1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:02,350 --> 00:00:05,048 [spacey music] 3 00:00:05,179 --> 00:00:09,357 - ♪ MTV 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:09,487 --> 00:00:12,360 [gunfire] 6 00:00:16,364 --> 00:00:17,843 - Come on. Lay down. 7 00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:19,454 Your hair gon' get messed up. 8 00:00:19,584 --> 00:00:21,369 This your time, boy. 9 00:00:21,499 --> 00:00:24,154 Y'all ready? - Okay. 10 00:00:24,285 --> 00:00:26,156 - Here we go. 11 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:32,293 All right, look at me. Count of three. 12 00:00:32,423 --> 00:00:33,816 One... 13 00:00:33,946 --> 00:00:35,339 two. 14 00:00:35,470 --> 00:00:37,167 One... 15 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:38,908 two. 16 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:40,823 All right, cool. Sit on it. 17 00:00:40,953 --> 00:00:41,824 There you go. There you go, perfect. 18 00:00:41,954 --> 00:00:42,738 You got your bush together? 19 00:00:42,868 --> 00:00:44,870 You good? You sure? 20 00:00:45,001 --> 00:00:47,395 A'ight, do me a favor. Do like that. 21 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:53,966 Perfect. Ready? 22 00:00:54,097 --> 00:00:57,187 One, two. 23 00:00:57,318 --> 00:00:59,668 Close your eyes. You just got shot. 24 00:00:59,798 --> 00:01:01,322 - [screams] 25 00:01:01,452 --> 00:01:03,150 - ♪ Nobody on the street perfect ♪ 26 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,848 ♪ Don't wind up on a T-shirt ♪ 27 00:01:05,978 --> 00:01:09,025 ♪ Ey, we hurtin' 28 00:01:09,156 --> 00:01:11,636 ♪ We out here and we nervous ♪ 29 00:01:11,767 --> 00:01:14,378 ♪ Ain't nobody on the street perfect ♪ 30 00:01:14,509 --> 00:01:16,337 ♪ Man, don't wind up on a T-shirt ♪ 31 00:01:16,467 --> 00:01:18,469 - ♪ No more T-shirts - ♪ Uh 32 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,385 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 33 00:01:21,516 --> 00:01:23,474 - ♪ Come on - ♪ No more T-shirts 34 00:01:23,605 --> 00:01:26,434 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 35 00:01:26,564 --> 00:01:29,393 - ♪ Come on - ♪ No more T-shirts 36 00:01:29,524 --> 00:01:31,308 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 37 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:33,310 - ♪ Uh, uh, uh 38 00:01:37,488 --> 00:01:39,795 - Mommy already know that. 39 00:01:39,925 --> 00:01:42,102 This--Mommy already know that. 40 00:01:42,232 --> 00:01:45,975 [indistinct chatter] 41 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:47,542 - Say that again. 42 00:01:47,672 --> 00:01:48,847 - Is it supposed to say anything on here? 43 00:01:48,978 --> 00:01:51,198 - Mm, I think I asked him. 44 00:01:51,328 --> 00:01:54,157 - "Long live Baby Bro" or just "Baby Bro." 45 00:01:54,288 --> 00:01:56,072 "Long live Baby Bro." 46 00:01:56,203 --> 00:01:57,595 - Yeah, like, on the side of it. 47 00:01:57,726 --> 00:01:58,988 - All right. 48 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:03,123 - I watched him grow up, actually. 49 00:02:03,253 --> 00:02:08,258 Like, Baby Bro is-- that's really who he was 50 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:09,520 was Baby Bro. 51 00:02:11,783 --> 00:02:14,525 It was maybe four or five of his friends 52 00:02:14,656 --> 00:02:17,659 playing on a Sunday-- and Sunday morning time-- 53 00:02:17,789 --> 00:02:21,402 and they were chased, and he was shot, 54 00:02:21,532 --> 00:02:22,925 and he died, 55 00:02:23,055 --> 00:02:25,406 so it's a really deep pill to swallow. 56 00:02:35,242 --> 00:02:36,504 - Why? 57 00:02:55,087 --> 00:02:56,045 - What? 58 00:02:57,394 --> 00:02:58,308 - What? 59 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:08,057 - Yes. 60 00:03:13,932 --> 00:03:16,761 [somber music] 61 00:03:16,892 --> 00:03:24,073 ♪ 62 00:03:31,298 --> 00:03:32,603 - I started out as a photographer... 63 00:03:32,734 --> 00:03:35,345 ♪ 64 00:03:35,476 --> 00:03:37,869 And from there 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,176 started doing the shirts... 66 00:03:40,307 --> 00:03:42,874 ♪ 67 00:03:43,005 --> 00:03:45,268 "Rest in peace" shirts. 68 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:48,445 It's about 70% to 80% of our business. 69 00:03:48,576 --> 00:03:50,447 ♪ 70 00:03:50,578 --> 00:03:52,188 Mostly people that comes in, 71 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:53,885 they're coming in for someone that was shot 72 00:03:54,016 --> 00:03:55,757 in the local community. 73 00:03:55,887 --> 00:03:57,585 ♪ 74 00:03:57,715 --> 00:04:01,458 Guns, stabbings, drugs... 75 00:04:01,589 --> 00:04:04,461 ♪ 76 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:05,810 We see everything. 77 00:04:05,941 --> 00:04:09,074 ♪ 78 00:04:09,205 --> 00:04:12,121 Here in this area, it's really bad. 79 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:15,472 ♪ 80 00:04:15,603 --> 00:04:18,345 Some days, it feels more like I'm at a funeral home. 81 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:22,044 - Back. - Oh, just the picture? 82 00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:24,525 - Yeah, just the picture gonna be on the back. 83 00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:28,572 Or for his with that one, you can't put no wings on it? 84 00:04:28,703 --> 00:04:30,574 I just seen the wings up there. Can you drop the wings? 