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>> 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 structure is different. >> don't be fooled. that structure change was by design. in 1992, chicago had an even higher murder rate of 943 people. chicago police targeted gang leaders and successfully prosecuted heads of the gds...

Becomes a means. >> but a lot of this, from what i understand, people think is back to how black men in this city feel like they have to express their masculinity in a lot of media in a lot of our role models, all about be a man. >> we have to allow for multiple types of masculinities to exist. partly in we're speaking about black folks, black masculinity. there is no stereo typical or one monolithic way of being a black man, right. you can be as black as steve erkel or black as dmx. that's a range. >> that's a range, dmx. y'all gonna make me lose my mind in here. >> that's fantastic. nothing ...

I hate hot pockets. >> a week ago, two killers out here, two sheetings. people die. it may look like it look now, but it anin't sweet. this is one of the most infamous projects. >> i feel like you just invoked the thunder. >> that force. [ laughter ] >> that was verification. no validation needed. >> blue checkmark, you got verified. nationally when people talk about chicago now, it's like the most notorious city in the country. south side and west side gangs. do you think it's as bad as people think it is or exaggerated? >> worse. it ain't exaggerated. >> a lot of shut don't make the news. we...

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 of what life is like in these neighborhoods, malik has set up a meeting between me and current affiliated gang members. i'm totally n...

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 clocked in. >> yeah, i was just cop watching. i will not sit idly by when they come in. not going to shoot nobody or beat nobody up on my watch. >> i hear you. think he's overreacting? tell that to family members of kwan mcdonald. just thi...