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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says that as a younger man, he was on a path of mayhem that seemed destined to end behind bars \u2014 until he got scared straight by a viewing of \u201cAmerican History X.\u201d<\/p>

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The 1998 movie is about an ex-skinhead who goes to prison for murder, suffering a brutal three years behind bars, then emerges to try to stop his younger brother from repeating his cycle of hate and violence.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mullin, speaking at a ceremony during Police Week celebrating U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement, said that film was the start of his journey, though ultimately it took him to fully embrace Christianity.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy life changed when I got saved and I was 20 years old. Until then, my dad said I was more likely to go to prison than I was to be successful,\u201d Mr. Mullin recounted.<\/p>

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\u201cThe truth is, I probably was going down that path. I watched this little movie called \u2019American History X\u2019 that really changed my life, and I thought, I\u2019m never going to prison after that one,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t walking down the path I should have been walking down until I realized there was something higher, something bigger than myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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