85 00:04:30,705 --> 00:04:31,967 - Yeah, so you want all on front and back? 86 00:04:32,097 --> 00:04:33,447 - All on front and back, 87 00:04:33,577 --> 00:04:34,796 so you ain't got to do all that extra. 88 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:37,146 [printer whirring] 89 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:38,626 - A lot of families that come in, 90 00:04:38,756 --> 00:04:40,323 they're going through hard times. 91 00:04:40,454 --> 00:04:42,282 Their loved one just passed away. 92 00:04:42,412 --> 00:04:43,892 - Y'all be safe and have a good day. 93 00:04:44,022 --> 00:04:45,459 Thank y'all for the... 94 00:04:45,589 --> 00:04:47,635 - I'll say, "Hey, let's do $8 a shirt. 95 00:04:47,765 --> 00:04:50,681 You charge everyone $20." 96 00:04:50,812 --> 00:04:52,553 The funeral costs $10,000. 97 00:04:52,683 --> 00:04:54,381 Until they raise it, they'll keep selling shirts. 98 00:04:56,034 --> 00:04:58,863 [indistinct chatter] 99 00:05:10,005 --> 00:05:12,486 So I made it like this. 100 00:05:12,616 --> 00:05:15,489 So "Gone too soon but never forgotten," 101 00:05:15,619 --> 00:05:17,795 "Rest in Paradise," and then you put "Makiyah." 102 00:05:17,926 --> 00:05:19,449 - Okay. 103 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:21,930 - It's cool? - Yep, that's perfect. 104 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:24,324 Makiyah was more, like, tomboy. 105 00:05:24,454 --> 00:05:25,803 She didn't want to take pictures 106 00:05:25,934 --> 00:05:27,370 and stuff like that, but I used to get 107 00:05:27,501 --> 00:05:28,719 my own pictures and take 'em. 108 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:32,767 [camera shutter snapping] 109 00:05:32,897 --> 00:05:35,857 It was just a regular drive-by shooting. 110 00:05:35,987 --> 00:05:41,689 ♪ 111 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:43,212 She was on her way to the ice cream truck 112 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,648 with her big sister. 113 00:05:44,779 --> 00:05:49,044 ♪ 114 00:05:49,174 --> 00:05:51,089 She was right in front of the house, 115 00:05:51,220 --> 00:05:55,703 and she was shot in her heart, and she passed away that day. 116 00:05:55,833 --> 00:05:58,183 ♪ 117 00:05:58,314 --> 00:06:00,316 It happens daily, constantly. 118 00:06:00,447 --> 00:06:02,492 ♪ 119 00:06:02,623 --> 00:06:04,102 Even to the children, it's something 120 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:05,843 that now you get used to. 121 00:06:05,974 --> 00:06:07,845 You hear shots and you be like, "Okay, wow, get down." 122 00:06:07,976 --> 00:06:09,412 You know, "Run." 123 00:06:09,543 --> 00:06:10,892 The kids are even used to that. 124 00:06:11,022 --> 00:06:15,157 But Makiyah, she just couldn't get away fast enough that day. 125 00:06:17,768 --> 00:06:20,510 This is never gonna be okay-- never in life. 126 00:06:20,641 --> 00:06:21,816 That's my baby. 127 00:06:24,471 --> 00:06:27,169 [sobbing] 128 00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:29,389 She was only ten years old. 129 00:06:29,519 --> 00:06:31,391 [sirens wailing] 130 00:06:31,521 --> 00:06:34,437 [printer whirring] 131 00:06:38,354 --> 00:06:40,269 With hers, it was so drastic 132 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,838 because it was so many shots fired. 133 00:06:43,968 --> 00:06:47,276 It was 70 rounds' shell casing that they found 134 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:48,408 when my daughter was killed. 135 00:06:53,369 --> 00:06:55,458 Every event that we do for Makiyah, 136 00:06:55,589 --> 00:06:56,981 we always have to have the T-shirts on. 137 00:06:57,112 --> 00:06:59,419 ♪ 138 00:06:59,549 --> 00:07:02,726 So I've ordered a lot of T-shirts. 139 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:05,120 ♪ 140 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:06,730 Will that make it stop? 141 00:07:06,861 --> 00:07:08,819 It was a million murders after my child, 142 00:07:08,950 --> 00:07:10,430 you get what I'm saying? 143 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,867 So I don't know, but I'm definitely trying my best 144 00:07:12,997 --> 00:07:15,435 to be able to send a message to stop this gun violence. 145 00:07:15,565 --> 00:07:19,003 ♪ 146 00:07:19,134 --> 00:07:22,093 Especially with these babies, it's beyond ridiculous. 147 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:23,878 - You have a good one, okay? - All right, see you next time. 148 00:07:24,008 --> 00:07:24,922 - All right. 149 00:07:25,053 --> 00:07:27,403 ♪ 150 00:07:27,534 --> 00:07:29,492 Bye. - Bye. 151 00:07:29,623 --> 00:07:31,189 ♪ 152 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,756 - Hi. - How you doing? 153 00:07:32,887 --> 00:07:36,717 ♪ 154 00:07:36,847 --> 00:07:40,285 - There is four shops in our mall by itself, 155 00:07:40,416 --> 00:07:43,593 four T-shirt shops in one mall. 156 00:07:43,724 --> 00:07:46,291 The demand is so high that there's another mall 157 00:07:46,422 --> 00:07:49,207 five minutes away; they have two shops. 158 00:07:51,514 --> 00:07:52,515 Yeah, it's great for business, 159 00:07:52,646 --> 00:07:55,431 but it's not great for our people. 160 00:07:55,562 --> 00:08:02,438 ♪ 161 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,052 Here in the city, there is something 162 00:08:08,183 --> 00:08:10,838 called Murder Mayhem. 163 00:08:10,968 --> 00:08:12,404 Murder Mayhem is, like, the number one place. 