0:00:02 > 0:00:06- POLICE RADIO:- 'Shots fired, 36-7... - Shots heard in the area...'
0:00:06 > 0:00:07America,
0:00:07 > 0:00:082016...
0:00:10 > 0:00:12SIRENS BLARE
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- RADIO:- 'She heard approximately 15 shots fired in the area...'
0:00:15 > 0:00:18..a country that's become increasingly plagued by gun violence...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20GUNSHOTS
0:00:20 > 0:00:23..and allegations of police brutality...
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..forces that are tearing the country apart.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31GUNSHOTS
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Oh, my God! I don't believe this!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40One of the worst afflicted places -
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Chicago.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44America's third city
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and President Obama's adopted hometown.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48GUNSHOTS AND SHOUTING
0:00:50 > 0:00:54'There have already been over 350 homicides in Chicago this year.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:57GUNSHOTS AND SCREAMING
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Gun violence in the city is spiralling out of control,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04while controversy rages over police shootings.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- POLICE RADIO:- 'A person down, our ticket says male.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:12And the majority of victims?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Young black men and women.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16GUNSHOTS
0:01:17 > 0:01:20WOMAN SCREAMS
0:01:25 > 0:01:28As Chicago struggles to cope with the carnage,
0:01:28 > 0:01:29the question is,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31who is responsible?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They have no respect for our humanity.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Those of us who have been kissed by the sun,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- there appears to be a target on our backs.- Always.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The police are killing our women and children.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51The police are killing our women and children.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55The Chicago Police Department is under siege.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Here and across the US,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00outrage of black deaths at the hands of cops is at boiling point.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07In 2015, 306 African-Americans were killed by police in America -
0:02:07 > 0:02:09eight in Chicago alone.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12We want the city to know that we're coming together as a community.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14We're against neighbourhood violence,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17we're against police violence in any shape or form.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21We've come here today to make that be known to the city.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The monthly police review board -
0:02:23 > 0:02:26a chance for citizens to air their grievances.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31It's fairly obvious that people are not only impassioned
0:02:31 > 0:02:34but also personally connected to the issues at hand.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37This isn't a group of weekend warriors,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40this is a group of people who've been personally affected by an issue
0:02:40 > 0:02:43that is being discussed by the entire country.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The Chicago police, they do not get to be judge,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- jury and executioner of our children.- That's right.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Let's wrap this up.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Hey, look, we've got to go in a board meeting today...
0:02:56 > 0:02:57APPLAUSE
0:03:13 > 0:03:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Mr Russell?
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Mr Russell?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26At every board meeting, we go through the same thing,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28but no solution's ever come out of it, that's the problem.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Has there been any change, in your experience?- No.- Nothing?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33No, not yet. When you grow up in these neighbourhoods,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36when you see the police culture, when you witness it first hand,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40you get pulled over for no reason, when you see people getting shot,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43when you see our neighbourhoods looking like Third World countries
0:03:43 > 0:03:47and no resources, no opportunities, no jobs, it's regular.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51It's nothing...you know, you live in it so long, there is no hope,
0:03:51 > 0:03:52so...
0:03:54 > 0:03:59I'm going to make my comment on my knees although I bow before no man,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03because it was on bended knee that Latisha Jones,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07she was on her knees in a puddle of blood,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12holding her mother as she took her last breath after Officer Rialmo
0:04:12 > 0:04:13blew a hole through her chest
0:04:13 > 0:04:18and Latisha Jones cried out to the Chicago police officer,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20"Why did you do this to my mother?"
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And the police officer's response was,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26"Your mother's dead, get over it."
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- CROWD SHOUTS - I'm on my knees for Latisha.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- CROWD CHANTS:- We want justice! We want justice!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We want justice!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Hey, what do we want?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39- ALL:- Justice!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- When do we want it? - ALL:- Now!
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- What do we want? - ALL:- Justice!
0:04:44 > 0:04:45- When do we want it? - ALL:- Now!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- What do we want? - ALL:- Justice!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- When do we want it? - ALL:- Now!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- What do we want? - ALL:- Justice!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- When do we want it? - ALL:- Now!
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I don't know if I've really emotionally prepared myself
0:05:04 > 0:05:07for what's going to happen while I'm here because...
0:05:10 > 0:05:13..as a black man, when you look around the room and you see people
0:05:13 > 0:05:16that look just like your family members telling stories
0:05:16 > 0:05:20about horrific interactions with the police,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I have no choice but to imagine my mother's face,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27or my auntie's or my grandfather's or my grandmother's.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29And then suddenly it becomes so much more real.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Chicago police killed nine people in 2015,
0:05:37 > 0:05:38all but one were black.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47African-Americans account for a third of the city's three million residents.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50They mainly live in the south and west of the city,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53areas that have some of the highest levels of poverty.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04'Areas like Gresham where, in 2013, preacher Catherine Brown -
0:06:04 > 0:06:08'a volunteer working to improve relationships with the police -
0:06:08 > 0:06:10'was driving home with her two children.'
