Trump has long targeted Chicago, calling it the "most dangerous city in the world."
But homicides were down 30% last year, even as Trump cut crime prevention grants.
What's making crime fall? Investments in community-led violence prevention programs.
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This is the kind of documentary the country needs. Not the media bs.
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@cheabuttafly
Hey Pastor Phil!!! I'm a product of Lawndale Community Church and I am so proud of the work they have done and continue to do!
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@Chi_Nurse
A suburbanite commenting on the perceived violence in the city is the most Chicago thing ever. IYKYK
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@LimitedEditionGarrett
What an excellent doc. It shows real issues that real people face, and offers real solutions that can be invested in with time, money, and resources. This is the kind of stuff we need to be focusing on as a country.
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@BirdShutterbug
Have lived all my life in Illinois, in a suburb not far from downtown Chicago. I also worked many years in downtown Chicago. This video was very well made and extremely informative. Great work!!
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@GeekGamer666
It's been obvious for a long time that poverty and crime are linked but rich people want to make it a moral failure because if it's a moral failure they don't have to address the fact that their own moral failures are responsible.
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@BlushingAmbitions
The Firehouse outreach with community policing by people with a criminal background is amazing. Who better to predict criminal behaviors? A great idea but the execution is truly remarkable.
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@submetropolis
national guard and Ice didn't go to the most dangerous areas? what? weird nobody saw that coming
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@MakaykayLAMB
As a Chicagoan, I think people outside of the city can’t even imagine how large the city is. So crime in one part of Chicago doesn’t mean crime in another/throughout the city . There’s also historical and systemic reasons that certain areas are rougher than others: lack of resources, gentrification, food desserts etc etc.
it can take you an hour sometimes longer to drive from the north side to the south side, depending on where you’re going. Chicago is unfathomably HUGE for most Americans to even imagine, especially from rural or small towns.
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@aminabdullah350
Scroll any local US newspaper online and you will see that crazy things are happening everywhere all the time. Some more horrible than others.
It is a symptom of a society where the ruling class preys on the population non-stop, piling up stress, anxiety and poverty..Spirituality being in short supply, does not help the situation.
A teenager stealing a candy, they call that "a crime". Evicting a family out on the street as a result of enforced poverty, they call that "the law".
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@pennyhartz1
Love this so much. The OG with the dreads is such a good find. Chicago has never been a hell hole. We just accurately represent the failings of this country. Chicago/Illinois are the most American city and state in this country. We embody the successes and the failings more than any other city/state.
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@ocarstens6045
The safest communities don’t have the most cops, they have the most resources.