164 00:08:12,535 --> 00:08:15,103 They're better than the news. 165 00:08:15,233 --> 00:08:16,539 The news is not gonna report what they're reporting. 166 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:19,977 ♪ 167 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:22,850 First thing I do every day, look on Murder Mayhem, 168 00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:23,807 and you see it. 169 00:08:23,938 --> 00:08:27,550 ♪ 170 00:08:27,681 --> 00:08:30,945 Meaning if someone got shot a hour ago, 171 00:08:31,075 --> 00:08:33,948 it's on they page within the next 20 minutes. 172 00:08:34,078 --> 00:08:39,214 ♪ 173 00:08:39,344 --> 00:08:42,957 This is two teens that was shot by the police, 174 00:08:43,087 --> 00:08:45,307 ages 15 and 16 years old. 175 00:08:48,658 --> 00:08:50,225 So you find out about the shootings 176 00:08:50,355 --> 00:08:52,706 within a day or two, sometimes instantly. 177 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,496 This young man was shot around 8:48 p.m. 178 00:09:00,627 --> 00:09:03,804 Officers found him unresponsive, 179 00:09:03,934 --> 00:09:05,632 so he was pronounced dead. 180 00:09:07,198 --> 00:09:09,374 He was only 24. 181 00:09:09,505 --> 00:09:12,421 So between today and tomorrow, 182 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:13,553 we'll start seeing people come in 183 00:09:13,683 --> 00:09:14,945 because they'll be getting ready 184 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:16,512 for his candlelight vigil. 185 00:09:16,643 --> 00:09:18,775 - They located one adult male 186 00:09:18,906 --> 00:09:20,560 suffering from a gunshot wound. 187 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:22,562 - Just, like, 13-year-old victim 188 00:09:22,692 --> 00:09:25,347 identified, killed-- weekend double shooting. 189 00:09:25,477 --> 00:09:28,916 So we'll see families come in today 190 00:09:29,046 --> 00:09:30,700 getting T-shirts. 191 00:09:32,833 --> 00:09:35,139 Most likely, his funeral will be tomorrow. 192 00:09:35,270 --> 00:09:39,709 [gunshots] 193 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,279 ♪ 194 00:09:44,409 --> 00:09:47,064 - When I heard about the shooting, 195 00:09:47,195 --> 00:09:49,632 I feel like my whole world just turned upside down. 196 00:09:51,373 --> 00:09:53,636 Malachi, him and a group of friends 197 00:09:53,767 --> 00:09:56,770 were on their way to the basketball court, 198 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,599 and some people hopped out of the car 199 00:09:59,729 --> 00:10:02,645 and just started shooting at him. 200 00:10:02,776 --> 00:10:07,476 He was 13, and he was going to be 14 a couple days later. 201 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:08,825 ♪ 202 00:10:08,956 --> 00:10:11,698 I wrote a paragraph for him for his birthday 203 00:10:11,828 --> 00:10:14,570 and was hoping to put it on a card and, you know, 204 00:10:14,701 --> 00:10:17,704 take it to him, but once I found out 205 00:10:17,834 --> 00:10:19,836 what happened to him, I was just like, 206 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:22,839 "Now what am I supposed to do with this?" 207 00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:28,715 ♪ 208 00:10:28,845 --> 00:10:32,588 I had--literally had just seen him, 209 00:10:32,719 --> 00:10:36,418 and the last words we exchanged was, "Be safe." 210 00:10:36,548 --> 00:10:38,768 And he said, "Always." 211 00:10:43,991 --> 00:10:45,906 - What's up, Jon? - Hey, baby, how are you? 212 00:10:46,036 --> 00:10:46,863 - Good. How are you? 213 00:10:46,994 --> 00:10:48,343 - I'm fine. 214 00:10:48,473 --> 00:10:50,650 [indistinct chatter] 215 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:53,043 - Yes. 216 00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:56,307 - Get there early. - Yeah, that's exactly-- 217 00:10:58,005 --> 00:10:59,876 And it was probably packed when you got there. 218 00:11:00,007 --> 00:11:01,225 [laughter] 219 00:11:03,924 --> 00:11:05,273 - Did you go to school with him? 220 00:11:05,403 --> 00:11:06,622 - Yeah, we all went to school with him. 221 00:11:06,753 --> 00:11:07,536 - Where? - Global. 222 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,581 - Global, okay, so after Global, 223 00:11:09,712 --> 00:11:11,540 he came to Paul? - Mm-hmm. 224 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,020 Yeah, he was at Paul for a little minute. 225 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:15,152 - Mm-hmm. - Malachi? 226 00:11:15,283 --> 00:11:16,980 - March 1st. 227 00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:18,460 - You fine with that? 228 00:11:18,590 --> 00:11:20,680 All right, I just gotta make sure. 229 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:22,072 I gotta make sure, you know. 230 00:11:22,203 --> 00:11:24,161 Some people be tripping. 231 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:26,642 [indistinct chatter] 232 00:11:26,773 --> 00:11:31,473 - I lost my little brother, my great-uncle, 233 00:11:31,603 --> 00:11:33,344 and my uncle all in the same year... 234 00:11:38,219 --> 00:11:40,743 And then suffered depression 235 00:11:40,874 --> 00:11:42,745 and still kind of going through it and, you know, 236 00:11:42,876 --> 00:11:44,268 trying to fight my way through it. 237 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:53,669 - It was, like, funeral after funeral after funeral. 