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- How old are your children?- One year old and eight years old.- OK.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18We were getting ready to come into our driveway here at this house.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21The police and I, we met bumper to bumper.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27The passenger jumps out of the car and says, "Bitch,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29"move that effing car back!"
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And begin to come over towards me in a rage.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34So, immediately when we heard the "B"...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38..my daughter begins screaming at the top of her lung
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and it scared me. I locked the door, let the window up
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and just grabbed my phone and dialled 911.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53The one that was standing in front of me pulls his gun out, says,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55"What the F are you reaching for?!"
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And I'm thinking, "Oh, they're going to try to kill me."
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And the only thing I could think of,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02"You better get you and your kids to safety,"
0:07:02 > 0:07:05so I put that car in reverse and went as fast as I can
0:07:05 > 0:07:09out of that alley, trying to go on the front to get witnesses.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10I said, "If they kill me,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12"they ain't going to kill me and my kids in this alley,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15"they going to kill us front of everybody."
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- CATHERINE ON THE PHONE:- OK, my children are in the car and it's...
0:07:18 > 0:07:20CHILDREN SCREAM
0:07:22 > 0:07:24SCREAMING CONTINUES
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Oh, my God. She's crashed into you.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32Absolutely. And you know it's me and my two little babies in the car.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34WOMAN SCREAMS
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I'm asking for help, so y'all come look.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41SCREAMING
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She sprayed us.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48- Spraying the baby? - He's laughing about that.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50SCREAMING
0:07:59 > 0:08:02They've just thrown you off the bonnet onto the floor there, right?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04They dragged me across the car.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Just unbelievable.- When you talk to your children about it now,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09particularly the eight-year-old, what does she say
0:08:09 > 0:08:11about what happened to you all?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14She wants to move out of Chicago.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16She hates Chicago.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19And she's afraid of the police.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The last people you should be scared of are the police,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23they're there to protect you.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27You would think so. Especially the type of person I was
0:08:27 > 0:08:31in the community. I was a volunteer liaison between the community
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and the police to bring unity and support,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36try to help both sides understand one another
0:08:36 > 0:08:38and get along, but in that role...
0:08:39 > 0:08:42..I got treated like nothing.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'Following the incident,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49'Catherine was prosecuted on charges including aggravated battery,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52'assault and two counts of attempted murder.'
0:08:54 > 0:08:56She was found guilty of reckless conduct.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58All other charges were dropped.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Cases of police brutality have been hogging the headlines in Chicago,
0:09:17 > 0:09:18and after an official request,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22the Chicago Police Department declined to take part in this film.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26But there might just be a way in.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Across town, in a white area of the city,
0:09:34 > 0:09:35some bikers are gathering.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41But these aren't Hell's Angels...
0:09:42 > 0:09:43..they're off-duty cops.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50I'm not going to pretend as a young black man growing up in London,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54I've had the best experiences with the police, because I haven't.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55You know,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I've done all right for myself since I was quite young,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02and when you're a teenager driving a nice car in London and you happen to
0:10:02 > 0:10:04be black, things aren't fun.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09So my experiences with the police aren't brilliant.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13So, going into this...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18..I don't feel massively comfortable.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23I don't feel that I'm going to be particularly welcomed.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And I'm a little paranoid, if I'm honest.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42This is where my nerves go up to a ten at the moment.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Kind of outnumbered.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Hello.- How you doing? - How you doing, sir? You all right?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Nice to meet you. This is a pretty impressive set of wheels you got here.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Thank you. Well I'm a Wild Pig, which is a 100% police motorcycle club.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Just how safe is it policing a city like Chicago?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It depends on the area you're in.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I mean, it's got its dangerous areas,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I mean, anywhere in any part of the nation,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07being a police officer is dangerous.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Of course.- You know, we all do the same job. There's bad guys everywhere.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12You never know who you're pulling over.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14A lot of people criticise us,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17especially what's happening with the shootings that have happened here
0:11:17 > 0:11:19in Chicago, the police-involved shootings.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Hey, how you doing, man? How you doing?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25That's OK. How you doing? Hello.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Well, we're a team, yeah. Nice to meet you, guys.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34So, we've been here for about three or four minutes
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and were quite quickly approached by a couple of officers
0:11:37 > 0:11:41who've asked us to stop shooting and sort of establish our reasons
0:11:41 > 0:11:43for being here now.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46We've been allowed to continue shooting because the guys are aware
0:11:46 > 0:11:49that we're trying to get their story and their experiences
0:11:49 > 0:11:52to what it is to police a city like Chicago,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56but we've also been asked to stay away from some of the more sensitive
0:11:56 > 0:12:00subject matters such as police brutality and the things that might
0:12:00 > 0:12:01have come up in the press.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08The event is a memorial for cops killed in the line of duty.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09In the last ten years,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13nine Chicago police officers have been fatally shot.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Sandy Wright's father - a cop -
0:12:17 > 0:12:20was shot and killed while working in Gresham.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21He was actually...
