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>> see. >> i think it's 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, it's 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 that's 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 hurting your brother? why are you killing your own -- your own? what is it all about, you know. i don'...

Other side took it a step further. we're 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 just as i got there, i find kofi filming cops a reflting black people. black lives matter has just ...

Ultimately black fired because it splintered gangs under the old regime. for more on this, google the gulf war, iraq, al qaeda, and isis. i'll wait. >> people grandstanding, this is what we're going to do to fix chicago. get more police. really? y'all been getting more police the last 40 years, dog. stop playing. that ain't the solution. >> it's not the number of police that solves the problem. there isn't a magic number, once we hit that number all of a sudden -- suddenly the houses get nicer, the winter is only 50 degrees. [ laughter ] >> forcefully, no. >> yeah. get a better understanding o...

You look up to the dude saying stone love each other. i would do everything to say stone love. go beat shorty up, i'm 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, that's human, man. that's any -- >> everybody wants that. >> everybody wants that. >> i know somebody loves me and somebody has my back. >> yes, sir. >> you're still connected to the youth out here. >> oh, yeah, no question. i mean, these shorties is ebk. everybody kill them. they're not really -- gang stru...