238 00:11:58,152 --> 00:11:59,588 - Mm-hmm. - Cool? 239 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,852 - But his birthday-- his birthday is... 240 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:08,292 March 5th, so... - 3/5. 241 00:12:08,423 --> 00:12:09,641 - Mm-hmm. - What year? 242 00:12:09,772 --> 00:12:10,860 - 2006. 243 00:12:10,991 --> 00:12:13,994 - 3/5, 1/20, '06. 244 00:12:14,124 --> 00:12:15,169 - Mm-hmm. - That's right? 245 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:16,213 - Mm-hmm. 246 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:19,347 [indistinct chatter] 247 00:12:19,477 --> 00:12:22,263 - So I'm glad she put her heart over that middle finger. 248 00:12:22,393 --> 00:12:24,004 - Oh, yeah. 249 00:12:24,134 --> 00:12:26,049 - 'Cause I didn't like that picture at all. 250 00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:27,659 Long live Mals. 251 00:12:41,108 --> 00:12:42,892 - [sobbing] 252 00:12:48,942 --> 00:12:51,118 - So, like, which one you making me? 253 00:12:53,511 --> 00:12:55,078 - I don't want to see you too soon 254 00:12:55,209 --> 00:12:57,689 for this type of reason, but I'll see you soon. 255 00:12:57,820 --> 00:12:59,343 See you guys at the funeral tomorrow. 256 00:12:59,474 --> 00:13:00,388 - See you. - All right. 257 00:13:00,518 --> 00:13:02,346 - Drive safe. - Thank you too. 258 00:13:15,969 --> 00:13:17,666 - You gonna be all right. 259 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:19,537 [laughter] 260 00:13:19,668 --> 00:13:21,757 [indistinct chatter] 261 00:13:26,893 --> 00:13:29,460 ♪ 262 00:13:29,591 --> 00:13:32,942 - Malachi, we really connected when we was in eighth grade. 263 00:13:33,073 --> 00:13:35,249 ♪ 264 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:37,164 We used to always bond. Like, that was my best friend. 265 00:13:37,294 --> 00:13:39,949 ♪ 266 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,169 And then when I hear that he passed away, 267 00:13:42,299 --> 00:13:44,127 I was just really sad. 268 00:13:44,258 --> 00:13:45,650 ♪ 269 00:13:45,781 --> 00:13:48,001 It brought me back to what happened to me. 270 00:13:48,131 --> 00:13:50,873 ♪ 271 00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:55,660 July 4th was my two-year anniversary. 272 00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:57,967 Like, I was at my friend cookout, 273 00:13:58,098 --> 00:14:01,405 and I just was having a good time at the cookout, and... 274 00:14:01,536 --> 00:14:03,233 I got shot. 275 00:14:03,364 --> 00:14:05,366 ♪ 276 00:14:05,496 --> 00:14:07,716 I'm 13. 277 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,196 I was 11 years old. 278 00:14:09,326 --> 00:14:11,111 ♪ 279 00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:12,721 - I guess they heard some pow, pow. 280 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:14,897 They thought it was fireworks. 281 00:14:15,028 --> 00:14:16,377 Then she had a hole in her face 282 00:14:16,507 --> 00:14:18,248 where blood was leaking, 283 00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:20,511 and when I got to the scene, I asked the police officer, 284 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:22,862 you know, "What kind of firework would have done that?" 285 00:14:22,992 --> 00:14:24,776 He said, "Mom, that wasn't a firework." 286 00:14:24,907 --> 00:14:26,866 He said, "That was a GSW." 287 00:14:26,996 --> 00:14:28,389 And I thought about it for a minute-- 288 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,347 gunshot wound. 289 00:14:30,478 --> 00:14:32,262 So that's how I knew my child was shot in the face. 290 00:14:32,393 --> 00:14:39,487 ♪ 291 00:14:39,617 --> 00:14:43,273 - I just fell, and then I started holding my jaw. 292 00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:45,319 ♪ 293 00:14:45,449 --> 00:14:48,278 And I was really scared. 294 00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:51,325 It went in right here. It cracked my teeth. 295 00:14:51,455 --> 00:14:54,023 And it came out right here. 296 00:14:54,154 --> 00:14:58,114 ♪ 297 00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:02,379 And now I gotta get reconstructive face surgery, 298 00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:05,382 and I gotta get plastic surgery on the side of my neck. 299 00:15:05,513 --> 00:15:07,384 ♪ 300 00:15:07,515 --> 00:15:09,125 - Behind the scenes, you really don't know 301 00:15:09,256 --> 00:15:10,300 what happens to people after they've been shot 302 00:15:10,431 --> 00:15:12,433 by a gun. 303 00:15:12,563 --> 00:15:15,088 It's really hectic at home sometimes. 304 00:15:15,218 --> 00:15:17,655 She gets headaches. 305 00:15:17,786 --> 00:15:21,137 And it's a really big change from the child that I know. 306 00:15:21,268 --> 00:15:23,444 - I get real sad 'cause I'll be like, "Why me?" 307 00:15:23,574 --> 00:15:25,011 Like, what did I do so bad 308 00:15:25,141 --> 00:15:27,448 for you to shoot a 11-year-old girl? 309 00:15:27,578 --> 00:15:29,667 ♪ 310 00:15:29,798 --> 00:15:32,105 - I'm kind of twisting and turning at night. 311 00:15:32,235 --> 00:15:33,149 Like... 312 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,325 ♪ 313 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:38,111 I fear for myself as being African American. 314 00:15:38,241 --> 00:15:42,593 ♪ 315 00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:44,291 Am I gonna be safe going to school, 316 00:15:44,421 --> 00:15:46,336 coming home from school? 