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Just got off...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25off of work and
0:12:25 > 0:12:27he saw some kids...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..out in front of a store where he used to patrol,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and he was talking to one of the gang bangers and telling him
0:12:33 > 0:12:35to disperse,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40and two kids who were at a funeral that day, seeking vengeance,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and another gang banger shot...
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Went to shoot the kid next to my dad,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48but they ended up shooting my dad.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52So my dad was six foot three, white,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55and Gresham's all black, so...
0:12:55 > 0:12:59It's so devastating that it rips families apart,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01because it's so tragic and...
0:13:01 > 0:13:02It's not like they were sick,
0:13:02 > 0:13:06they went to work and you just expect that they're going to come home.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Do you think that the police have been misrepresented by the news
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- and by the media over here? - They don't go to work, saying,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15"Today I think I'm going to shoot somebody."
0:13:15 > 0:13:18That's the last thing that they want to do.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23But it's so violent now and no-one's really supporting them.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28They only show portions of what actually happens,
0:13:28 > 0:13:32they don't show you that that kid was a career criminal,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and eventually they would have died...
0:13:37 > 0:13:41..if not by the police's hands, by their own kind - the gang bangers.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44So, it's not the police.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46The police are outgunned right now.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50We hear the news, we see their pictures.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Correctional officer Adam Conrad.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Sergeant Jason Goodding.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Trooper Sean E. Cullen.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Officer Nathan Taylor.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Police officer Gerald Wright, Chicago PD.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20So, at this time, I wanted to thank her and everyone...
0:14:20 > 0:14:22At this time, we'd like to release the balloons
0:14:22 > 0:14:23and honour those fallen.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50It really does feel as though there are people dying on both sides
0:14:50 > 0:14:53of this argument, this debate, whatever you want to call it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I think the problem is everybody feels like they're the victim
0:14:59 > 0:15:03of this situation, and I don't think enough people are actually asking,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06"Well, what role do we play in the problem?"
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Police brutality in Chicago might be in the spotlight,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15but there's a much bigger problem when it comes to the overall number
0:15:15 > 0:15:17of shootings in the city.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Last year, 23 people were shot by police, nine fatally.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29At the same time, there were almost 2,500 black-on-black shootings,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33of which over 350 were fatal.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- NEWSREADER:- 'In Chicago over the weekend, eight were killed,
0:15:36 > 0:15:37'55 were wounded.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40'These are numbers that sound like a war zone,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42'like Afghanistan or Syria.'
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Most of the shootings are in the African-American areas of the city.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51The majority of the victims are young black men.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57With someone shot on average every two hours,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00the daily news in Chicago is full of stories of gun crime.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I'm trying to find a gentleman by the name of Peter.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Now, he is a journalist.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09He goes out searching for the story,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and the stories that he's searching for are...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17..are the stories of gun crime, the stories of violence and...
0:16:18 > 0:16:22..generally the sort of thing that you don't go looking for.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24But he's the sort of journalist who does.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I think this is Peter now.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- Peter.- Hey.- How's it going? - OK, how are you?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Very good, thank you, very good.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44So, what's your night looking like, then?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Do you know what you're about to get yourself into at any time, or...?
0:16:47 > 0:16:51No. So we're just going to listen to the scanners and see what happens.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Cellphones, you know, Twitter. Find out a lot of stuff on Twitter.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Oh, right, so you're basically using things that just anybody can get
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- their hands on.- Yeah. It's just a little hand-held radio.- OK.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04So what channels are you plugged into here?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Is it police channels?- Yeah, there's fire, too, we can listen to that.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09- Is that legal?- Yeah.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- You're allowed to...?- It doesn't transmit, it's over public airwaves.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13So what we do is, like,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16we listen for shootings and it's plain English,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18they don't speak in Tan codes like they do on TV so much.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Right.- So they'll say, like, we got a person shot,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24a person with a gun, or a gang disturbance, whatever it is,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and we just kind of listen to what's going on,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and if something happens, we'll go to it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- I guess I'm rolling with you tonight.- All right.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Shall we make a move? - Yeah, let's go.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Chicago has some of the strictest firearm laws in America.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47There are no gun shops in the city
0:17:47 > 0:17:53and yet, in 2015, police seized over 6,000 illegal guns,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56smuggled in from neighbouring states.'
