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Earl Best
Earl Best (born December 26, 1947), a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", is a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and now works with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey.〔 He founded the ''Street Warriors'' organization in 2003. As of 2011, Best remains active preaching nonviolence and delivering blankets, food and supplies to poor people of Newark with his van and on his feet.〔
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==Biography==
Best grew up in the city's South Ward.〔(Biography from Earl Best’s Street Doctor website )〕〔Brian Falzarano, ('Street Doctor' Leaves His Mark on Newark with 'The Fingerprint' ), West Ward Patch, August 8, 2011〕 He was arrested for bank robbery on June 13, 1983, and subsequently convicted, at least partially on the basis of fingerprint evidence.〔 He spent ten years in solitary confinement while serving 17 years in prison for the robbery. During his solitary imprisonment, he studied spiritual writings, psychology, and law, and he prayed that he would be able to help others if released. In a 2011 interview, he said: “I wanted to make a difference in kids’ lives because no one made a difference in mine.”〔
Best was released from prison in 2000. Within three years, he set up an organization called ''Street Warriors'' with several other former criminal offenders.〔〔 Its programs included a summer youth program, mentoring for teenagers living in public housing, gang awareness and intervention programs for adults and youth, and sports activities including a boxing club and a basketball team.〔(About Street Warriors ), NJ.com, March 20, 2008〕 For a few years, the organization maintained a center, but the center closed due to a lack of ongoing funding. Best now runs his charitable activities out of a donated van.〔
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