317 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:50,558 ♪ 318 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:54,910 - Young man, 11 years old, shot while watching fireworks 319 00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:57,826 in southeast D.C. 320 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,089 And then you just hear the sounds. 321 00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:02,135 - [crying] He was a good kid. 322 00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:04,441 I mean, he was, like, God, 11 years old. 323 00:16:04,572 --> 00:16:07,183 He hasn't lived his life yet. He's 11 years old. 324 00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:09,055 We gotta stop killing each other. 325 00:16:09,185 --> 00:16:11,187 Stop it. Put the guns down. 326 00:16:11,318 --> 00:16:14,103 - That kid, he could've been the next NFL player. 327 00:16:14,234 --> 00:16:15,800 He could've been anything in the world, 328 00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:16,845 anything. 329 00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,368 ♪ 330 00:16:18,499 --> 00:16:19,326 He's gone. 331 00:16:19,456 --> 00:16:21,719 ♪ 332 00:16:21,850 --> 00:16:25,201 It's just--it's just crazy. 333 00:16:25,332 --> 00:16:27,377 Then you go and you look at my screen. 334 00:16:27,508 --> 00:16:31,512 Like, it's me and my son. 335 00:16:31,642 --> 00:16:33,514 What if that was my son? How would I feel? 336 00:16:33,644 --> 00:16:35,342 ♪ 337 00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:38,127 Sonny! 338 00:16:38,258 --> 00:16:43,828 ♪ 339 00:16:43,959 --> 00:16:45,091 Why did you need to talk to me? 340 00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:46,396 - Copy. 341 00:16:46,527 --> 00:16:47,615 - It's "Sesame Street"? - Yes. 342 00:16:47,745 --> 00:16:48,703 - So everybody getting Bourbon Street-- 343 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:50,835 "Sesame Street"? - That's what they said. 344 00:16:50,966 --> 00:16:54,752 - My son, he's ten years old. 345 00:16:54,883 --> 00:16:58,191 He call hisself the owner. 346 00:16:58,321 --> 00:17:00,367 - What time you opening tomorrow? 347 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:03,413 [indistinct chatter] 348 00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:07,417 - He believes that this will be his shop one day. 349 00:17:14,816 --> 00:17:16,948 - [grunts] - Push! 350 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:18,515 - I am. 351 00:17:18,646 --> 00:17:20,474 - Acting weak. 352 00:17:21,388 --> 00:17:24,608 The thing is, how do I explain to my son 353 00:17:24,739 --> 00:17:26,610 these people having to put they ten-year-old kid 354 00:17:26,741 --> 00:17:27,916 onto a shirt, 355 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,005 they 11-year-old kid to a shirt? 356 00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:32,007 How do I explain that to my son? 357 00:17:34,662 --> 00:17:36,577 What do I say? 358 00:17:36,707 --> 00:17:39,580 [siren wailing] 359 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,799 [dramatic music] 360 00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:44,019 I grew up in the hood, 361 00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,587 and I'm scared to go back to the hood. 362 00:17:46,717 --> 00:17:49,155 ♪ 363 00:17:49,285 --> 00:17:51,505 Growing up, it was you go outside; 364 00:17:51,635 --> 00:17:53,159 they doing double Dutch. 365 00:17:53,289 --> 00:17:55,900 People was like family. 366 00:17:56,031 --> 00:17:57,206 Right now, you don't have that. 367 00:17:57,337 --> 00:17:58,642 You don't have as many playgrounds 368 00:17:58,773 --> 00:18:00,079 as we had growing up. 369 00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:02,516 ♪ 370 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:05,693 We have people that's raised in poverty. 371 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:07,303 A lot of people wake up angry 372 00:18:07,434 --> 00:18:11,351 just because of the communities they live in. 373 00:18:11,481 --> 00:18:15,181 There's a lot of mental health issues 374 00:18:15,311 --> 00:18:18,271 and how people don't have things 375 00:18:18,401 --> 00:18:20,621 to help them change. 376 00:18:20,751 --> 00:18:22,449 And it just keeps going. 377 00:18:34,461 --> 00:18:37,290 [somber music] 378 00:18:37,420 --> 00:18:41,772 ♪ 379 00:18:41,903 --> 00:18:44,427 [indistinct chatter] 380 00:18:44,558 --> 00:18:51,173 ♪ 381 00:18:53,436 --> 00:18:55,569 - At first, I didn't want to believe it 382 00:18:55,699 --> 00:18:58,180 until I actually started wearing the jacket. 383 00:18:58,311 --> 00:19:02,184 Now it's like, "He's really gone." 384 00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:07,015 ♪ 385 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:12,238 - Malachi, Makiyah, Woosie. 386 00:19:13,630 --> 00:19:16,155 It's a lot of people, 387 00:19:16,285 --> 00:19:20,376 and it's sad how they don't get to live 388 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:23,031 and get a second chance at life like I did. 389 00:19:24,598 --> 00:19:26,600 [indistinct chatter] 390 00:19:29,037 --> 00:19:30,386 - Put your strap down, babe. 391 00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:37,045 - I wasn't glad to be wearing the T-shirt 392 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,526 with him on it 'cause I don't want my friend 393 00:19:39,656 --> 00:19:41,092 to be on no T-shirt. 