Wes Moore our Russ Mitchell sorts it all out
this is Wes Moore Johns Hopkins graduate Â
military officer Rhodes scholar Charmed Life very blessed life
Wes you hear us this is the other West Mall [Music]
it's hard to imagine a more unlikely pairing one a celebrated student College Football Hall of Famer Â
White House fellow the other in a Maximum Security Prison serving a life sentence for murder there Â
was this this terrible robbery of the jewelry store and an off to the policeman was killed Â
Joy Moore called her son who was studying in South Africa she said the cops are looking for a man in Â
your neighborhood with your name and I was like what and she said there are wanted posters in Â
your neighborhood saying wanted Westmore assumed to be armed and very dangerous part of me when I Â
first heard it was wow my glad was his so many thousand miles away that they weren't looking Â
for my son all the same this Wes Moore couldn't get the other Wes Moore out of his mind he began Â
visiting him in prison and found a man who was troubling and complicated but also more reflective Â
than he'd expected I learned just how much we we had in common and more than just our name Â
both men grew up in nearly identical drug-ridden areas where both were making Â
names for themselves on the streets and as behavior and academic problems at school Â
also both men were raised by single moms on the face of it they were living parallel lives but Â
in reality they were heading in very different directions here are their not so simple stories Â
this neighborhood we'll begin with this Wes Moore before he was even four his world unraveled his Â
father big Wes as his family called him a 34 year old television journalist in Maryland Â
died suddenly as his young son watched I started hearing him come down the stairs and I ran to Â
the stairs and then he collapsed and he just fell and I remember my mother running in from the from Â
the kitchen and a pot falling and just chaos all around me and I just remember just staring Â
in the Years following her husband's death Wes's mother Joy struggled emotionally and financially Â
she's a widow now she's a single mother she's got three kids and she could see their neighborhood Â
outside Baltimore was turning dangerous so she moved her family to live with her parents in New Â
York but Wes says their Bronx neighborhood would prove to be worse than the one they'd left so this Â
was definitely a neighborhood in transition when we actually moved back here for a kid it sounds Â
like a lot of opportunities to get in trouble yeah a lot of opportunities to get in trouble Â
sometimes I really did feel like I was losing my son Â
back in Baltimore the other Wes Moore barely knew his father this is when they were little Â
his mother Mary had goals for her children finish school and go to college and get a Â
good job it was a hope that Mary herself had grasped but couldn't hold she was the first Â
person in her family to go to Junior College and was accepted to nearby Johns Hopkins University Â
but when her funding fell through she had to work full-time instead often leaving Wes with his older Â
brother he was very close to his brother Tony yes it was over the years Mary says she knew Tony was Â
becoming a well-known drug dealer but she thought he was taking a do as I say not as I do approach Â
with Wes Tony was StreetWise and all that and he knew what was out there and he didn't want that Â
same thing for his brother but by the time Wes was 13 he was already following in his Big Brother's Â
footsteps soon he says he started making thousands of dollars a day and never looked back so I Â
I think they were supposed to come to me at light speed Â
but when I was given opportunities to take my time and be patient I rushed past him
around the same time up in the Bronx eleven-year-old Wes Moore like the other Â
Wes was looking to the streets for his sense of belonging it all starts off with little stuff Â
walking into a corner store and stealing a candy bar it's just amazing how fast that graduates to Â
much more serious stuff you had a nickname in the neighborhood I did kid Cupid kid Cupid kid cupid Â
is that bestowed on you or did you give that one I gave it to myself I gave it to myself and my tag Â
was just two k's next to each other with a circle around it there are quite a few Bronx walls that Â
had uh had those two k's next to it this is the place you spray paint it this is it right Â
here and got caught got caught so my friend and I were actually tagging and basically cop car turns Â
the corner and you hear that distinctive like you know like the cop sirens right they grab me Â
put the cuffs on me and next thing I was I was in the back of a police car and I'm just terrified I Â
couldn't even imagine that phone call to my mom telling him you need to come pick up your son Â
that call never came the cop took us out and undid the handcuffs and he said get moving did you learn Â
a lot from that uh I I think I did for a short period of time it's amazing how fleeting that Â
is and all I was looking for was acceptance and if that meant spray painting some walls skipping some Â
classes you know getting in the fights and that's what I was gonna do he was heading down the wrong Â
path said no not again he lost my husband I'm not going to lose my son his grandparents took a loan Â
