Robert Earnest Rozier is an African-American murderer, former professional football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player for the St. Louis Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 of the NFL. After leaving the league, he became involved with "The Brotherhood", a Black Supremacist cult

Cult

The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...

 led by Yahweh ben Yahweh

Yahweh ben Yahweh

Yahweh ben Yahweh was the adopted name of Hulon Mitchell, Jr. , founder and leader of the Nation of Yahweh, a black supremacist new religious movement founded in 1979....

. He is currently serving 25 years to life on a conviction for check kiting

Check kiting

Cheque fraud/check fraud refers to a category of criminal acts that involve making the unlawful use of cheques in order to illegally acquire or borrow funds that do not exist within the account balance or account-holder's legal ownership...

 under a third strike

Three strikes law

Three strikes laws)"are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to hand down a mandatory and extended period of incarceration to persons who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions. These statutes became...

 law.

Early years and football

Born in Alaska, Rozier attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California

Rancho Cordova, California

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. He then attended Aberdeen Junior College before transferring to the University of California at Berkeley, where he played defensive end

Defensive end

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 for the football team. He was drafted in the 9th round of the 1979 NFL Draft

NFL Draft

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 by the St. Louis Cardinals (pick 228 overall). He played in only six games before being released, allegedly for issues involving drugs.

Yahweh ben Yahweh

After a series of petty crimes, Rozier found Yahweh ben Yahweh's "Temple of Love" in 1982. After first serving a six-month prison sentence, he moved into the temple full time, and changed his name to "Neariah Israel", or child of god. In 1985, he decided to join "The Brotherhood", Yahweh's secret group, that required murdering a "white devil" and returning with a body part to join it. Rozier would admit to killing seven White people to please Yahweh. He was arrested and charged with murder on October 31, 1986. After agreeing to testify against Yahweh's organization, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison. After serving ten years of the sentence, Rozier was set free in 1996.

Rearrest

Rozier was placed in the witness protection program

United States Federal Witness Protection Program

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 under the name Robert Ramses. On February 5, 1999, he was arrested for passing a bad check for $66 to pay for a car repair. After finding Rozier's true identity, police discovered a trail of 29 bounced checks totaling more than $2,000, and charged him with a felony. He was convicted, and under a third strike law

Three strikes law

Three strikes laws)"are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to hand down a mandatory and extended period of incarceration to persons who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions. These statutes became...

, Judge Eddie T. Keller sentenced Rozier to serve 25 years to life. Rozier is incarcerated at California State Prison, Los Angeles County

California State Prison, Los Angeles County

California State Prison, Los Angeles County is a male-only state prison located in the city of Lancaster, in Los Angeles County, California. The first and only state prison located in the county, it is also referenced as Los Angeles County State Prison, CSP-Los Angeles County...

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