Meet The '12 O'Clock Boys' Team

Filmmaker Lofty Nathan stops by HuffPost Live to discuss his new film "12 O'Clock Boys" which follows a group of illegal dirt bike riders on the streets of Baltimore. Joining him is 13 year-old "Pug," one of the groups youngest riders.
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[@springhillgolfer878]

Best documentary I've ever seen, hands down. I became Pug for 83 minutes and shared his dream: To be good enough (one day) to ride with the Twelve O' Clock boys and to be completely free and wild, in spite of the police's efforts to prevent that. He's found something he loves. And that's a beautiful thing to see, especially in the harsh environment of the inner city where dreams can turn into nightmares. I was mesmerized by this movie.

[@Multimentalisti]

Free and Wild..LOL Grow some pubes first dude.

[@roseomshanti5]

Raw talent. Your following your dream Good for you Pug!

[@jamryan2950]

Pug is high as fack 😂

[@Ozzmantis69]

Reminds me of us boyz when we were teenagers here in Australia ridin our dirt bikes around and the rangers always trying to catch us,fun times.

[@Ru_.]

yolo

[@GIXXRBRAH750]

Hahahaah! Get a sect 10 and go ride again!

[@shadynunu7558]

Stop hating the 12 o'clock Boyz all they are doing is riding and riding is awesome #RMZ 250 😈

[@itsmemario4336]

I got one :)

[@12bucLai16]

Riding n causing problems if they did that I'll call my boys n shoot Dem up riding on my lawn

[@torigary5011]

Columbus Ga will be like this soon🙌 #respectBmore✊

[@hertzkot]

respect to Baltimore brotherz

[@slimjim0405]

"Basketball is dangerous" LOL

[@angelahancock4773]

F

[@hamzakhan8021]

Hahhahaha lmao funniest i heard for a while

[@jazzy-oh6dk]

I like how pug expresses himself on tv 📺 tell ppl that what he loves to do. BC I wanna learn how to do different kinds of moves on a forwheelier.

[@mogulfratty5655]

all da negative comments are from ppl who dont know how it feels to be up there wheels off da ground. stunt like yo madd

[@nubellaco7282]

Elijah 100

[@nubellaco7282]

Hot run run JJ his

[@spectatinggamer5519]

Pug got hit by a damn police car though

[@evanjohnson7119]

SpectatingGamer fr?

[@nugg3t.z]

yeah he got hit when he was 16 a cop hit him and he was tased

[@grosblyth]

Willying.

[@AHLive215]

PUG stay in school brah..

[@ralphbrown865]

YO pug a grown ass man

[@lancej2689]

My first and only question: Why not buy street tires?

[@boydogadams1713]

All stars dirt bike ridefs

[@ScoobyGucci]

Can they make a part 2

[@yarkdizzy4488]

Pug said like 350 times lmao

[@lly340]

Tyler Dodd I know right

[@stacyburkes4673]

Tyler Dodd

[@hawaiisidecar]

That kid has a hard time expressing himself.

[@49BravoMike]

LIquid no, it's cause he doesn't know the English language

[@braylonharrington3576]

That boy high!!

[@SMOKE-zk6jm]

Hell yea

[@nicolepatterson8665]

Sad they are making a mockery of them. I pray he is still in school.

[@kentrelltrice1930]

Y'all was balling

[@nme6725]

That boy needs to go to school. Seems he might be illiterate

[@catoyiadaniels597]

K (

[@skrillexdenniz7045]

Im riding kx85 but aint popin wheelies in the streets

[@LuBuckets]

Skrillex Denniz I’m on a rm85

[@BENNIFRANX100]

Shoutout 2 Pug!!!!

[@Inlinetom]

Did that 9 year old kid call himself a "grown ass man"

[@dankfly5653]

Inlinetom you don't necessarily have to be old In age. Seeing violence from a young age and other things grows someone mentally.

[@coleconnell8834]

Inlinetom he said decade and a few years a decade is 10 years and when he said a few he means 2 that makes 12

[@edgerrinmike7462]

i see you got big🚔🚴

[@999across]

This kid sounds exactly like Snoop off The Wire.

[@1966johnnywayne]

Excellent work Huff Post...give a bunch of attention seeking, law breaking "willieing" fools a forum to romanticize this dangerous (to bystanders), irresponsible, criminal behaviour to the detriment of law-abiding "community" members. I look forward to the story about Huff Post "journalists" struggling with aids.