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- RADIO:- 'Shots fired, shots fired.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01'Get an ambulance over here.'
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I've been with you for all of two minutes
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- and there's already shots fired. - Yeah.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- RADIO:- 'Do you have fire rolling over there?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11'We've got numerous calls with fire rolling.'
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- What does "fire rolling" mean? - It means...
0:18:13 > 0:18:15RADIO COMMUNICATION
0:18:15 > 0:18:17It means they're sending paramedics.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20So, that's police getting to where they've got to go to.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Are we going to the same place as that car?- Yeah.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- RADIO:- 'How many people do you have?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27'How many GSWs do you have over there?'
0:18:27 > 0:18:29She's saying, "How many GSWs do you have over there?"
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- RADIO:- 'Only one person shot.'
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Cos their first calls were saying, people shot,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- there's people shot in the alley. - SIRENS BLARE
0:18:35 > 0:18:40I can't tell if there's more coming up behind him.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44And there's been shots-fired calls there all night, so...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- There's a lot of officers.- There is.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14By the time we arrive,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18the victim has already been rushed to hospital in critical condition.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20All that's left at the scene are cops.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23And they're not talking.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29There's no way of knowing what actually went down here.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38This is clearly a shady bit of town.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42And if something shady was going to happen,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I mean, this is the perfect place for it.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I think we might now be in a...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Am I now officially in a crime scene?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- We're just going to make it a little firmer.- Oh, right, I see.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04So, it looks a like a lot of the officers have started to leave.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07So, all they have right now is that this kid got shot.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Man, just like that, they're all gone.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- I mean...- Yeah, exactly.- ..no-one's here, we're the last ones here,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- and it's been five minutes.- Right. It's still really fresh,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18like, I don't even think they have the kid's DOB yet, so...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- I don't know.- Would you expect there to be some sort of retaliation
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- tonight?- It doesn't always happen that quick.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Sometimes it does, but...
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- ..it's not regular, it's not something you can bank on.- Mmm.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34You can't. I mean, you can probably bank on retaliation
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- but not necessarily tonight, cos they have long memories.- Yeah.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Anything on the scanner?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- RADIO:- 'Shots fired in the area.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10'Person down. Our ticket says male, head is busted.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12'Fire rolling.'
0:21:14 > 0:21:17News came in over the scanner that the victim of the shooting
0:21:17 > 0:21:21died at the hospital - a young black man, just 18 years old.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25How has the way you see the city changed?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Because your mental map is littered with crime scenes...
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- Yeah.- ..and incidences of people being involved in violence.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Do you see the city in the same way?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37You know blocks by shootings and gunshot victims,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40or you know pockets of a neighbourhood by what groups
0:21:40 > 0:21:42are into it with each other.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47You can't let violence define a location.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49I've been trying to make, like, a conscious decision of going
0:21:49 > 0:21:52to places that I've been for shootings and stuff,
0:21:52 > 0:21:53when other stuff is going on.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Are you ever really able to switch off?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I'd like to slow down maybe a little bit,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02but we're at 1,400 gunshot victims this year
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and every Monday, everybody's like, "Damn, that was a bad weekend."
0:22:05 > 0:22:06No, it was just the weekend.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08You expect three dozen people to get shot.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10It wasn't a bad weekend by city standards,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12that was a normal weekend by city standards.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I don't know, like, it's hard to feel a difference between, like,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18three dozen gunshot victims and four dozen gunshot victims, right?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Like, you can only get to so many shootings and it's hard that, like,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23at a certain point, busy is just busy.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Like, if somebody said, "Well, no, I think things are getting better,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29"it feels like it's getting better," I would ask for evidence to support
0:22:29 > 0:22:31that, and there's not any evidence to support that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33More people are getting shot.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I mean, more people are getting murdered, you know?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39It keeps happening.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Like, whose responsibility is it when it comes down to it
0:22:44 > 0:22:47at the end of the day, right? Like, you talk about, like,
0:22:47 > 0:22:48shootings keep happening,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and I recognise that I have probably a more bleak outlook
0:22:51 > 0:22:53than a lot of people but...
0:22:54 > 0:22:57..but when you start looking for solutions or even if you look
0:22:57 > 0:23:00to assign responsibility, like, where do you begin?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16So it is 25th May and according to this website...
0:23:18 > 0:23:20..there's been
0:23:20 > 0:23:2254 homicides this month...
0:23:24 > 0:23:25..and the month isn't even over yet.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28There's still six days left of May...
