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Ultimately backfired because it splintered gangs into more factions. 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. >> forcefully, no. >> yeah. to get a better understanding of what life i...

Right, as a kind of place that we can remove america from. and i wouldn't even say chicago. i'm thinking parts of chicago. the term hypersegregation was coined because of how segregated chicago as a major city is, which is somewhat different than a lot of other major cities. >> hypersegregation? >> yeah. >> what is that? i lived here. i think i get what that means. >> some cities are more progressive, somehow further along in the intellectual thought process of inclusiveness and diversity. chicago reminds us that is not always the case. >> in chicago, is it a sense it's happening, not a reason...

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 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. paul o'neill and ronald johnson. all teen...

>> 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. as a result, chicago police targeted gang leaders and successfully prosecuted heads of the gds, vic...

But right now, but not right now. to many people -- because all lives don't really matter in the same way. and then all lives matter is like an aspirational goal. white people, learn from her. >> i love the black lives matter movement. 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 she 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 protests for a multitude of caus...