[@danielleadderley8362]

weelie boys rule and I have a dirt bikes

[@MikeJones-kg5tw]

bikes are my life

[@nivarison3709]

12 o'clock boys are awesome

[@linmin1596]

!!!Hey thats my fuckin bike!!

[@brabusmighty9458]

+LinMin Bullshit

[@TommyMx]

give my bike back

[@ethangambrell6586]

I'm on a kx250 but I don't ride wheelies on the street

[@faded9043]

Bmore 410 Boyz here

[@days3750]

If people don't live in Baltimore with the 12 O'Clock Bpys then y'all dont even know what they're about SO STOP FUCKING JUDGING

[@49BravoMike]

heyhow youdoing you are an idiot, there was a documentary created so you can have the ability to judge

[@groovecoupe3496]

These gone be the kids. In. Movies. Pug. G up.

[@dkuanwilliams9959]

that's the life to be living mahn wheeling and shit

[@CarlosAlvarez-mt3xh]

#Respect full bikelife

[@tommybartlett7438]

he broke his nail off... lmfao... some hardcore shit there.

[@lareymac]

They not a gang.West side stand up

[@ianbosticvlogs9296]

It's the squad

[@gritstube]

I hate when they put young black males on Ritalin just because of their energy levels. You can tell they gave him a good dose just before the interview smh

[@Saucyyquez]

this kinda sounds like me cuss i grew up riding dirtbikes and watching them .. the only thing is i never got hurt before if anything i fell off wen i was like 11 trying to do a wheelie all the way down the street but i wasnt hurt i juss got back up and did the wheelie again

[@christienbailey4889]

I got a dirtbike it is a 160 ssr 2015

[@denaboys7609]

Christien Bailey get a name brand bike bud, Chinese bikes will blow the fuck up on you. Cop a 125-150 on Craigslist for 1k

[@higherliving8846]

Charm city kings #iykyk

[@blakevella2762]

YTB Yeah The Boys

[@TheFatmerrill]

There starting to bleed out of the city, ive seen some of em in dundalk, essex, and overlea

[@fredogang7717]

Pug is my friend

[@alohayesyes8094]

in this interview there disrespecting pugs dream

[@lucianseabaugh6572]

I wanna be in your shoes bro

[@sampalozie5604]

why do u make them sound bad when there staying out of trouble in a crimed city and all there doing is having fun and there not hurting no buddy

[@willcase3550]

I don't get the point why the police arrest people for driving dirt bike just let them do what they want and let them do what they love

[@terrencemims9274]

Free PUG!!!!!!!!!!

[@latarshasmithson9113]

Wassup

[@ianslater6580]

Tyler it's shae

[@dylanbowman9398]

they are just doing what they are good at and entertaining us there doing nothing wrong

[@nicholeroyster2658]

I'm a twelve o'clock Girl 4 sho

[@mikecostello705]

Waste of good dirtbikes man

[@BOSTNAMEL]

Nigga I got a yz250f

[@christyanthomas1477]

be careful

[@jasondahzy6348]

Jake is u white or black

[@stacyburkes4673]

pug how to be a 12 clock boy.

[@andreabanner7597]

Pug keep riden be u

[@tsogons]

This kid needs education. He can't even put sentence together.

[@BOPZINKBIZ]

tsogons1 Funny the same thing can be said about you dude ! Looks like you're in need of a proof reader. . .Did you even take the time to read what the hell you typed before you hit the blue "post" button ?! LMAO .

[@49BravoMike]

BOPZINK BIZ What's so wrong with what he said.....?

[@BOPZINKBIZ]

Just read what tsogons1 posted . If you missed his mistake then reread it again until you find it. Now how the hell are you going to diss a 12 year old when you can't even properly type a simple sentence ? WTF?!

[@49BravoMike]

Maybe it's because this is a comment section compared to regular day to day talking. Not to mention the rather apparent speech issues pug is facing(I'm sure his reading is lacking as well). His parents are so supportive of him riding dirt bikes which I know can be very fun(I own a 250 rm), but more importance needs to be put on academics. Put it this way, would you ever employ pug if he sounded like that during an interview? I see your point, ppl in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, but then again you can tell the initial commenter made a simple mistake. Pugs dialogue is riddled with them as well as speech impediments throughout the entire documentary

[@BOPZINKBIZ]

Corey Martin Good grammar is just that and yes I found it completely ironic and totally ludicrous that someone would take the time to in fact erroneously point out a 12 year old kid's lack of phonology and basic linguistics . That KID was in the 8th grade when this interview was made . . You can't be serious dude . Furthermore it's my belief that if you know something well what are the odds of any unforseen grammar "mistakes" happening ? By the way since you brought the subject of academics as well as job prospects, the producers of the documentary," 12 O' Clock Boys" started a collage fund with monies earned from the film project for the KID so don't worry about him because he will be attending collage . This KID has a multitude of talent and energy . With the proper guidance I'm more than sure he will be just fine .