0:23:29 > 0:23:31..and 54 people have been killed.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33But the slightly scarier stat here
0:23:33 > 0:23:36is that this month, on 25th May,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40in 25 days, 252 people have been shot and wounded.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4354 killed.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45That...
0:23:47 > 0:23:48I mean...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The numbers are so unreal, it doesn't feel real,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and it's quite hard to have a natural reaction to that, because...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59..it just doesn't... It doesn't compute for me.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15In 1933, with the help of God, my grandparents -
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Reverend and Mrs AR Leak -
0:24:17 > 0:24:20founded the AR Leak Funeral Home.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24We would like to thank all of Chicago for 75 years of your trust
0:24:24 > 0:24:25and support.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Behind every statistic, every killing, is a story.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And many of them end here.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Hello.- Hi, how are you?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I'm very good, thank you.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Reggie. Nice to meet you. - Hi, Reggie.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I didn't know what to expect on the other side of this door,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58and these are bodies that are waiting to be...
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Dressed, casket and cosmetise.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- OK. Are they...?- So they've already been embalmed.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I didn't think that I would see this many...
0:25:07 > 0:25:11This many bodies. I don't imagine that all of these bodies are victims
0:25:11 > 0:25:14of gunshots, but I'm sure a few of them are.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- Yes.- How many gunshot wounds are you seeing come through your door?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Every other day, we'll have somebody here from the medical examiner
0:25:24 > 0:25:31who's been shot, and it's not just how, it's multiple gunshot wounds,
0:25:31 > 0:25:32so...
0:25:32 > 0:25:35When you see them coming in here, you're seeing a body,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38you take them and put them on the table, you finally open up the bag
0:25:38 > 0:25:40and... You really don't know what's going to hit you,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and then when you see all these holes just everywhere,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and violence is just so in your face...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51It's raw and you have to deal with this and, you know,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53a lot of questions are going through your head, like, "Why?"
0:25:53 > 0:25:57You know, "What could this person possibly have done
0:25:57 > 0:26:01"to get you so angry or get whoever those individuals are so angry
0:26:01 > 0:26:06"to want to cause this much harm, that they want to see them dead."
0:26:06 > 0:26:10And I have a three-year-old. I do have a three-year-old boy,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and my concern is I don't want to see him...
0:26:15 > 0:26:20..wind up on this table and it's me opening his bag up and here's my son
0:26:20 > 0:26:25to some violence, and it may not have been for him being in a gang,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27he could just be on the wrong side of town and
0:26:27 > 0:26:30they decide, "You know what? Let's just
0:26:30 > 0:26:32"take our frustrations out on him."
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Death is a strange thing to somebody of my age
0:26:38 > 0:26:41because I'm in my early 30s now and more and more my friends
0:26:41 > 0:26:45are losing their grandparents or losing their parents
0:26:45 > 0:26:49and to be here and to be surrounded by death and to be surrounded
0:26:49 > 0:26:55by stats and numbers that sort of talk about people dying...
0:26:56 > 0:26:57..it's...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It's just that, it's stats and conversation until you actually
0:27:02 > 0:27:03see a body.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Do you mind if take a minute outside?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Is that all right?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- NEWSREADER:- '22-year-old Lee McCullum was shot
0:27:23 > 0:27:24'and killed last night.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28'After a troubled period in his teens, Lee ended on top.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31'He was an honour roll student, was crowned as prom king,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33'and was looking forward to college.'
0:27:44 > 0:27:48On average, the staff here bury two to three gunshot victims
0:27:48 > 0:27:49every single week.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Lee McCullum Jr was murdered on 12th May,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05making him the 29th person killed that month.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Lee had been found in his mother's car
0:28:22 > 0:28:25with multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Among the mourners is Michael,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42a family friend who acted as a mentor to Lee Jr.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53For someone who is on the right path,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I'm just really struggling to understand
0:28:55 > 0:28:57how this can happen to him.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Why have the family come in white?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Son, as you leave this world...
0:29:48 > 0:29:49..you will be missed.
0:29:51 > 0:29:57No matter where you go, I want you to know your father loves you.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00If I could...
0:30:01 > 0:30:03..I would give my life...
0:30:04 > 0:30:05..in order...
0:30:07 > 0:30:10..to have yours back.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12I just wish whoever did this...
0:30:12 > 0:30:16I'm going to pray for them in a different type of way.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17APPLAUSE
0:30:24 > 0:30:27If all those prayers out there mean anything,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29may it follow back...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- ..cos I can't do no more funerals. - APPLAUSE
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I thought it was going to be easy
0:30:41 > 0:30:45for me to say what I want to say, so just bear with me.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49That don't supposed to be...
0:30:49 > 0:30:51That don't supposed to be...
