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And now, the perception of law enforcement is that people don't trust us,
and I think this incident has affected Watts,
but not in that way people think they have
We have the media to enter this community and try to rampage the community
and make them angry, and my phone rings with people people say,
"Hey, we just kicked Black Lives Matter out of development
and told them we don't want that here.
We care about our community. We don't want negativity.
We have passed it. "
I speak with many historical scientists in Watts and many OG's,
I am still learning, and I ask them, I like,
" So, tell me... about the gangs .
Say what Watts looks like in the 30s and 40s. "
And I talked to a gentleman A few days ago, and he said,
" You know, in the 30s and 40s, we didn't trust the police
We formed the Watts Watchmen Group,
and we will go through this community,
and we will patrol and police our own community,
because we don't believe Watts Police Department. "
Then the Black Panthers come, and they join them.
And the Black Panthers say," We will go to help you protect the community,
and actually, we will also help protect the community from the police.
Then you move to 1965, you know, that traffic stops
what everyone expected is still today Los Angeles Police Department.
It was a California Highway Patrol who did a traffic stop.
And then the riots begin, and they destroy their own community.
But they don't do it too because it's stuck.
They do it because there are so many _ builds anger and hatred towards the system,
not only law enforcement. For the criminal justice system,
because of lack of work, feels like a forgotten community,
all of that
And on that day they decided to have a voice, and they did it in a destructive way.
[newscaster] That is the most extensive, the most destructive racial violence
in American history
[crowd shouting]
Burning and looting, shooting and beatings lasted almost a week.
More than 1,000 people are injured or injured.
More than 200 business places destroyed by fire,
seven hundred more destroyed, looted and damaged
Negro traders are sought out to protect themselves
hastily write an appeal.
Negro leaders blame him on various social ills,
poverty and unemployment, poor schools and poor housing,
all of which add discrimination.
Are these local riots or the beginning of a national uprising?
What started it? What stopped it?
Will there be another Watt?
You see '65 and see the beginning to bring in money.
What will we do? We will sell illegal drugs.
We will sell drugs for survival because no one else will help us.
When we sell drugs, we break up the area and that's how the gang starts.
[Dave Love] The gang appears because one, children want a place to belong to
and from there it increases Okay, now our area.
If you come here, we will defend it
[Grant Goosby] Watts traditionally always has a gang,
always a place full of violence.
The gangs face each other. I can be on this side of the road,
on the side of the road, that's another gang
[John Coughlin] In the Imperial Court, the Crips
Project and in Jordan Downs, that is the Tongue of the Way of Wine.
Grape Street Crips are enemies with the Crips
Project and Bounty Hunter Bloods.
Bounty Hunter Bloods and the Crips Project have worked together
and the last few years have happened many shootings with murders.
They established this region for several reasons.
One, it's their hub where they can gather with each other.
Second, that's where they store their weapons, sell their drugs, commit their crimes.
When they commit this crime,
law enforcement does not get cooperation from the community
So even if we solve the crime, we have no one comes to court and testifies.
The reason why this is a challenge is because these victims live in
Existing environments are often dominated by gangs.
And the victim and witness know
that if we are successful in prosecuting a suspect,
they can still be affected and affected by by gangs who are suspects.
Revenge involving everything from makes people uncomfortable all the way up... to kill.
Your children can be targeted.
Your car can be targeted.
They will catch you in any way needed
[Erik Shear] Unfortunately, there are many violence in gang culture,
and many of them are domestic violence.
[Female Witness] I passed it domestic violence more than four times.
[interviewer] And how do they treat you?
Um...
Like bullshit
[Erik Shear] One recent case,
a patrol officer is really contacted by a woman
who live in one of the housing projects in my area There is no way he can work with with us in cases of domestic violence
because of the influence of that the gang member,
he will be targeted as cooperation with the police against the gang,
and that's not even an option.
But gang members are also involved in the narcotics trade.
We finally caught this gang member
to be owned for sale and trade in rock cocaine.
Everyone will see that we target this gang member
to sell drugs, that is really wrong
We specifically target him because he misused this woman,
and he has no other way to ask for help.
[police radio chat]
[John Coughlin] My location goes to hit now in Nickerson Gardens,
who might sell more cocaine, rock cocaine, from anywhere in California.