[@Taquann]

They need to make dirtbike riding legal for them it's the police that is making them mad they just livin life and the police not letting them

[@gwendarivlle9560]

we do that kinda stuff to but the police come we ride ever were

[@malikabel9006]

My cousin taekwon needa cut his hair I swear

[@barbietingzwithniyah7821]

pug live ur dream bruh BUT STAY IN SCHOOL i can tell by when u didnt kno how to explain urself when he asked u a question stay in school i beg u

[@dmcatempaccount4511]

Shameful. These idiots give EVERYONE on a bike a bad name. Wheelies are very easy on modern bikes and so is breaking the law it seems. Their bikes should be impounded and they absolutely should not get attention from anyone other than the police.

[@skrillexdenniz7045]

Ever'

[@ogclout8485]

I street ride

[@yz450fmonsta8]

nice vid fuck the haters

[@tioanthony17]

at the end he told pug he was pretty 3 yrs ago' so gay

[@cuckstrucksandbigbucks6259]

Tio Anthony he studered in aw

[@cuckstrucksandbigbucks6259]

Tio Anthony granted in the most creepiest way

[@tajhawilson649]

So

[@nomoreniquan1795]

Like

[@rickjackson5766]

hay im in Alabama my hay is off to to the 12 o'clock boys yeah there a gang that's fine but there a positive gang take a city like Baltimore its a city my god its not like down hear in Alabama where I am you guys ride and ride hard the hell with what the gov says rember we live in the usa that's means we r free get it free

[@tioanthony17]

so u guys ride in pack down in alabama for real?

[@groovecoupe3496]

Stunt. Men. Or boys.

[@dmcatempaccount4511]

150 very poor families with very expensive toys? How are all these inner city kids buying bikes that cost near $8,000 (with tax) new? Shall we assume that they, and their 100s of inner city families are making this top priority in life? Working and saving with no proceeds of crime being contributed? I have a hard time believing that is true. Huff-Post glamorizing crime on top of crime.

[@tym3up]

DMCAtemp account many of them are stolen some find the cheapest bikes they can and fix them and some save up all their money for them

[@BOSTNAMEL]

Cr80 😂

[@bigb0729]

Bra

[@49BravoMike]

This is what happens when you dont have a strong positive influence in your life and you start looking up to thugs.

[@LuBuckets]

Corey Martin he could be doing worse

[@bikelifepov9617]

That director is a bozzo

[@erindiazmclaughlin]

They are dangerous as hell. I live in Baltimore and they ride all over the place so recklessly. It drives me insane. I've seen them drive by police cars and kick them. I've seen guys fall off and the bike goes skidding down the street or up the sidewalk. Let that happen and skid into a child. There's plenty of decent places to ride right over the city line. It would take 10 minutes to get there. They just want to show off. And Pug needs to change his name to Punk, because that's exactly what he is. A disrespectful little punk.

[@saints146able]

Erin Mclaughlin sorry mate

[@connorc2221]

There are no places to ride, you wouldnt understand unless you rode yourself. All people wanna do is blame us for shit but no one wants to do something to fix it. Shit if i had a lot to go to i would be there everyday but sadly thats not the case so the street is where we are forced to go

[@MrHollywoodCoe]

+Erin Mclaughlin I agree 100%. HAHAHA THE KID CAN'T EVEN SAY A WHOLE SENTENCE . UM UM i i WH WAS ?

[@MrHollywoodCoe]

MrJanizPetke what's your point ?

[@robertdemeo]

Freedom is dangerous. Suck it up, buttercup

[@joshcrisp4582]

these guys r good but running from the police dont make u cool.

[@bwcampbell7333]

Dogtown all over again

[@megamolo00]

A gang really gangs have guns and ready to kill at any time I dont they do drives bys on atvs and dirt bikes

[@williamsaville33]

These guys steal motocross racers bikes

[@VelocityVisions321]

no tf they dont they buy them sell them then get better bikes

[@MrMechanicjr]

dirtbiking isnt illegal there is no such thing as "illegal dirtbikers"

[@49BravoMike]

MrMechanicjr on the streets they are