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Grew up in this life and working hard to have a better life for others. he work would kanye west, which means he earned that grammy. outside of chicago we were talking about gangs. we dont know how many of them. >> in the hundreds. you got stones from right here. the gds the vice lords, the black disciples. gangster disciples, four corner hustlers. the latin kings, the popes, all these different fashikszs. >> which faction. >> black stone. every day going outside was literally taking life in y...

You looked up to the dude saying stone love each other. i would do anything to hear stone love. they say go beat shorty up, im going to do that so they can say stone love. that meant everything. i still feel it right now. >> i can tell. >> to be accepted in a group, thats human. everybody wants that. >> somebody loves me and got my back. youre still connected to the youth out here. >> and theyre really everybody killer. gang structure is different. >> dont be fooled that changes by design. in 19...

Lords, gang tster disciples. they are eager to come together to talk about stopping the violence. >> its very important that we keep the communication line open. >> this is an organization that helps gun victims. he has an unexpected announcement. >> you know, due to the situation that went down on the 19th. you know how it is out here. >> it turns out a gang leader who is supposed to be here was just shot. these issues are happening right outside that door literally. >> yeah. so something went ...

>> i can tell. >> i guess love, to be accepted in a group, thats human, man. >> everybody wants that. >> yes. >> i need to know somebody has my back. >> yes, sir. >> youre still connected to the youth out here. >> yes. these shorties, ebk, everybody killing. >> dont be fooled. that structure change is by design. in 19992 dhig hadchicago had a murder rate. chicago police prosecuted the heads of the gds, vice lords and black disciples. many thought it worked great because it lessened the crime in ...

Street, about three blocks. >> outside of chicago people talk about gangs. they dont know who they are, what the names are, how many there are. >> yeah, youve definitely got the stones from right here, the gds, the vice lords, obviously the vd, which is the black disciples. black gangsters, gangster disciples, black p stones, the latin kings, spanish disciples, mickey cobras, spanish cobras, you got the popes, all these different factions. >> yeah, what gang were you? >> 12, blackstone. ever sin...

>> i can tell, yeah. >> love is really to be accepted in a group, man, thats human, man. thats any -- >> everybody wants that. >> everybody wants that. >> i know somebody loves me and somebody has my back. >> yes, sir. >> youre still connected to the youth out here. >> oh, yeah, no question. i mean, these shorties is ebk. everybody kill them. theyre not really -- gang structure is different. >> dont be fooled. that structure change was by design. in 1992, chicago had an even higher murder rate o...

>> he apparently threatened officers. it was verbal, however we do not take that lightly. he was removed to disciplinary seg based on that. >> i never made no threat. if im going to do anything to anyone, im not going to threat. im not going to talk about. im going to do it. coming up -- >> i heard you are affiliated with the gangster of disciples. >> deangelo toomer meets with a gang investigator. >> he had a 37e, a medical emergency. >> william jarrett passes out.

Disciples apparent dislike of mary. >> so, all those tantalizing theories about jesus and mary magdalene being lovers really jumped from this one passage, right? this is the juicy est stuff we have for the conspiracy theories there was some sort of relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. >> in the early christian communities for the most part, the missionaries were miss air i couples. so, it makes sense that jesus himself could have been part of a missionary couple. >> as a first century ...

Touch him is the big deal. >> he cant possibly be a prophet or a messianic figure. he cant allow a person like this to touch him. >> to those present its a shocking provocation. but whats perhaps even more surprising is how jesus responds. >> the disciples are outraged. when jesus rebukes them, he says that, no, forgiveness is accessible to her, too. she brings ointment that she uses on his feet and she cries and then wipes his feet and dries them with her own hair, sort of a symbol of penitence...

Mary and jesus. but these alternative accounts do support the bible story that jesus and mary were very close. >> the idea that the gospels would not mention a wife if there was one doesnt make any sense. so, most likely mary was a very close friend of jesus and a follower, but not his wife. >> what the gospel of philip clearly says is that there is some kind of a favored relationship between mary magdalene and jesus, that jesus does care for her more than the other disciples. thats all it reall...