against their house to give their daughter Joy the money she needed to send her only son here
Valley Forge Military Academy
sending him to military school was probably one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make Â
um I agonized she'd been threatening me in military school since I was like eight years old Â
so I was like there's no way she's gonna send me away do you remember exactly what he said Â
to you at that time now he had more sense than to say exactly what he was thinking Â
in those first four days I literally ran away five times from the middle five times in the first Â
four days that's right that's right and after that fifth time even the school had had enough Â
they brought him to a phone and he dialed the only number he knew the 12 year old that started Â
pleading as soon as his mother answered she stopped me and she's like too many people have Â
worked for you to be here so you need to give it a shot so it was really tough for me to hear that Â
level of of of pain and sincerity in her voice but I think it was also part of the trigger that Â
really helped it all make sense to me what was it about that phone call her persistence and uh Â
you know my mother wasn't going to give up on me even though I was giving her a lot of reasons to Â
do so and the idea that this was bigger than me that yearning that acceptance I was looking for Â
I had the whole time and I was with my family some of the proclamations it was a push that Â
led to many small successes after that first year I was actually doing well academically and I was Â
doing well tactically and I was actually allowed to participate uh on sports teams because up until Â
that point I was always on probation I'm starting to say you know this isn't too bad this doing well Â
thing he graduated with honors at 17 and return turn to the city of his childhood Baltimore this Â
time he was an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University for all the barriers all the the Â
glass ceilings and and in many ways almost uh you know self-imposed glass ceilings that I had over Â
me were lifted the other Wes Moore's life could not have taken a more tragic and violent turn Â
on February 7 2000 24 year old Wes along with his brother Tony and two others came to this Â
jewelry store armed with guns Rylan Powers was working there like two guys come around this side Â
to come around this side everybody Hit the Floor get in you know standing over him a man he Â
identified to police as Wes Moore some things you never forget but Wes Moore you saw he had a gun Â
he was right here what role did he have he he was more or less like you know the ringleader you know Â
power says the four men were already fleeing when one of them shot police Sergeant Bruce prothero in Â
the head and chest at Point Blank Range 29 year old Tony Moore later confessed to the shooting Â
his younger brother Wes has always insisted he wasn't even at the heist when he says to this Â
day you know he wasn't here he wasn't didn't have a gun he wasn't part of this you said Â
there's a line piece of garbage the brothers went into hiding sparking a national Manhunt Â
they were arrested in the 2200 block of North 19th Street they were captured in Philadelphia Â
Tony pled guilty to avoid the death penalty he died in prison of kidney failure two years ago Â
Wes was convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole Â
do you feel bad at all for the officer who died the night of the jewelry store robbery
the family must feel for the pain that my family feels and I'm still living I'm Â
still here grieving and being able to talk to him and speak to him I heard him and kiss him Â
and that family don't have an opportunity to do that the year of the murder the Moore Brothers Â
high profile case often made headlines but one day this Westmore made a headline of his own it Â
was one of the most remarkable moments because I thought to myself you know here I was a kid who Â
literally less than a decade ago was sitting in the back of a police car Â
with handcuffs on and being sent away to a military school for academic and disciplinary Â
reasons and now I'm standing here hearing a gentleman announce me as a Rhodes Scholar Â
today the other Wes Moore now 34 years old is focusing on his four children
people to think less bad people sometimes my children might be embarrassed but I'll Â
be involved I'm not trying to change that yeah you know what she thought his mother Â
Mary is raising two of Wes's children what would you say you're doing differently well I
got education
and more time with them um participate in activities all the things I didn't do Â
like God gave me a second chance to do it right so doing it right Â
she hopes her son's children will have lives more like this Wes Moore who still Ponders Â
their common name but very different Fates I think a tremendous amount of life is like who gave birth Â
to you who are your family who are your friends which neighborhoods did you grow up in my mother Â
says kids need to think that you care before they care what you think they want leadership if I Â
wasn't lucky enough to have people help provide that to me the kids in the corner sure wouldn't
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