They are gangs...
This has more than 2000 documented members. They have around 600 to 800 active.
And they really have hundreds of _ of their members selling every year.
There may be three to five locations that operate 24 hours
with established clients.
They have many transients who live near Nickerson to buy their cocaine.
Many of their prostitution is produced because of cocaine sales,
and that's their main advantage.
[Eric Ortiz] The gang is called Bounty Hunter Bloods,
and they have been there ever since I want to say the beginning of the 70s
and that's more than 2000 strong.
Their large operation is in the sale of narcotics.
[John Coughlin] So now, the informant is in Nickerson
and approaching location.
I don't know what law enforcement will do without informants.
The informant is someone we pay or work with it to provide information
for law enforcement
Basically, they disguise police officers without a gun
One item is basically to inform LAPD environment,
because I feel it it's not safe for my children
I have given up drug houses, marijuana houses,
just see you take a walk with a gun,
know that you really want or commit crime,
I will call them and let them know. This is it.
[dispatcher] Hey, Josie. This will be a good purchase.
Location of single men, black men, wearing black shirts,
black hat, and he has Pour dope into the kitchen table.
[officer] Roger
[John Coughlin] So now, this will happen a race between us opens the door,
He grabs the board and runs up to flush.
They usually have a cutting board with a line of drugs,
ten-dollar discount, five-dollar discount, twenty-dollar chunks Buyers enter, choose what they want,
the hand of the money and then leaves.
[pounding at the door]
[officer] Police Open the door!
[people shouting]
- [falls] - [officer] let's go
[John Coughlin] They are reddening all drugs, but we made a pre-buy,
so we have drugs that are bought.
So the bill will remain the same. The penalty will be the same.
The only difference is according to him He is blushing, and he will go home.
He did not know that it was recorded
[police radio chat]
[people shouting]
- [booming siren] - [police radio chat]
[John Coughlin] Because of law enforcement efforts
is cracking on the gang...
[officer] drops to the ground! Get on the ground!
... they become more innovative, like commercial crime
and prostitution and human trafficking.
On Figueroa Street, it's already known You can go and get a prostitute there
for fun, give money and then be on your way.
In Nickerson Park, because of cocaine cocaine demand
and the effect from what cocaine does for you,
We have different types of prostitution.
These are called crack prostitutes, and they are really prostitutes
just to get enough money to buy their gap
Oh, what did he say?
[John Coughlin] Are you homeless?
Yes.
How can it be?
-Huh? -Why are you homeless?
Why did I lose my place of residence? Because I refused to be misused by people.
How long have you been homeless?
-How long have you been homeless? -Hah?
How long have you been homeless?
About three years, but I am waiting for my house
I am on the list, but I don't have my housing yet.
I am HIV positive.
[John Coughlin] Our third part Talking about is human trafficking.
The gang is now developing to be like that where they will get foster children.
They will give children comfort, food, life
and then pimp them on the road, and it becomes very, very popular.
Gang members will often make girls addicted to drugs,
and that is the way to type save the rope to them
[John Coughlin] How long have you been infected with HIV?
When I was 11 years old, I was involved in human trafficking.
Bad guys.
Do they make you change tricks?
Yes, and the undercover cop is on it.
Anyone who spends a lot of time in this community sees drug abusers,
often homeless people who are hanging around like zombies.
- [John Coughlin] How are you doing? -How are you?
... we will all go up to the roof.
Come here.
I just ask, you're not in trouble. When was the last time you were tall?
No. I have someone holding my basket for me
They are only in wheelchairs, and my mother just called.
When was the last time you smoked?
I kick the habit because I see my daughter
He was right - I saw him a few days ago. He saw his father.
-Good for you. -I want to leave before they get my basket.
- That's a good idea. OK. -It sounds good.
[Erik Shear] This is very sad.
If you can imagine being a child and seeing maybe your mother or your father
around collecting cans in the neighborhood
so they can get the next one a little medicine.
You know, These people are treated horribly
by members of the gang in this environment
You know, again, as I mentioned,
They often walk around like zombies trying to get the next fix.
Come from specifically what we do, we work on housing construction.
