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finish the year with all three of you. enjoy your monday, if you can. thank you. that wraps it up for us this here on msnbc. i m richard lui. stay with us for updates and breaking news. follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter. let me know what you think. all in with chris hayes is next. look at chicago. what the hell is going on in chicago? i don t know what they re doing in chicago. to have this many shootings. what the hell is going on in chicago? this is the story of america s third largest city. to have this many shootings. this is is not like it s the united states of america. and how it became a punching bag for a president. vote for donald trump. i will fix it! for the next hour, our special report on the cycle of violence and trauma in the city of chicago. i know i have ptsd. it s just off the, off the charts. trying to understand the
these reactions in their bodies that are like they re back there in that situation, and they don t necessarily put that together that that s what the happening. [ sirens ] much of the violence is driven by untreated trauma. two of the ways that people often deal with that are to use substances. to manage their emotions, and to carry weapons s in order to feel safe. both of those things are going to increase the risk for them being harmed again or for them doing harm to somebody else. that s it. we re home. there are organizations trying to help traumatized families and communities in chicago, but the sheer number of people needing help is staggering. i ve been with chicago survivors since november 2015 and since then
i have been able to serve 153 families. 153 families? yes, sir. it is, but that s a reflection of what s happening in our city. her brother was murdered in 2008. now a family support specialist, she helps others heal. when you go into these communities, is there a sense that everyone is traumatized in some way? it s hard to say they are not. because it s not it s not like every time i do an assessment with someone that they don t express positive to me that they ve experienced some level of trauma. it may not be in the immediate family, but they know a friend. they know a neighbor. someone who is closely connected. they may have been at their church. post-traumatic stress disorder is through the fabric of the urban community. more than 600 people were shot and killed in chicago this year. mostly on the south and west sides. it feels like everyone here has lost someone. do you feel like you re traumatized? absolutely.
viewing audience look at this and say, what can we do? this seems to far removed from my narrative or where i am or my place in life or the community. what they can do is support people like jamaal. what they can do is a port organizations that are going out as we have seen in the piece that are focused on fixing these efforts in the community. and there are some who are in chicago working spkly have on mental health, on dealing with trauma specifically. there are so many on the front lines responding in the immediacy of the crisis and the trauma. when the gun shots ring out and when pain starts to ripple immediately there folks were sitting with the children, the mothers. unfortunately so much weight ends up being on the solderiers shoulders of the matriarchs and patriarchs of these families who lose one, two sons, a grandson. also when you go door to door, neighbor to neighbor they all experiencing that. thankfully in a city like in chicago, philadelphia, and detroit, people are