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Ain't no way in the world that's supposed to be.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58I've been out here in these streets all my life, shooting, gang banging,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02I got 21 years invested in prison, I've been left for dead,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03going through garbage cans...
0:31:03 > 0:31:08That don't supposed to be! That's supposed to be me!
0:31:08 > 0:31:11This don't make you no man!
0:31:11 > 0:31:12This don't make you no man!
0:31:12 > 0:31:15This don't make you tough!
0:31:15 > 0:31:16These make you tough.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Being a man!
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Be a man!
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Be a man!
0:31:21 > 0:31:23APPLAUSE
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- It was amazing to hear you speak. - Oh, man...
0:31:42 > 0:31:43When?
0:31:44 > 0:31:48And what is it that might happen? What are we talking about here?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Well, that's heartbreaking.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58After everything that we've witnessed today,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00all of those amazing speeches that were given and statements
0:32:00 > 0:32:02that were made, it feels as though
0:32:02 > 0:32:05there are a lot of people that are so...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07so heartbroken by what's happened to Lee
0:32:07 > 0:32:10that they feel the need to do something about it,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13with the same level of force
0:32:13 > 0:32:16that put Lee in a coffin in the first place.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Two weeks after Lee's murder, there have been no retaliation attacks...
0:32:31 > 0:32:33..but no arrests have been made either.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42Lee was the 221st person fatally shot in Chicago in 2016.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47He was the 154th African-American killed.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- Hey, Mike.- How you doing? - How you doing, man?- What's going on?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57I'm good, thank you. Where shall I put the car?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00- You want to go down there.- OK, cool.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03His grieving father, Lee Sr,
0:33:03 > 0:33:07and his friend Michael have agreed to talk about their loss
0:33:07 > 0:33:08and the young man he was.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13He was enthusiastic, free-spirited, easygoing.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Loved life.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Lee loved basketball, he's always got trophies.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23He always tried to outdo me.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24- Can I see his trophies?- Yeah.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Sure can, no problem.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27So what happened to your leg?
0:33:30 > 0:33:31I was breaking up a fight.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Got shot...
0:33:35 > 0:33:37..and they had to amputate my leg.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Wasn't doing nothing.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Wasn't bothering nobody.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Got into a fight, breaking up a fight with my nephew.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And they amputated your leg? I mean...
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Yeah, cos I got shot, they had to...
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Lost circulation.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I also got shot in the head,
0:33:56 > 0:34:01in 2008, picking my son up from a Halloween party.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Right here.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I wasn't doing nothing.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Somebody was shooting at somebody else,
0:34:12 > 0:34:13I turned the corner...
0:34:14 > 0:34:15..caught a bullet.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20You don't even seem angry about it.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Are you? Or have you just got past that anger?- I was angry.- Right.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I'm angry about my son.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29That's what I'm angry about - my son.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Now, this the one - basketball, yeah, but I went cross-country,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48cos I told him he could do it.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I say, "You got the stamina to run up and down that court,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53"you can win cross-country."
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- Yeah.- Never trained for it or nothing and won it.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Wow.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00So, with him being so naturally gifted at sports,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03do you think that that could've been a part of his future?
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Yeah.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Yeah. Yes.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12Yes.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19He gone.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25And none of them dreams can be fulfilled.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I got a little grandbaby I've got to take care of.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34And I'm going to miss him so much.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37It just hurts that he gone.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41And I feel like I failed...
0:35:45 > 0:35:46..because he lost his life.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50It hurt, it's going to always hurt.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53It's going to always hurt
0:35:53 > 0:35:57and I'm just trying to change some of the stuff
0:35:57 > 0:36:01that's going on, cos I can actually say and go on camera and tell you
0:36:01 > 0:36:09that Lee Sr and Senior are good parents, good fathers, role models.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13They ain't been the best, but you've got to do what you've got to do
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- for your child.- I just wish... I just wish I...
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I just wish I was there.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21He could've called me up, anything,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23cos I don't, you know, I don't know...
0:36:25 > 0:36:27..what his last moments were.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Was he still alive when he was laying on the ground?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31None of that.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34The last thing you want is retaliation on your son's behalf,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37but you can't stop these kids from doing something,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- you can only tell them what you'd like.- No, you can't, you can't...
0:36:39 > 0:36:43You just hope and pray that no retaliation happens.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49You let the police do what they need to do.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52They're going to do their investigating, they do what they've got to do.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56So you think the kids won't listen to you? Lee's friends?
