there s been kids that witness murders right here in this block and they re still jumping rope. they don t run no more. they trained. you know you got cha, the blue and whites, the helicopters out here and that don t stop nothing. people who come from here, they think you got to be a driller. everybody look up to the shooter. he can walk up to you and be like give me $100. they respect that and the other shorties is like dam, that s what i want to be. don t nobody want to play basketball no more or baseball. they took the resources and programs. where we at right now used to be basketball courts. when you ain t got that, the next thing you put in your hand next is a gun and some drugs. we need the resources back. and if we give up, that s the main thing.
avenues for shorties to be starting text start jups aups ag account tablets a accountants and lawyers. ascending in society is dope. i m real happy right now this is a start, bro. i haven t 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 i m saying? this is that moment. the impossible is possible. once the conversation got going, i m pretty sure if i had left the room they wouldn t have noticed. it was like high school all over again. love to the legends, do or die. they pave the way for us to do what we are doing in chicago. these men are real chicago legends and pioneers of the
helicopters out here and that shut don t stop nothing. people who come from here, they think it ain t nothing. they think you got to be a driller. everybody look up to the shooter. he can walk upon you like give me $100, give me $200. they respect that. and the other shorties coming up, they re like, dam, that s what i want to be. nobody want to play basketball no more, nobody wants to play baseball no more. they took the resources and the programs. what we have right now used to be basketball courts and stuff like that. you don t have that no more. but when you ain t got that, the first thing you put in your hand next is a gun or some drugs. you know what i m saying? so we need the resources back. and if we give up, that s the main thing. don t give up. that s what i tell the people out here, don t give up because you find hope in anything. thank you for being here. thank you. come together, be a family. come together, let s be a family. stop the violence. she said it all.
i can tell. i guess love, to be accepted in a group, that s human, man. everybody wants that. yes. i need to know somebody has my back. yes, sir. you re still connected to the youth out here. yes. these shorties, ebk, everybody killing. don t be fooled. that structure change is by design. in 19992 dhig hadchicago had a murder rate. chicago police prosecuted the heads of the gd s, vice lords and black disciples. many thought it worked great because it lessened the crime in the first decade of 2000s. others believe the plan backfired. it splintered gangs and caused a violent free for all. for more on this google the gulf
better. and within today s society, it s kind of hard. yeah, it is. if you could control all these circumstances, how would you make it better in these neighborhoods? we need jobs, jobs. yeah. you can t everybody is happy with money. you got to get these shorties back some hope. while there is a call for hope, i can t help but think about how it started with another gun victim. when the meeting ended, we did what we all do, talk about dinner plans and selfies. to them this is normal. this should not be normal.