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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171230:23:22:00

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 ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171230:23:23:00

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. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171230:23:40:00

Nearly 700 dead. someone is shot in the city almost every other hour. is there ever a moment where you fear for your own life? every day. today. sitting right here right now. these two were raised on the south side of chicago. when is the first time you picked up a gun? probably like 10. trying to be like everybody else. people with the nice stuff. i saw why they needed the gun so i felt i needed one. and a gun is an easy way to make your popular? that s what everybody look up to. the person with the gun. the person that can do them, that s a form of power. around here you ain t nobody until you kill somebody. ooh! joe washington grew up on these streets. he survived being shot six times. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171230:23:11:00

trump never successfully held a rally in chicago. instead, he attacked the city constantly. it was his threat to send in the feds that brought us there, the town hall. trump, bring your rump into the city of chicago. i don t know what trump means when he s saying bring in the feds. back and forth, the twitter war. that doesn t mean anything to the most vulnerable people. a lot of people are committed to the city and to making it a better place to live. many are here tonight in this room. a lot of people doing a lot of great work on the ground that have the heartbeat of this neighborhood. jedidiah brown met me again last month in chicago. we got a chance to talk about the town hall and what came after. that is probably the first time a lot of us had been in the same space together. all the different advocates and perspectives, all the people that are frustrated, fighting for a cause and fighting each other in causes, we were all in ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171230:23:39:00

Still higher than back in 2015 before that big spike. we went wack to chicaback to ch at gun violence and try to understand why there are so many shootings in chicago you have to first understand how there are so many shootings. [ gunshots ] man, you can walk to any one of these stores and buy a gun. anywhere. any one of these little corner stores. that s how easy it is to get one. guns just everywhere? everybody knows where to get them. everybody knows where to get them at. police knows where to get them at. no one knows for sure how many guns are on the streets of chicago. police can only say how many they have taken off the streets. 8,000 in 2016. but shootings were still up that year way up. more than 4,000 people shot, ....

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