0:36:56 > 0:36:57I hope they listen.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01But if they don't, you know, that's a road they've got to go down.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05So how has the violence got to this level?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09You got so much going on, it ain't just one issue.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11It's not no one issue.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14As far as the police problem, there ain't no trust there.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Ain't no trust with Chicago Police Department.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19There ain't no trust there.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21They done hurt the black community so bad,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23you can't put a Band-Aid on that.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25What's wrong with the system, do you think, Michael?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27It's broke, it always been broke!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29You can't fix something that's broke.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31You've got to replace it.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32It's over with, it's broke.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Ain't nothing you can do.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40People don't want to hear this but it's the truth.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Well, there ain't no more colleges, ain't no more money,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45ain't no more money for nothing. We all know who got the money,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48who took the money, but there ain't no more money for nothing.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50You can look around.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54People ain't got money, people depend on the government
0:37:54 > 0:37:56to help them out, but if the government hurting you
0:37:56 > 0:37:58and making you do certain things
0:37:58 > 0:38:00then you've got to go by what you get from them,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02cos you asking them for help.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03You know? So...
0:38:04 > 0:38:08It's the law of the land or the other man.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10We just pawns.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13We just pawns.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Can't do nothing about that. The system broke.
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Damn broke.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01This place keeps throwing things at me that...
0:39:02 > 0:39:03..I'm not prepared for.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Just before I left the house, Lee's...
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Lee Sr showed me, erm...
0:39:11 > 0:39:13..a picture of
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Lee Jr...
0:39:15 > 0:39:18..on the, er... I don't even know what you call it -
0:39:18 > 0:39:19the autopsy table, the doctor's table?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I don't know what it is because I've never had to deal
0:39:22 > 0:39:25with anything like that before. Basically, I was shown a picture
0:39:25 > 0:39:27of his son...
0:39:28 > 0:39:30..riddled with bullet wounds.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33And the last picture he showed me was his face
0:39:33 > 0:39:37with a huge bullet wound here, here,
0:39:37 > 0:39:38and all manner of...
0:39:59 > 0:40:01How do you protect that kid?
0:40:01 > 0:40:05If you live here and that's your boy riding around on some girl's pink
0:40:05 > 0:40:08girlie bicycle, how do you ensure that that kid stays safe?
0:40:08 > 0:40:13You can do as much as you want to or as much as you are physically able...
0:40:14 > 0:40:17..but if this is your block, this is your street,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20no matter how much you instil in that child,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23you still have to let him go to school.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25They still have to, at some point,
0:40:25 > 0:40:28be outside of your watchful eye.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33And just because of where you live...
0:40:34 > 0:40:35..that might be...
0:40:37 > 0:40:40..the reason why your child doesn't live to see adulthood.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Cos you let them go to the shop on their own.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Or, even worse, one of their friends is involved in something
0:40:50 > 0:40:53they shouldn't be, or someone they go to class with is involved in
0:40:53 > 0:40:56something criminal,
0:40:56 > 0:41:00and by association, they either end up shot or...
0:41:02 > 0:41:03..or worse.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34You know, we're on a main street that has potholes all over it
0:41:34 > 0:41:36and every other shop is closed down.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39There's a building over there that's blocked up.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42This is a place that is sending signals to kids
0:41:42 > 0:41:45that no-one cares about this area,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49and I guess it sends the signal that no-one really cares about you.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53So what does that lead to?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56If you're a child and you're continuously being told
0:41:56 > 0:42:00by everything you're surrounded by, that you don't matter...
0:42:01 > 0:42:04..by the time you're in your teens or early 20s,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07why are you going to care about your own life,
0:42:07 > 0:42:09let alone somebody else's?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17What hope is there for Chicago?
0:42:17 > 0:42:19In a city plagued by police brutality
0:42:19 > 0:42:22and the chaos of black-on-black violence,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25who'll speak up for the next generation?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30CHANTING
0:42:30 > 0:42:33A group of fathers, fraternity brothers,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35are taking to the streets of Englewood,
0:42:35 > 0:42:40where almost 250 people have already been shot this year.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Put the guns down! - Put the guns down!
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Put the guns down! - Put the guns down!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Put the guns down! - Put the guns down!
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Save our youth! - Save our youth!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- Save our youth! - Save our youth!
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- Stop the violence! - Stop the violence!
0:42:54 > 0:42:57It seems like the way the fraternity are going,
0:42:57 > 0:42:58they're getting a reaction...
0:43:00 > 0:43:01It's kind of emotional, really.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05You've got people in cars honking their horns, shouting along.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08People are coming out to their windows and they're joining in.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09I guess it's a real simple message
0:43:09 > 0:43:12and it seems to be resonating.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- Stop the violence! - Stop the violence!
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Put the guns down!
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- Save our youth! - Save our youth!
0:43:22 > 0:43:24- Save our youth!- Save our youth!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26- How old's your son?- Six years old.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28What's his name? What's your name?
