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Michael jordan, kanye west, shonda rhimes. these two and even this cultural icon. hey. i spent my awkward teenage years on the south side. there's the restaurant that didn't hire me. and look at the two dorks with the cool guy in the middle. that's jason and rob. i'm the one in the middle. chicago isn't only famous, we're also infamous. like m.c. al capone. and chicago isn't ashamed of this history. you can literally go on a bus tour of al's greatest hits. that's where he sent his goons to murder people on valentine's day. "ooh let's get a bobblehead." 70 years after his death chicago is still...

As an example of a lawless place. >> republican nominee sparking controversy over the weekend for politicizing the death of chicago bulls' star dwyane wade's cousin, tweeting, just what i have been saying. african americans will vote trump. an hour later trump offered his condolences. >> that had to be hard on your family. >> it was, it was. but you know what? you heard of the saying, i've got a choke-hold on you. we have a faith hold on jesus. we have a faith hold on what we believe in and we won't let him go. so, we refuse to allow what happened to make us bitter. we looked at what can we do...

So, that's how we know oppression is real. that's how we know we are still colonized because we're not getting the same access to resources as other communities happening right now in this country. >> when black lives matter shows up for the teachers union, are you just supporting the black teachers? [ laughter ] >> look, all teachers matter, all right? >> all right, all right. there is a real reason there is so much focus on the youth here. out of the 762 deaths in 2016, 75% were black. but 51% of those were people under the age of 25. hi. >> hi. >> if there is someone i absolutely need to ta...

That's more homicides than new york and los angeles combined. these numbers led to chicago's all too depressing nickname chiraq, which makes it sound like it's not in america any more. this narrative being too dangerous to live in pisses me off. as many in the media, sorry, cnn, are painting this city with one big scary black brush, when in fact like all cities with crime problems, the violence is coming from very specific areas with very specific reasons. and in chicago, it's the south side and the west side. while there are many factors to this, one thing that shouldn't be overlooked is the ...

[ 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 arresting black people. black lives matter has just clocked in. >> yeah, i was just cop watching. i will not sit idly by when they commit a harm against a black person. not going t...