Um, I know we work at Central which is mostly like Skid Row,
homeless community, southwest
You have a lot of different classes. You have a rich class,
You have a middle class, and you have a poverty class.
More than this area, southeast where we work,
it's mostly middle and lower class.
You don't really have something higher than that
And we work in housing,
we mostly only work with people who are in poverty
I went to a murder about a year ago,
and a young man is walking At the end of the road wear headphones,
and he special needs.
And someone got out of their car and shot him 17 times in broad daylight.
And he landed right in the ditch.
And I remember responding to that scene,
and his mother ran out, and the community started running out,
and I remember sitting back
see black and white and the officer appears.
And I want to look into the eyes of the to see where their mental state is,
because they came and saw This family rushed to this corpse,
and we have a crime scene to protect.
And when each officer appears and they get off the car,
and I looked at it because I was thinking the crime scene management here,
and perception and media appear and media airships appear,
and the officer gets out of the car,
and they have this loving look empathy on their faces
So when they get there, I like, "Okay,
Let's get this family back.
We don't need our club... and every time The clerk understands what they have to do,
= = but at the same time they empathize with mothers
who are watching their children bleed out in the ditch.
So, I remember having a conversation
and he said, "Why is that possible? None of the police looks like me?"
And he's an African American.
And I looked at him and I said,
"Well, if the community stops telling their children to hate us,
Maybe more people look like us want to join the police."
[police radio chat]
[siren in the distance]
[second officer] Place your hand behind your back.
- [man] I don't do anything. - [male officer 1] I didn't say that.
[female] Yes sir?
[male officer 2] We are worried because you are a teenager.
Who is the adult responsible is responsible for you now
Um...
-Chino. - [male officer 2] How old is he?
[male officer 1] What does it have to do with you?
[female] She's just homie.
[male officer 1] Where are you going to sleep tonight?
In my house. I will go home, but...
How are you going home?
- in Metro. -Good. Do you want to go home?
She is a teenager, and under departmental law and our country's law,
every teenager after hours 10:00,
they can't go out on the street,
and this child, he obviously needs to be taken home
We can't take him to the bus stop.
We have to make sure he gets home and we speak with a legal guardian.
Because we stopped you after 10pm, the curfew
we can give you a ticket for curfew curfew and you will go to court,
then your transportation comes home or we can only get you go home and make sure you are safe.
That will be what we will -
-Yeah, you can take me home. -Good.
- [female officer] Sounds good? -Yes ma'am.
You can't find police in this country it doesn't want to help a good child.
Narrative law enforcement is very disgusting inaccurate
I think it's important for people to see what this police is doing for young people Regardless of what they see in the media and news at any time.
I believe the media pushes it because it sells.
And it's a section to have dysfunction in the community.
And in my opinion, it's irresponsible,
and you can't enter for 30 minutes and get the feeling of two people
and then tell the whole country That's how this community feels it.
So, in my opinion the media has a responsibility to learn culture and history from the community and the police department on both sides,
and then maybe help us make this change.
Listen. This is how we will work for Wednesday, March 9.
Jesse, you're a light duty. I brought you here.
Twenty-one Will and Manny, report to Johnny and Eric.
Is your spouse here today? I hope so.
[Paul Rodriguez] I am actually responsible for the team
in the housing development of Nickerson Gardens.
I myself and ten officers.
Johnny Coughlin is one of the officers.
Basically, our task is to...
supervise officers there
when they grow an relationship with their community
established in development.
We are currently working community security partnership,
and it was created to enter into housing developments
and bridge the gap between the police and the community.
Community, they are there every day, seven days a week, 24 hours a day,
we only come for a certain amount of time
and do our police work and then go, so...
we can have that relationship,
and I think that makes a big difference in solving crime
Over time, we have seen crime diminished in the development of public housing.
But we haven't seen the transfer of crime.
What we have seen is
the work we have done is saturated the development of public housing
has reduced crime in the wider community.
[Donny Joubert] What we are trying to have our community understands...
This is not about you
It's about children, mother, grandmother
deserves to be able to go enter and exit their door
and not worried about being shot or robbed or raped or kidnapped.
So they are things we really want to focus
and through law enforcement,
we understand, we know that they should serve and protect,
but we have problems in the community We feel like it's not done.
So we found a way to try to fix it.
You can smell it, smell of marijuana,
hit my face right now.
I imagined it might come from that the parking lot north of
where all these individuals are in the car.
What happened, brother?
You smoke I can smell it. You just finished smoking
Someone does it.
When you walk, interact with members of the community
are they gang members, victims, witnesses,
only citizens, employees who work there,
Um...
You can really see the impact crime and gang
and how they can really master a community
I am good with all the police. They did nothing to me.
I really have been here all my life.
I was here 60 years ago. Is that good enough for you?
-You live here long, sir? -I used to.
-You don't stay here anymore? -I live in Vegas.
-Vegas? -Yes.
How long have you stayed here at Watts?
-Some years. -In Nickerson?
Nickerson, everywhere. I was born here.
-Where are you here for Watts riots? -Yes.
What is your perception of the police now? like you grow up and get older?
I have never been here.
Have you ever seen the police change at all?
-Honestly, you can say no. -No.
-You haven't? -No.
You don't see any changes in LAPD coming?
-You haven't seen something get better? -The sheriff, but not LAPD.
-Very? Good. -Yes.
That's fair. I'm not angry at you.
Because the sheriff would like... if you don't have a knife, weapon or...
they won't play with you
They never care a small bag of weeds
or not like that, whatever.
This... I'm talking about 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
That's when I leave.
-You have never been in contact with the police? -No.
-That's a good thing right? -Yes.
This is good and it's bad, you know.
OK. Well, sir
Because young people, they do more crazy things than we usually do.
-Yes? -We thought we got away but...
What do you think the police should do when young people do crazy things?
I don't know, because we, like, as elders, we can't do too much.
Children get their own perspective then how they travel.
Do you know what I mean? And then they don't listen.
- Do they not treat people with respect? -No. They don't listen, so I don't know.
I am a grandfather I do not have to deal with these children Know what I mean?
I understand I really understand that.
OK, sir Well, congratulations on visiting.
But you do a good start, You know, like mingling.
That's the only way you get understanding
Good. At least we do things right
-Good. - All right, man. Thank you sir.
OK.
[Ryan Whiteman] We really A difficult place as far as possible
communicate effectively with
different age groups in the community
because their perspective is different.
For example, Friday night there are children playing here.
Officers are watching the camera.
There are 20 people gambling below the ease here,
and there is a group of children playing in the playground
So they gamble, smoke marijuana, Drink near children in the park.
Is that a big problem? No, but if so try to influence change in society
and affect what children learn, it must be overcome.
Sixteen to 30 years, they don't think it's a big problem.
They think, I only smoke weeds,
gambling and drinking little wine or beer.
They don't understand the effect of the decline in the community because they grow to see that so it doesn't surprise their system.
So at what point...
Don't touch the gun. You know you don't touch the gun.
- Is that a real gun? -That's a real gun
That's a bullet.
-Boogers? -Bullets.
Oh See that
No.
-What is that bullet? -They are bullets.
-You don't touch them either? -Because they shoot people?
They can hurt people, huh. Only if you have to do it.
Only when we have to protect someone.
Why?
Because other people can get hurt.
Why do you need to shoot them?
If someone tries to hurt someone It's really bad, we might have to stop it.
-Yes God. -I know.
Hopefully, it doesn't happen often or never
There are statistics done.
I don't know if it's since the commencement of the camera,
But the camera has helped
or actually captured and solved over 500 crimes
I mean, it's very big.
You invested in crime it happened here,
but you don't invest in us, the people who are here
People suffer.
[detective] In this video, two victims Walk south to Success here.
When they cross the road, three cars appear on it,
As a jeep, this is a white jeep, pass them
Three suspects left and started shooting two victims.
This video on LPR is very large in helping to solve this case
because it can quickly be obtained what car is used in this case
We have rumors that, early in the night, the suspect's vehicle was driving a car
Nickerson Garden project and shot by people in the project.
So maybe revenge for the shooting
[John Coughlin] You can all see rounds of shots
and affect the wall along the bottom
and according to the video, is consistent with the number two victim
shot at the ankle when they guide it to the bottom.
Rosco ends here,
while other Bounty Hunter members Blood flows north not far from sight.
