WEEKEND
WEEKEND IN CHICAGO, THAT CITY'S MAYOR
CALLED FOR THE CITY
TO WORK TOGETHER.
>>>
>>> AFTER
>>> AFTER 72 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN ONE WEEKEND IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO, THAT CITY'S PLAYER IS
CALLING FOR EVERYONE THERE TO
WORK TOGETHER.
WORK TOGETHER. >> AND THAT VIOLENT WEEKEND IS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON ANOTHER
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. AN
ISSUE. AN ISSUE SOME DO NOT TALK
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. WHO IS KILLING THESE BLACK
VICTIMS?
VICTIMS?
VICTIMS? NOT WHITES, NOT THE POLICE, BUT
OTHER BLACKS.
OTHER BLACKS. >> LOOK AT THAT.
HE IS READY FOR SCHOOL.
>> Reporter: HE BEARS A HEAVY
CROSS, LITERALLY.
CROSS, LITERALLY. >> THIS CROSS IS ABOUT 400
POUNDS.
POUNDS.
POUNDS. SOMETIMES I FEEL ALONE.
SOMETIMES I FEEL ALONE.
>> Reporter: ALONE, RESPONDING
TO A SILENT CALL FOR HELP.
KG'S PAST IS EMBEDDED IN
CHICAGO'S PRESENT.
CHICAGO'S PRESENT. THIS WEEKEND 72 PEOPLE WERE
SHOT AND 13 WERE KILLED.
THE FOCUS IS ON US, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, KEEPING A SECRET.
MANY TIMES IT IS CONNECTED TO
STOP SNITCHES.
STOP SNITCHES. >> THOSE THAT DO NOT GET
SNITCHED ON CONTINUE TO HURT,
KILL AND TERRIFY AND DESTROY
OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: NO ARRESTS HAVE
BEEN PLAYED IN ANY CHICAGO'S
WEEKEND INCIDENTS.
WEEKEND INCIDENTS. 15 YEARS AGO WILSON AND HIS
SON, NOW PEACE ACTIVISTS,
ESCAPED CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE.
THEY MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS.
AND JUMPED ON THE FIRST BUS AND
CAME HERE WITH NO PLACE TO GO
OR NOTHING.
OR NOTHING. IT WAS ABOUT SAVING MY SON'S
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> Reporter: BELL IS ABOUT
SAVING LIVES.
SAVING LIVES. IT IS THE CITY THAT RAISED ME.
THE CITY THAT I LOVE, THE CITY
THAT TOOK MY FATHER'S LIFE.
HE WAS SHOT BY TEENAGERS, AGES
15, 19, AND 21 WHEN I WAS JUST
FIVE YEARS OLD.
>> Reporter: BELL SAYS TEENS
LIKE THOSE THAT KILLED HER
FATHER WERE THOSE BEHIND THE
SCHOLARSHIPS BEARING HER
FATHER'S NAME.
FATHER'S NAME. >> WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS, LIFE
SKILLS TO YOUNG MED WHO ARE
MIDDLE CLASS, SOMETIMES FALL
THROUGH THE GAPS, MAYBE THE C
STUDENT AND OFTEN THEY DON'T
HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR HELP.
>> YOU DON'T SEE IT IN OTHER
RACES.
RACES.
RACES. HOW CAN WE EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE
TO RESPECT US IF WE DON'T
RESPECT OURSELVES?
RESPECT OURSELVES? THE BLACK ON BLACK CRIME THAT
IS PLAGUING CHICAGO, DETROIT,
MINNEAPOLIS, SO MANY CITIES
ACROSS THE NATION, YOU HAVE TO
START AT HOME AND TAKE CARE OF
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. YOU
HOME. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECT OUR RACE.
>> Reporter: FROM HER OFFICE
IN ATLANTA TO STREET CORNERS IN
MINNEAPOLIS, BOTH BELL AND
WILSON, CHICAGO NATIVES, ARE
DOING THEIR PART.
>> IF I HAVE TO STAND BY MYSELF
IN FRONT OF A FIRING SQUAD I AM
THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY TO
KNOW IT IS RIGHT.
WE CAN NOT BE QUIET ABOUT IT
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
FBI'S UNIFORM DATA FOR 2016,
90.1 BLACK VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE
WERE KILLED BY OTHER BLACKS.
83.5% OF WHITES WERE KILLED BY
OTHER WHITES.
OTHER WHITES. SOME WILL ARGUE THE DATA SHOWS
IT IS A TRUTH ACROSS RACIAL
BOUNDARIES.
BOUNDARIES. TANISHA WORKED FOR AN EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER FOR CNN FOR 13 YEARS
AND SHE SAID IT WAS HAUNTING
HER AS SHE WOULD WRITE THE
STORIES ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. >> IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM
THAT IS JUST NOT GOING AWAY.
WE SEE HOLIDAY WEEKEND REPORTS
OUT OF CHICAGO, 60, 70, 80, MY
HEARTBREAKS AND GOES OUT TO THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK