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This is breaking my heart as a father raising 3 sons I pray for their health and safety in Gods name.

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I really really enjoy Reggie's investigations. He is respectful, insightful and open to exploring various mindsets and realities. Thank you Yates :)

This documentary was great, I survived the southside of Chicago as a young black man because of people like the men in this video. We need more people to get out and teach us young men the power of knowledge and education so that we won't fall to the hands of violence. We need to continue to empower.

I promptly left chicago once I graduated HS. Its crazy out there.

The worst part about “the system” is...it’s not broken, it was made that way.

15:25 “I think the problem is that everybody feels they’re the victim of the situation, I don’t think enough people are asking “well what role do we play in the problem?”” The morale and solution of the entire documentary is summed up in this wise mans words.

She said "Parents let their kids sell drugs to keep your lights on", nah! That's that bullshit! No parent should be ok with that, no kid should be responsible for putting food on the table by selling drugs. That's horrific! Bystanders killed, little babies, father picking up his kid, breaking up fights... what a nightmare not to feel safe anywhere. That poor dad, a father in his son's life doing his best and still...

Reggie is so passionate about his work

I live in Chicago, I’m not black, but I believe everyone should be treated with respect regardless of skin color and beliefs.

As someone who has only visited Chicago a few times, I have a great appreciation for documentaries like this. They show the other side that some would have no idea even exists. I just kayaked on the Chicago river a week ago and it’s so hard for me to comprehend that these things are taking place in the same city.

I live in Chicago. Specifically on the Southside with two sons and I’m scared. I’m scared for them with the police and I’m scared for them from my own people. I feel like it’s a lose lose. We have to keep it 100. The crime is out of control here. It’s not just the police. The whole city is out of control period to the point I don’t even like to go no where anymore and I don’t. Work. Grocery store. Pick kids up and home. My anxiety has gone through the roof. Stopping at a red light scares me. Driving on the expressway scares me. A cop car behind me scares me. Everything about Chicago scares me and that’s sad

Another great documentary from Reggie. I am a black woman that lives in downtown Chicago (South Loop). I live in a diverse but predominately white, middle class neighborhood, so this isn't the Chicago I see. However, I hear about it on the news all the time. As difficult as this was to watch, I'm happy Reggie did this story. He brought humanity to so many of the victims and their families. I really hope this city can do what is necessary to stop the violence, so everyone can see the Chicago that I see.

Reggie doesn’t miss. He knows how to present a good documentary.

I lived in Chicago for 25 yrs; honestly I lived and worked with black Chicagoans & I saw nothing but respect from them As an immigrant; they taught me a lot. They are the salt of the US. I owe them so much plz give them a chance guys peace & love to my black friends in Chicago

I grew up not 30 minutes away from these areas. Large houses with green, manicured lawns, good schools....we played outside all hours of the day and never once felt unsafe. Our parents never feared "danger." on our behalf. You can drive just 10-20 minutes north from the areas shown here to downtown Chicago and see all the vast wealth of international banks and Fortune 500 Companies' headquarters....5-Star Hotels and stores like Gucci, Prada.....gleaming skyscrapers full of luxury condos with doormen and spas for the residents.... Chicago is a microcosm of America. There are two Americas. I am white and from a Middle Class Family. I am from the America that has essentially denied access to its prosperity, security and comfort to persons of color since the very start. Black Americans moved to Chicago in droves from the south following WWII to work in the many factories that thriving. White Americans responded by abandoning the City for the suburbs and taking the wealth....and the jobs with them. I think Black Americans realized it doesn't matter where you move to....White Americans will have the jobs, the wealth, the political power...and think they have to deny it to persona of color as they so incorrectly see prosperity as something finite, instead of something that could be limitless. Until white America stops trying to deny wealth, opportunity and safety to persons of color....this will keep happening and tensions will keep rising. Whites need to stop simply blaming "black on black violence," as if that were the problem in and of itself. There is no investment in these communities. Schools keep closing, the jobs have all left, and these people have been abandoned while white America keeps hoarding the vast wealth of this country and yelling at POC's to "behave and be grateful." Stop simply viewing these people as "black people," and therefore dismissing them with all of your ignorant pre-conceived connotations therefrom, and view them as other Americans, just as American as you. God forbid you even just see them as fellow humans. Heartbreaking to see my country's ills so clearly, but hear so many only spew hatred and vote for men who only point fingers and write mean tweets instead of actually doing something. Grow up America.

"Not enough people are asking: what role do we play in this problem?" - I'm gonna start asking myself just that in my life

This is a very well done documentary. Informative, yet heartbreaking. Reggie Yates did a fantastic job interviewing people. I especially like that he let his own feelings come through.

When Mike was giving the speech & said 'do it for more than just your kid, do it for my.....' then realised he didnt have children because his had been murdered. This tore me up

46:30 - I have a lot of admiration for the fraternity brothers who are standing up and calling for people to "put the guns down" and "stop the violence." I am praying for their success. May their message be both heard and heeded.