394 00:19:43,921 --> 00:19:46,533 [gospel music playing, choir singing indistinctly] 395 00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:53,801 ♪ 396 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,774 [soft dramatic music] 397 00:20:10,905 --> 00:20:18,086 ♪ 398 00:20:25,572 --> 00:20:26,790 - Early death is an everyday thing. 399 00:20:26,921 --> 00:20:28,879 ♪ 400 00:20:29,010 --> 00:20:31,969 But growing up, it was always, "You can't shoot women. 401 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:32,796 You can't shoot kids." 402 00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:35,451 ♪ 403 00:20:35,582 --> 00:20:36,931 Now it's, "No, we're just going in the community 404 00:20:37,061 --> 00:20:38,411 and we're just shooting at anyone." 405 00:20:38,541 --> 00:20:43,459 ♪ 406 00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:45,374 Like, when do it stop? 407 00:20:45,505 --> 00:20:46,680 ♪ 408 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:47,985 - So try and get him-- 409 00:20:48,116 --> 00:20:49,944 - Yeah, let him-- let him be him. 410 00:20:50,074 --> 00:20:51,380 Just let him--yeah. Let him rock out. 411 00:20:51,511 --> 00:20:53,469 Be fine. 412 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,037 All right, you ready? Look at me, Ma. 413 00:20:56,167 --> 00:20:57,386 One, two. 414 00:20:57,517 --> 00:20:59,519 - Hey, look at you! 415 00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:01,825 Ace, Ace. 416 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,699 - Look who's turning one. 417 00:21:06,917 --> 00:21:07,701 [camera shutter snapping] 418 00:21:07,831 --> 00:21:10,356 ♪ 419 00:21:10,486 --> 00:21:12,401 - All right. - All righty, guys. 420 00:21:12,532 --> 00:21:13,620 - Thank you so much. 421 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:18,146 ♪ 422 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,496 - I shield my son from a lot of things, 423 00:21:20,627 --> 00:21:25,327 but when he get older, how can I protect him 424 00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:27,024 in the streets where you never know 425 00:21:27,155 --> 00:21:28,852 when something's gonna happen? 426 00:21:28,983 --> 00:21:36,164 ♪ 427 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:17,858 - My friend died a week ago from gun violence. 428 00:22:17,988 --> 00:22:19,642 - On the background, want it-- want it to say anything? 429 00:22:19,773 --> 00:22:22,210 - He was 19. 430 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,866 ♪ 431 00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:28,999 I don't want to see a trophy, but it's like, 432 00:22:29,130 --> 00:22:33,569 those T-shirts show you that your heart is 433 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:35,571 and will forever be with that person. 434 00:22:35,702 --> 00:22:40,489 ♪ 435 00:22:40,620 --> 00:22:42,839 He's actually having a candle lighting tonight. 436 00:22:42,970 --> 00:22:48,236 ♪ 437 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:49,672 In this community, it's wild 438 00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:53,067 'cause you never know when you might go. 439 00:22:53,197 --> 00:22:56,113 I can get pulled over for not using my turn signal, 440 00:22:56,244 --> 00:22:58,202 and I can die. 441 00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:00,814 On the other side, you have gunfire 442 00:23:00,944 --> 00:23:04,426 or people robbing people, shooting people for no reason, 443 00:23:04,557 --> 00:23:07,429 but at the end of the day, murder is murder. 444 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:08,865 All right, man, you have a good day, okay? 445 00:23:08,996 --> 00:23:10,345 - Thanks. Will do, man. All right. 446 00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:11,781 ♪ 447 00:23:11,912 --> 00:23:14,610 - This is not my first "RIP" shirt. 448 00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:16,830 I have plenty. 449 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,875 - The month of June alone, there was a dramatic increase 450 00:23:19,006 --> 00:23:20,573 in murders and shootings. 451 00:23:20,703 --> 00:23:23,445 Murders were up 286%, 452 00:23:23,576 --> 00:23:26,492 and shootings were up 193%. 453 00:23:26,622 --> 00:23:29,495 - Gun violence is adding to the heavy toll 454 00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:31,279 facing many communities of color 455 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,368 already being hammered by the coronavirus. 456 00:23:33,499 --> 00:23:35,762 Gun violence is a public health crisis 457 00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:36,850 like coronavirus. 458 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:39,461 - Me, personally, it's hard to see 459 00:23:39,592 --> 00:23:42,725 the number of Black victims from gun violence 460 00:23:42,856 --> 00:23:45,859 and dealing with COVID-- serious COVID infections 461 00:23:45,989 --> 00:23:49,253 that are coming to the hospital because that just indicates 462 00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:52,561 that there is root causes to these inequities 463 00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:54,955 that are being unmasked by the virus. 464 00:23:55,085 --> 00:23:58,132 ♪ 465 00:23:58,262 --> 00:24:02,397 - Stress is terrifying, 466 00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,007 especially in the Black community. 