. >> gallop is housed in the administrative segregation unit. in order to minimize his contact with other inmates, he's in a single-man cell and takes his recreation time alone. he is currently serving two years for the distribution of narcotics. he also has an open case for assault with a deadly weapon, to which he's pled not guilty. but his reputation at suffolk county stands from a prior conviction during an earlier stay here. >> when he was sitting down i was like, maybe i could take the mirror off. i learned how to take it apart. >> the inmate was stabbed 19 times. >> as we entered the unit, we observed the cell door was wide open. and when we got down there, he was inside the cell and stabbing the inmate that was inside the cell with a manufactured weapon he had made. there was blood on the walls, on the floor. all over both inmates. >> the victim survived the attack. >> i believe he enjoyed the notoriety. it sends a message to the staff as well as other inmates. >> i'm just a regular person like i said. you're going to hear from other peo

that's exactly where we met dennis hamilton, in the hole, solitary confinement at in the administrative segregation unitrn valley state prison. it was the second time his refusal to share a cell had landed him there. but his time in the hole was about to end. and he was scheduled to return to general population, where sharing a cell is mandatory. >> to me the cells are too small. i think the cell in its breeds an environment for homosexuality. >> dennis hamilton was an unusual inmate. he just believed he didn't have to live with another man. i think he had a fear about living with another man. >> and to me it's like you don't even want these people in society, but you want me to feel safe inside a cell with this person. >> ironically other inmate s might not feel safe around hamilton either. he's serving a life sentence for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and assault with deadly weapon. nine years in, he's only now decided to make his stand against taking a cell mate. >> there's no rule that says i have to take a cellie. two, i don't want to live with another man for the rest of my life. >> 127. >> the

the title of his speech the segregation of negros in the army air forces and he concluded by observing in the administration of segregated units there is no routine, there can be gnosis -- consistent segregation policy because segregation is contradictory and inconsistent. racial segregation in the of forces had to end not because it was immoral as he believed it was bad because it was wasteful and impossible to implement logically. that is a remarkably fast change from 1945 to 1946 from a service that treats african-americans as, quote, as of >>--a sub species of the human family to someone who's about to become a general calling for the desegregation on the basis of efficiency. not to mention morality. that is in a span of six years. it swings because of the tuskegee airmen. the tuskegee airmen for those of you who don't know where the first military pilots of color in the united states. there was -- there were 15,000 african-americans and a small number of whites involved in this program to train african-american pilots in alabama during the war. 996 pilots graduated from the program. roughly 500 served overseas during the