GOOD SEEING YOU.
SOMETIMES THOUGH YOU DON’T KNOW
THE SHOOTER.
WHAT YOU DO KNOW, THE INNOCENT
PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOT AND KILLED
HAVING NOTHING TO DO, ANYTHING
WITH BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT
THE WRONG TIME LIKE GIANNO
CALDWELL’S BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
BROTHER CHRISTIAN THAT WAS
KILLED JUNE 24th, A 18-YEAR-OLD
WITH HIS WHOLE LIFE IN FRONT OF
HIM CAUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT HE
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.
GIANNO CALDWELL IS DEVOTING HIS
LIFE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND
WHY AND TO DEAL WITH THIS
PROBLEM THAT IS NOW OUT OF
CONTROL.
GIANNO, VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY
FRIEND.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Neil: GIANNO, YOU KNOW THIS,
YOU FEEL IT.
IT’S ONE THING TO GO AFTER A
CONGRESSMAN AND HE SURVIVES IT
AND THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE GUY IS UP TO.
YOUR BROTHER DID NOTHING.
HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CRIME WAVE THAT IS STILL OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS
SUNDAY MAKES ONE MONTH SINCE HE
WAS MURDERED.
WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHO DID IT.
AND IT’S A TRAGEDY THAT SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS CHICAGO
AREA, CHICAGOLAND AREA, HAVE
VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.
WHAT I HAVE REALIZED SINCE MY
BROTHER WAS MURDERED AND I HAVE
TAKEN A DEEPER DIVE THAN I HAVE
ANY OTHER TIME BEFORE, I REALIZE
THAT THESE SOFT ON CRIME
POLICIES ARE A CANCER TO THE
ORGANS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN
CHICAGO, WHETHER IT BE THE
JUDICIARY SYSTEM WHEREAS THE
CHIEF JUSTICE OF COOK COUNTY
IMPLEMENTED BAIL REFORM IN 2017,
WHERE HE’S ALLOWING CRIMINALS TO
WALK FREE AT NO COST SO THEY
JUST COMMIT A CRIME AND THEY GO
OUT AND COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME.
THEY HAVE NO CHASE POLICIES
WHERE THEY CAN’T PURSUE A
SUSPECT WITHOUT TALKING TO THEIR
SUPERVISOR BEFOREHAND, WHETHER
THEY BE RUNNING ON FOOT, WHERE
THEY REALLY CAN’T CHASE A
SUSPECT OR IN THEIR CARS.
OR EVEN THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
THAT IS REFUSING TO PROSECUTE
CASES.
SHE DROPPED 25,000 FELONY CASES
INCLUDING RAPE AND MURDER.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, NEIL.
THE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO ARE
SUFFERING AND ONLY SUFFERING
MORE BECAUSE OF THE INACTION
THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE
LEADERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
NOW MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IMPACTED
BY THIS GREAT ATROCITY OF
POLICY.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
I CONTINUE TO MARCH FOR HOPE AND
PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
MURDERED MY LITTLE BROTHER ARE
FOUND AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
I SHED LIGHT ON THE POLICIES
THAT ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE
PEOPLE MURDERED IN CHICAGO.
THAT IS MY MISSION, THAT IS MY
ASSIGNMENT FROM GOD THAT I NEVER
WANTED.
THAT’S WHAT I MUST DO.
>> Neil: WE SHOWED THAT
STATISTIC OF YOU SPEAKING IN
CHICAGO WHERE CRIME IS UP 34%
FROM LAST YEAR.
YOUR BROTHER SADLY IS PART OF
THAT STATISTIC.
AND YET THERE’S BEEN MANY SINCE.
IT JUST DEFIES ANY NORMAL
DESCRIPTION WHERE THEY CAN’T GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF SO MANY OF
THESE SHOOTINGS.
SO MANY GO UNANSWERED.