0:43:28 > 0:43:29Tys.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Tys? Nice to meet you, little man.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34So, what's it like bringing up a boy in this environment?
0:43:34 > 0:43:36- I'm on top of everything...- Yeah. - ..you know?
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I keep him involved with sports, activities,
0:43:38 > 0:43:40to raise him to be a man.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- Well, he's only six years old. - He's only six years old.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Him being on a march like this sends what kind of message to him,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- do you think?- Oh, it's going to stick with him, I think,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49- for the rest of his life.- Yeah? - This message here.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51You can only imagine, you know,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54things that you've experienced at six years old, you still remember.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Right.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01THEY CHANT AND SING
0:44:15 > 0:44:19While we was walking... While we was walking, approaching 67th Street...
0:44:21 > 0:44:23..a guy just got shot,
0:44:23 > 0:44:27and it shows that we have to have a greater presence.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31Maybe they didn't hear us when we was saying,
0:44:31 > 0:44:35"Put the guns down! Stop the violence!"
0:44:35 > 0:44:39They didn't hear that. So we've got to be louder next time,
0:44:39 > 0:44:43because there's a brother on Loomis fighting for his life right now.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46And we just walked past it.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49We have to get ahead of the problem.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50That's the key.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Get ahead of the problem, get our youth while they're young
0:44:53 > 0:44:54and cut the source off
0:44:54 > 0:44:57that's feeding this violence in this community.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01All of us are here because something was said or done for you
0:45:01 > 0:45:04to save your life and get you to this point.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Do the same things that saved your life.
0:45:06 > 0:45:11Do it for not just one kid, not just for two kids, do it exponentially.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- Yeah.- And if each and every last one of us standing out here today
0:45:15 > 0:45:20do those things for more than just one kid, more than just your kid...
0:45:20 > 0:45:22More than just your kid...
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Do it for mine. Well, I don't have any kids, but...
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- I'm sorry.- It's all right.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30The protest is in honour of Mike,
0:45:30 > 0:45:34who lost his daughter Tiara to the gun violence.
0:45:34 > 0:45:3823 years old, an innocent young woman killed by a stray bullet.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44I was at a funeral. The kid that was in the casket had been shot
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- by black-on-black violence. - What was his name?- Lee.
0:45:47 > 0:45:48- Lee McCullum.- That's correct.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51You want to know something? That was the boyfriend of my daughter
0:45:51 > 0:45:52that was killed.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57- Wow.- Yes.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01- Yes.- Wow.- He was shot and killed three weeks after her.
0:46:01 > 0:46:02After she passed.
0:46:04 > 0:46:09People think it's not their problem until the problem knocks on your door.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11See, I work as...
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I work law enforcement, Deputy Sheriff.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16I risk my life every day...
0:46:17 > 0:46:21..for the citizens in this city, in this county, in this...
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Everywhere. I risk my life daily...
0:46:24 > 0:46:30..and I did everything that I thought was right and possible
0:46:30 > 0:46:32to raise my daughter, to give her a chance,
0:46:32 > 0:46:34to shield her from the violence,
0:46:34 > 0:46:37thinking, "Oh, my daughter, she went to college,
0:46:37 > 0:46:39"she's got her life together,
0:46:39 > 0:46:43"she doesn't have to worry about the violence that's happening here."
0:46:43 > 0:46:44But it still touched my door.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47And I tell people all the time,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50"It's going to touch your door if you don't get up and do something.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53"It will. It will get to you.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57"Sooner or later, it's going to come to your door."
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Put the guns down!
0:46:59 > 0:47:01- Save our youth! - Save our youth!
0:47:01 > 0:47:03- Save our youth!- Save our youth!
0:47:03 > 0:47:05- Stop the violence! - Stop the violence!
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Stop the violence!
0:47:07 > 0:47:08THEY CONTINUE CHANTING
0:47:18 > 0:47:22Tiara and Lee Jr were two young connected lives lost
0:47:22 > 0:47:25out of hundreds on the streets of Chicago -
0:47:25 > 0:47:30victims of the deadly combination of guns and deprivation
0:47:30 > 0:47:33that's fuelling segregation and prejudice.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Tensions that are ripping the country apart.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I think in a... in a city like Chicago,
0:47:43 > 0:47:47you see that separation and that division not only in terms of
0:47:47 > 0:47:50racial groups but in terms of wealth,
0:47:50 > 0:47:54that you really start to understand what America is really all about.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00The realisation is that, for many,
0:48:00 > 0:48:02the American Dream is now just about survival.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07To be in Chicago, particularly here in the South Side,
0:48:07 > 0:48:10I think the toughest thing to have...
0:48:11 > 0:48:12..is hope.