467 00:24:04,138 --> 00:24:05,966 ♪ 468 00:24:06,096 --> 00:24:10,144 It's like having a bad dream, but it becomes reality, 469 00:24:10,274 --> 00:24:12,015 and it happens every single day. 470 00:24:12,146 --> 00:24:14,235 ♪ 471 00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:16,411 - Living in this area, the D.C. area, 472 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,805 where I've been for 48 years, there's really no safety. 473 00:24:18,935 --> 00:24:20,676 ♪ 474 00:24:20,807 --> 00:24:23,723 There's probably not a lot of employment. 475 00:24:23,853 --> 00:24:25,246 A lot of kids aren't completing school, 476 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:27,640 where they don't have the education to move on 477 00:24:27,770 --> 00:24:28,989 and do better things in their lives. 478 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,471 ♪ 479 00:24:32,601 --> 00:24:34,647 - My mother, she rarely want me 480 00:24:34,777 --> 00:24:36,953 to go outside anymore because she's afraid 481 00:24:37,084 --> 00:24:39,390 something bad might happen to me. 482 00:24:44,439 --> 00:24:47,311 - It's really hitting home here with us, 483 00:24:47,442 --> 00:24:50,010 and the deaths are coming too fast. 484 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:53,709 ♪ 485 00:25:01,848 --> 00:25:04,285 - Like, I just hope this world get better, 486 00:25:04,415 --> 00:25:06,374 'cause this world is crazy. 487 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:09,420 ♪ 488 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:12,119 - Some nights, I don't sleep. 489 00:25:12,249 --> 00:25:15,731 Some nights, I'm up hours and hours and hours. 490 00:25:15,862 --> 00:25:18,778 [printer whirring] 491 00:25:20,954 --> 00:25:22,999 I try not to think about it once I leave. 492 00:25:23,130 --> 00:25:26,742 Once I leave from work, I try not to let it get to me. 493 00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:29,353 [printer whirring] 494 00:25:29,484 --> 00:25:30,833 So I might make a shirt today. 495 00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:33,227 They told me something happened yesterday. 496 00:25:33,357 --> 00:25:36,883 And it's just like, what happened? 497 00:25:37,013 --> 00:25:39,015 ♪ 498 00:25:39,146 --> 00:25:40,451 That could've been my kid 499 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:43,585 walking to the ice cream truck, 500 00:25:43,716 --> 00:25:46,719 my cousin, my mom. 501 00:25:46,849 --> 00:25:48,503 This could have been me. 502 00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:51,027 This could have been me. 503 00:25:51,158 --> 00:25:52,725 ♪ 504 00:25:52,855 --> 00:25:54,683 - Black lives matter! 505 00:25:54,814 --> 00:25:55,989 crowd: Black lives matter! 506 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:57,512 - Black futures matter! 507 00:25:57,643 --> 00:25:59,427 crowd: Black futures matter! 508 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:01,124 - Black futures! 509 00:26:01,255 --> 00:26:02,909 crowd: Black futures! 510 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,781 - Things are not gonna change no time soon. 511 00:26:05,912 --> 00:26:07,522 I don't see it. 512 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:09,959 ♪ 513 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:12,527 So I want to speak to people in a different way. 514 00:26:12,658 --> 00:26:15,878 ♪ 515 00:26:16,009 --> 00:26:17,010 By me being a photographer, 516 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:18,228 you can tell a story different. 517 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:19,839 People can see it. 518 00:26:19,969 --> 00:26:21,188 We can put it on social media. 519 00:26:21,318 --> 00:26:22,581 We can do all types of things. 520 00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:24,583 ♪ 521 00:26:24,713 --> 00:26:26,889 Like, I really want to put it all together. 522 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:28,848 ♪ 523 00:26:28,978 --> 00:26:32,460 - Okay, we're ready. Can I have her now? 524 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:35,289 - All right, so we're gonna do bullet hole here, 525 00:26:35,419 --> 00:26:36,595 bullet hole here, 526 00:26:36,725 --> 00:26:38,858 a bullet hole, like, right here. 527 00:26:38,988 --> 00:26:39,598 - Okay. 528 00:26:41,948 --> 00:26:44,124 ♪ How do I 529 00:26:44,254 --> 00:26:45,821 ♪ Say good-bye 530 00:26:47,823 --> 00:26:49,216 - Put your hand on her shoulder. 531 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,612 Perfect. One more. One. 532 00:26:55,091 --> 00:26:56,223 - Okay. 533 00:26:57,746 --> 00:26:59,705 Yeah. 534 00:26:59,835 --> 00:27:02,403 - Count of three. Three, two. 535 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:04,100 Lay down. 536 00:27:04,231 --> 00:27:06,799 Your hair gon' get messed up. This your time, boy. 537 00:27:06,929 --> 00:27:09,453 - Okay. 538 00:27:09,584 --> 00:27:11,760 - Just let it be. Let it go. 539 00:27:13,327 --> 00:27:14,502 Perfect, let's go. Ready? 540 00:27:16,286 --> 00:27:18,811 You sad, Malia. 541 00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:19,986 Use your other hand. Like, look at her. 542 00:27:20,116 --> 00:27:21,291 Like, don't look at me. 543 00:27:21,422 --> 00:27:22,858 - Pull. - Pull. 544 00:27:22,989 --> 00:27:24,381 Grab--grab her shirt. - Like this. 545 00:27:24,512 --> 00:27:27,254 Twist it like this. - Ready? 