The vehicle then takes off, goes to Jordan Downs,
and that's when the detection of murder in the southeast...
I believe that Hicks and Bayhart took over
and they punish one member from Grape Street Crips with the murder.
My first OIS is at Nickerson Gardens.
My partner and I are on the radio call that we raised,
but we are not black and white, we are in an undercover car.
When we answer the call, is a member--
gang members who drove us with bikes and kind of flipped us.
When he goes around the building, I hear a few shots.
At that time I thought he was fair tried to provoke foot pursuit.
My spouse and I chased and as we toured the building,
There are many members of this gang execute other individuals
We then engage in gunfire and finally, two people die.
I fainted.
I just worked a few years.
There are high-powered rifles involved.
We are very, very lucky and I am not Remember many events.
After the shooting, the officer and myself together.
We are really frustrated with this amount of the money poured into rehabilitation
trying to save gang members when the other side is that
people in this community that works very well
does not get the same resources
Children who pass high school have no way
or don't have the finances to get there.
In response to this,
officers in the southeast start raising money to provide scholarships for them.
After being considered an enemy,
Police are now considered mentors for some children to grow in Watts.
They are part of a program called Operation Progress.
[male news announcer] As part of Operation Progress,
Each student is assigned as an officer who tracks their school assignments.
Executive Director, Theresa Gartland, said _ a LAPD gang officer established the program.
Progress of Operations LAPD Mentoring Program
is the highest form Community policing exists.
[male announcer] Students apply to be part of it and are accepted into
Children are given scholarships to private schools
with a perfect graduation rate.
Verbum Dei and St. Mary's graduation rate is 100 percent
compared to Nickerson Gardens, which is ten percent.
[Theresa Gartland] What I found was that worked with the LAPD officer,
they are on this radio call
and they meet with these children, You know, it really takes time
and want to help but don't have it personal means to help them
and don't know how.
Um... and such operations become vehicles for many officers
to give back to the community that they work in
[Grant Goosby] I'm not from rich background or anything,
but my parents work hard to give everything I need
and stepping stones and building blocks to become my human.
So I feel that it's true that I convey it to not only my children,
but every child I get a chance to help,
I want to give them the same opportunity that I have grown up.
I volunteered at a Catholic school in southeast D.C.
You know, twenty minutes from the White House,
but in the gang is very ridden, economically disadvantaged environment,
and I realize that service work is truly my passion After I taught at Ascension Catholic Grade School for three years,
I moved to Verbum Dei High School, and I worked there for several years.
There is a non-profit on the Verbum Dei campus.
That's where I get my in this community
[John Coughlin] You know, I think when people come to this environment,
they are committed and you are all in or you are not committed
and you live here for a short period of time.
Theresa clearly committed to this environment
Gartland, for children, don't roll their tongues,
and that's how I said, call me Miss G.
So that's my name in the neighborhood and I feel like
Many people know me as Miss G.
[John Coughlin] One afternoon we started talking
and I ask if he wants to help with Operation Progress
We both must come from two different points of view.
In the Nickerson Gardens environment, Theresa and I are opposite.
He is very well liked by the community, and I don't.
Hey where are we going?
We will pass Nickerson together, and sometimes I try
to tear down on my seat because I don't want to be seen with him.
But, you know, he will open my eyes to what people have done in the past,
which I don't realize and I can already to say this is a success story.
These are children who really wants to make it
- [Theresa Gartland] Good morning. -Good morning.
-What are you doing? -Good.
[Theresa Gartland] So I met Jennifer three years ago
When we just started the program,
and he was one of our first students that we were put in St Mary's.
I like the process working with him because of one,
he is only this diamond
He just shines wherever he goes
and to see the development above The last three years are so beautiful.
Progress in Operations gives students with good quality education.
We each have a chance
to go to private school with a full travel scholarship.
They also combine mentoring with LAPD officers,
and I feel like that too most programs.
Yeah, I'm getting used to, but my neighbor,
sometimes they will creep out and people give them a look.
I'm just like, "Okay."
This is a bit strange, but you are familiar with it
My mentor is Officer Goosby,
and he is also there Operation progress has begun,
and he has been my mentor since then,
and he always gives me with wise words.
Also, Officer Holliman, I see him as a father figure in my life.
And they are just great people are around.
