00:22within LA County is Watts this area is home to more than 65 different gangs
00:30Cornelius is from Nickerson Gardens Bounty Hunter Bloods Tyrone's from Jordan Downs
00:36Grape Street Crips those two housing projects have been at war for 40 years and then to find
00:42them here at this table how wild is this that's where I grew up at right here whether you're
00:51black white Asian Mexican when you come you're gonna feel it it's a dog-eat-dog world
01:00just here
01:03it is true what they say it's a black neighborhood no one gives a fuck
01:11if we want raw it gotta be raw don't sugarcoat it this is Watts this is what happened to us
01:20there's no words for a mama when her child is murdered you're trying to get a good night's
01:25sleep and you hear the helicopter we're taking huge chances for people
01:32questioning right is it worth it this environment will bring the worst out of you man if you ain't
01:38strong I took my peace of mind I can't trust nobody I'm not scared I'm not shocked I'm like no
01:52we can't depend on nobody else to say Watts if y'all want to say Watts it starts within Watts
01:56we
01:57Watts right here and we call this our silent march parents bring out their murdered loved ones shoes
02:04these are little people y'all I didn't have a father to show me how to be a father he's
02:10anything
02:11I made sure you know it we could try to come up with a ceasefire having everybody in that room
02:19together was kind of nerve-wracking my first concern was safety the potential for things to go sideways
02:24in that meeting was huge like we can't be in here saying we cool you know I'm saying shake each
02:30other
02:30hand whoop and then we out in front of our homies to beat and maybe this helps turn the knob
02:35just a
02:35little more towards less violence could the area change can it become decent could these kids all
02:40see a future when kids play together eat together sleep together they're not gonna be able to quick
02:47to kill one another I'll forgive any one of my enemies to let my kids make it and grow up
02:53here to
02:53make Watts flourish it's about us developing new leaders this is putting our lives and reputation on the
03:05life y'all puts up together brother that's gonna go all over this world and it's gonna promote peace
03:11and it started right here and watch
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