546 00:27:27,384 --> 00:27:30,300 Like, go drop into her... - Yeah. 547 00:27:30,431 --> 00:27:31,867 - Your eyes shouldn't be open at all. 548 00:27:33,956 --> 00:27:37,307 - [sobbing] 549 00:27:41,224 --> 00:27:43,009 - People are gonna think this is so real, 550 00:27:43,139 --> 00:27:45,098 so you have to make this work. 551 00:27:45,228 --> 00:27:46,490 - Think about me getting shot. 552 00:27:46,621 --> 00:27:48,188 How would you be feeling? 553 00:27:48,318 --> 00:27:50,364 What's your emotion as you see me laying on the ground? 554 00:27:51,147 --> 00:27:53,019 - One... 555 00:27:53,149 --> 00:27:54,977 two. 556 00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:57,632 - [screams] 557 00:28:00,983 --> 00:28:03,116 - Damn, this look too real. Look. 558 00:28:03,246 --> 00:28:04,987 I'm sorry. 559 00:28:05,118 --> 00:28:11,428 ♪ 560 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:12,995 People are gonna be able 561 00:28:13,126 --> 00:28:16,346 to see this from a different point of view. 562 00:28:16,477 --> 00:28:17,870 This is real. 563 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,828 This is really happening in all communities. 564 00:28:19,959 --> 00:28:26,617 ♪ 565 00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:40,153 Rub 'em together. We'll get the blood out. 566 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:42,764 Once you get in the shower, it's gonna start coming out. 567 00:28:42,895 --> 00:28:44,113 Just keep rubbing your hands together 568 00:28:44,244 --> 00:28:45,636 like you washing 'em. 569 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:46,812 - It's already coming out. 570 00:28:46,942 --> 00:28:48,291 - You gotta keep rubbing 'em together. 571 00:28:48,422 --> 00:28:49,423 Keep rubbing 'em. 572 00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:51,294 Gotta keep going 573 00:28:51,425 --> 00:28:53,253 till you come back to your color. 574 00:28:53,383 --> 00:28:56,822 ♪ 575 00:28:56,952 --> 00:29:00,477 - The fighting, the bullets-- 576 00:29:00,608 --> 00:29:02,044 I'm not making excuses for the people 577 00:29:02,175 --> 00:29:06,048 that are using guns, but I personally think 578 00:29:06,179 --> 00:29:09,530 that a lot of people just have a lot of pent-up aggression. 579 00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:11,706 - Kayden, wipe your face. 580 00:29:11,837 --> 00:29:13,403 ♪ 581 00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:14,840 Not like that. Like, at the top. 582 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:17,973 - We are a community, and I hope that 583 00:29:18,104 --> 00:29:20,715 by the time I am an adult, 584 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,936 our world will be better where my future children 585 00:29:24,066 --> 00:29:26,286 won't have to fear for their lives. 586 00:29:26,416 --> 00:29:29,463 ♪ 587 00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:34,381 [go-go music playing] 588 00:29:34,511 --> 00:29:36,383 - ♪ Washington, D.C. 589 00:29:36,513 --> 00:29:38,298 ♪ New York City 590 00:29:38,428 --> 00:29:39,516 ♪ Chicago 591 00:29:39,647 --> 00:29:41,605 ♪ Los Angeles 592 00:29:41,736 --> 00:29:44,304 ♪ Atlanta, Georgia 593 00:29:44,434 --> 00:29:48,308 ♪ In every city and hood in America right now ♪ 594 00:29:48,438 --> 00:29:50,963 ♪ Somebody's buying a "rest in peace" T-shirt ♪ 595 00:29:51,093 --> 00:29:55,010 ♪ Let's stop this killing us right now ♪ 596 00:29:55,141 --> 00:29:56,751 ♪ Yeah - ♪ Dreams turn to nightmares 597 00:29:56,882 --> 00:30:00,015 ♪ You gotta know your worth 598 00:30:00,146 --> 00:30:01,582 ♪ Tired of seeing our sisters and brothers ♪ 599 00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:06,021 ♪ On a "RIP" T-shirt 600 00:30:06,152 --> 00:30:07,718 ♪ Sweet dreams turn to nightmares ♪ 601 00:30:07,849 --> 00:30:10,852 ♪ And you know we hurt 602 00:30:10,983 --> 00:30:12,811 ♪ Tired of seeing our sisters and brothers ♪ 603 00:30:12,941 --> 00:30:15,248 ♪ On a "rest in peace" T-shirt ♪ 604 00:30:15,378 --> 00:30:17,163 - ♪ How you doing? Take 'em to the hood ♪ 605 00:30:17,293 --> 00:30:18,381 ♪ 606 00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:21,210 - ♪ Ey, we hurtin' 607 00:30:21,341 --> 00:30:23,430 ♪ Ain't nobody on the street perfect ♪ 608 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:24,474 ♪ We out here 609 00:30:24,605 --> 00:30:25,867 ♪ And we nervous 610 00:30:25,998 --> 00:30:28,087 ♪ Man, don't wind up on a T-shirt ♪ 611 00:30:28,217 --> 00:30:30,045 - ♪ No more T-shirts - ♪ Yeah 612 00:30:30,176 --> 00:30:32,918 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 613 00:30:33,048 --> 00:30:34,441 - ♪ Worldwide, around the whole world ♪ 614 00:30:34,571 --> 00:30:36,399 - ♪ No more T-shirts - ♪ Gotta stop killing us 615 00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:38,488 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 616 00:30:38,619 --> 00:30:40,621 - ♪ Every city in America - ♪ No more T-shirts 617 00:30:40,751 --> 00:30:42,405 - ♪ Let's stop these "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 618 00:30:42,536 --> 00:30:44,451 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 619 00:30:44,581 --> 00:30:46,322 - ♪ 'Cause we killing us - ♪ No more T-shirts 620 00:30:46,453 --> 00:30:47,976 - ♪ Let's get out and do it, baby ♪ 621 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:50,196 - ♪ No more "rest in peace" T-shirts ♪ 622 00:30:50,326 --> 00:30:57,203 ♪ 623 00:30:59,248 --> 00:31:01,860 - We just gotta let 'em know. - Absolutely.