>> Neil: LAST YEAR WAS THE
DEADLIEST YEAR IN CHICAGO IN A
QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
YOU HAVE 800 HOMICIDES JUST
ABOUT.
OVER 3,600 SHOOTINGS JUST ABOUT
THAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR.
AND OUT OF ALL OF THE CRIME THAT
WAS COMMITTED IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO, ONLY 12% OF THAT CRIME
LED TO AN ARREST.
THE CRIMINALS KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE NO WORRIES.
THEY DON’T FEAR BEING ARRESTED
OR PROSECUTED.
THE POLICE ARE DEMORALIZED,
OVERWHELMED.
AND THEN THERE’S SOME OFFICERS
BECAUSE THERE’S A WORK SLOW DOWN
GOING ON IN THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY HAVE TO DO
THEIR JOB OR GET OUT OF THE JOB.
THERE HAS TO BE ACCOUNT ABILITY
FOR SPECIFIC OFFICERS AS WELL.
THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS A TRAGIC
PLACE WHERE NO ONE IS
LEGITIMATELY SAFE.
EVEN IN THE AREAS WHERE WE
BELIEVE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
WELL, IF IT’S IN THE NICER AREAS
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE MONEY AND
THEY’RE WHITE, THEY’RE NOT GOING
TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE
POLICE ARE GOING TO GET ON IT.
NOT TRUE.
THAT WAS A FALLACY.
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC
IS, COLOR, RACE, POLITICAL
STANCE, DOESN’T MATTER.
PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES IN
RECORDS AND IT MUST COME TO AN
END.
IT CANNOT COME TO AN END.
SO I’M WORKING WITH LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS NOW, HAVING
DISCUSSIONS, IDENTIFYING WHAT
THE POLICIES THAT NEED TO CHANGE
AND I’M GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF
TIME IN SPRINGFIELD WORKING WITH
THE LEGISLATORS TO ENSURE THAT
MY BROTHER’S LEGACY MEANS
SOMETHING SO FOLKS LIVES CAN BE
SAVED.
>> Neil: GIANNO, WORDS ESCAPE ME
A LOT OF TIMES.
WE CAN ONLY SUFFER SO LONG.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL
FAMILY.
YOU’RE ALWAYS LOOKING AFTER THEM
AND PARTICULARLY YOUR BROTHER.
I REMEMBER CHRISTIAN AROUND A
FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND IF MEMORY
SERVES ME.
HE HAD WRITTEN YOU THAT YOU WERE
A FATHER FIGURE TO HIM.
HOW IS THE FAMILY DOING RIGHT
NOW?
>> THEY’RE TERRIBLE, NEIL, TO BE
HONEST.
THEY’RE REALLY TERRIBLE.
NOBODY IS ABLE TO FUNCTION IN A
WAY THAT THEY USED TO OF COURSE.
BUT FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT ME AS
THE LEADER OF THE FAMILY TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH AND GET AS MUCH
MEDIA EXPOSURE ON THIS CASE AND
HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
SO I’M THE LEADER OF MY FAMILY.
I SUPPORT THEM AND I’LL CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THEM AND JUST FOR OUR
VIEWERS, PLEASE, PLEASE, KEEP ME
IN YOUR PRAYERS, KEEP MY FAMILY
IN YOUR PRAYERS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED JUNE 24th, THERE’S A
TIPLINE RIGHT THERE ON THE
SCREEN.
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE, YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO THE POLICE, YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT
GIANNOCALDWELL ON TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK.
WE JUST WANT JUSTICE.
THERE’S SO MANY OTHERS LIKE THE
5-YEAR-OLD BABY GIRL THAT WAS
MURDERED AT THE WRONG PLACE AT
THE WRONG TIME IN THE BACK SEAT
OF A CAR.
WHERE IS IT NOT THE WRONG PLACE
IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO NOW?
WE WANT JUSTICE FOR THOSE
PEOPLE, WE WANT JUSTICE FOR OUR
BABY BROTHER.
THE FIGHT CONTINUES.