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>> see. >> i think its important. and i think -- i wish there was more a focus on education. >> well, lady who was such a big fan of the show pulled her car over so she can talk, ask, and you shall receive. because my next stop is meeting with one of the leaders of black lives matter chicago, kofi. he is often seen at city hall leading protest for a multitude of causes. he is joining the fight to provide better conditions for

So, can you tell me a little bit about how that all came to be? >> yeah, you know, the violence that have hit our city of chicago, its perplexing. even somebody like me who grew up in gangs, who grew up with gangs being around me, it was a little contained. it was structure, you know, it was something there thats not here today. and you wonder what is it all about? why is the rage the way it is? and why are the decision making that these young people are doing today, you know -- why are you hurt...

Other side took it a step further. were going to say, black lives matter, then we should say white lives matter. yeah, we know. [ laughter ] nobody needs to be convinced of that. that hashtag never trends. across the country, black lives matter continues to be one of the hottest topics in mainstream and social media and in chicago police brutality has been well documented. black lives matter chicago leader has invited me to the south side neighborhood of bronzeville so we can talk about it. and ...

Ultimately black fired because it splintered gangs under the old regime. for more on this, google the gulf war, iraq, al qaeda, and isis. ill wait. >> people grandstanding, this is what were going to do to fix chicago. get more police. really? yall been getting more police the last 40 years, dog. stop playing. that aint the solution. >> its not the number of police that solves the problem. there isnt a magic number, once we hit that number all of a sudden -- suddenly the houses get nicer, the wi...

You look up to the dude saying stone love each other. i would do everything to say stone love. go beat shorty up, im going to do that so they can say stone love, shorty. that meant everything. i still feel it right now. >> 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, ...

>> she was shot in the head while she was walking and pushing her newborn in a stroller on friday. she died a short time later at the hospital. >> instead of saying, maam, you know, get out of the way, get off the block, this and that, this is fixing to go down. you just shoot? you wonder, what were you thinking? >> these two offenders are the prime example of the challenge we face here in chicago with repeat gun offenders that dont care who they shoot, dont care whose life they take, and clearl...

Why yall cant squash this? a lot of people dont want to. see what im saying? it even about being a bigger man as a human. you take one of my brothers or cousins, every day im going to wake up missing them. if i see one of your people, thats what makes me want to retaliate. >> they dont realize whey we ae where we are. i can read statistics behind this. when somebody on my butt, im not thinking about anything, you know, and i have to do what i have to do. >> you cant say i read a book this is not...

Craft. thank you-all for being here, man. that conversation was great and just when we were wrapping up, something happened that i never saw coming. >> before we leave, why dont we all pray, please. can we do that? if its okay with you? ♪ ♪ >> our father heaven thigh be though name. >> as cant help but respect on everything we seen and heard. despite the war zone reputation, chicagos violence is hardly a new phenomenon. whether you want to call it investments or reconciliation or reparatio...

Avenues for shorties to be starting text start jups aups ag account tablets a accountants and lawyers. ascending in society is dope. >> im real happy right now this is a start, bro. i havent seen this until today. the old heads and young heads have never really sat down in this manner where we really chomping it up. the cameras are here but i believe in my heart each and one of us can reach somebody and teach somebody and save somebody. you feel what im saying? this is that moment. the impossibl...

This felt like tension and i was cast the role of uncool vice president. >> when i said i was coming to chicago, ut oh. >> get shot. >> yeah, youre going to get shot. you have to join a gang and this non-sense. [ laughter ] >> when i hear people talk about coming to chicago and they are afraid to even come to the city, what they dont recognize is that so much of the violence is center in very specific areas, you know, because chicago is so segregated. were on the north side with lincoln park, pe...