Looking Deep with Kareem Mortimer

Meet Billy Roberts

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Meet Billy Roberts, a man who mirrors a movie I’d made about a white Bahamian fisherman who smuggled people to the US to pay off debts. However, Billy smuggled Haitian people to the US to make extra income but ended up caught and placed in prison. Quite an interesting story, isn’t it?

In this episode, you get a front-row seat to Billy’s story from wanting the better only to get the worst. He shares his experience in the US prison system and the differences between US law and Bahamian law.

Don’t miss this episode to learn a few life lessons as displayed by Billy’s story!

Stay tuned for the aftershow with Kareem and Julia immediately following the episode.

Episode Timeline:

  • [0:28] Intro
  • [1:26] Billy describes growing up in Hatchet Bay and Nassau.
  • [2:36] He narrates how and why he started smuggling Haitians to the Florida coast.
  • [6:52] The poorly planned trip that got him arrested, and his US prison experience.
  • [13:22] How he was transferred from the US prison to the Bahamas, where he was released afterward.
  • [17:13] The process of getting his life back together.
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