Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang | Full Documentary
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Published 2021-02-16
Everyone has heard of big city and inner city gang violence. But in 1995 in Appleton, Wisconsin, a city of quiet, middle class neighborhoods with a low crime rate and a booming economy, saw the deaths of 4 young people associated with gang violence. A film by John Whitehead.
00:52 Background story of deaths of 4 young people
03:50 Derek Barnstable "D-Mac" crew's start and murder plot
07:58 Theories and rumors of what actually happened
09:56 Life before they became gang members
20:07 Appleton - home town America
22:27 Teenagers and gang life in the Fox River Valley
27:25 Derek's story of becoming a wannabe gang member
32:18 Derek sought power and loyalty as gang leader
34:56 Teens seeking surrogate family through gangs
36:49 Gang activity signs in Appleton
37:32 Jermaine Gray's story
43:44 Jonathan Kinney's sentencing
46:12 Derek trial and sentencing left unanswered questions
51:10 What's next for Appleton's youth and gangs
53:38 Remembering lost members of D-Mac crew 2 years later
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All Comments (21)
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Thank you for making this and releasing it on here for free. Very sad story. That Teacher was very caring and hit the nail on the head. They needed support at an early age, and it just wasn’t there. 💔
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Imagine dying thinking you were a street soldier, only to have a semi-comedic documentary made about you roasting the shit out of you and calling you a fake gangster 😂
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You ever fall down the YouTube rabbit hole and think to yourself....wtf did I just watch??? Well, that’s me right now
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How many of you lost it when the “homegirls” at the end gave their hip-hop eulogy? I know I did. 😂😂😂
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The girl that had her face blurred in the end will never regret that decision.
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"Travis quit the Appleton 'thug life', and he now works at a Shakey's Pizza. He and his girlfriend live in a trailer north of Appleton." -Best quote from the whole show!
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Dude this is the literal stuff of nightmares Imagine someone making a whole documentary about your cringey highschool surban gangster phase
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The fact the mother put the one kids blue bandanna around his ashes in a shrine is absolutely crazy to me 🤔
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The end of this with them kids quoting "my homies" is golden 😂😂😂
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That was the longest episode of Chappelle's Show I've ever watched!
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They got bored of not being able to kill any other gang members since they were the only gang in town, so they ended up taking each other out lmao.
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As a black man this blew my mind and I'm speechless that last part with the girl singing took me out
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The fact that the Special Ed teacher has a lot to share about these guys says a lot
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I love how that girl went and told her mom she was gonna be initiated into a gang and her mom had to talk her out of it. Imagine that dinner table conversation😂
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The big girl at the end who’s singing the worst song ever played on a Sanyo boombox, probably has about 8 kids who will see this and ask her if she actually thought she was a Gangster Disciple.
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I love these old type of documentaries probably from the 90’s! So nostalgic, I wish they would start making these again! Even the camera quality lol it’s awesome makes me feel like a kid again watching my big box TV
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Guess there’s no opps out in Appleton so the crew had to smoke themselves
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This is as much a gang as the Salvation Army is the military.
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What a crew. The bandana around the ashtray (Great work mom) and the tribute at the end for the homies were the best parts of this documentary.
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This looks HILARIOUS 😂 Can’t wait to watch. Edit: there’s a special Ed teacher involved too!! Boy howdy 🤠