Jennifer has a drive to where she will succeed,
because of its internal urge to be successful.
However, it will definitely be difficult.
[Jennifer Alvarado] A designated school I should go there
SMA this is my sister going to namely King Drew Magnet High School.
I might focus on my value,
but I don't think I will do it focus on my future
like me here at St. Mary's Academy,
because of St. Mary's Academy has provided a structure for me
I know Jennifer likes poster kids
So he likes to stand out wherever he goes,
But that's also because he's very smart.
He is very contagious.
Jennifer is my pioneer. He is amazing.
We have lunch one day, and Coughlin interviewed me at the station
That's a bit of a nerve wracking because back then my perspective on police isn't, like,
Police aren't someone I can be invited to talk.
I am a bit intimidated by them,
and they are only around when something bad happens.
But Officer Coughlin since _ the first day I met him,
he makes me feel like he is someone I can count on,
someone I can trust
[Renaldo Chavez] My name is Renaldo Chavez.
I am 17 years old.
Class starts at 7.30.
We have the first class guardian,
but during the class guardian instead of just completing school assignments,
I have to be in AP Calculus with my math teacher
and then we only work the homework we had last night
[Brandi Odom-Lucas] He is silent, But he is always listening, very intense.
There is a curious mind to him.
I have six classes throughout the day, and then I have the seventh period too,
Jedis, which is like the club where I live.
This is an acronym. So it stands for Jesuit educated students in service
Just like the ministry team on campus.
Having Renaldo at OP has become a blessing.
[Renaldo Chavez] Operation Progress... they have given me many opportunities
which is usually not owned by others.
Last year I had a bad year with Algebra II,
and Operation Progress make sure I get guidance.
Thank you.
He is very grateful for this program,
and leave when they go to Kenya this past summer on an official trip.
And he came back, and he said how it changed his life.
[Renaldo Chavez] I have never been abroad before last year.
and Operation Progress sent me to Africa
so that gives me a different perspective in the world.
Ever to Kenya and see the level of poverty there
makes me realize that I'm very lucky.
Despite the fact that I live in areas of violence and not the best area,
I still have a roof over my head.
I still have food in the fridge and, you know, a warm bed,
clean clothes and I feel very grateful.
[shot]
- [children chat] -Interesting question. Hah?
-You don't hear it? -There is a gunshot.
Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.
We continue to play soccer,
and then they call us. We are like... and we ran.
Every day, wherever I go.
I didn't hear it near our school, like when I was at school,
but in my environment, quite often.
What just happened? that there is a shooting,
and everyone at school must go in one area.
[man over intercom] Please excuse me.
Children with exercise, cheerleaders and their child care receive all clear.
You can return to the place of origin
-Yay. - [cheering]
[girl] see you again
[Petra Avelar] This is dangerous.
This isn't too dangerous, like, where do I type.
I know there are shootings and so on, but not where I come
to where someone tried to put a knife on me or something.
So to me it's fair a small community that...
where bad things happen basically. Something like that.
You know, watching Petra grow here and don't have the safest environment
to go out and play and he knows that,
very difficult, because I can go home to a safe environment where he doesn't.
[John Coughlin] When he comes home, he doesn't go out,
and that's for security.
And there are many real children like prisoners in their own homes,
and that is unknown because they don't complain.
I think they are so busy just trying to live everyday life
with their existing struggle There is no time to formulate a demonstration.
And honestly, Historically, no one listens.
[interviewer] Why not?
Because if you complain openly, the results can be defeated.
[Chat]
Fear and intimidation are real.
[shouting]
Like, I hate that. I hate that because...
something like, most of the time I can't even go to my friend.
I have to go to their house. We can't even play basketball outside.
This is a hostile environment.
I am not allowed to go out and associate with others
community members who are related to gangs.
Very strange, because Jennifer, When I first met her,
I don't know he lives in the Imperial Courts,
and that is the construction of housing that I was assigned to
and it's been two years, and I've never seen this girl before.
And that's because he never came out.
So many people say it's dangerous.
This is a dangerous place, and yes, it's dangerous at times,
but I don't really go out that much,
so I don't think it's dangerous around my environment
[Eric Ortiz] I really guided this girl named Daisy,
and I have it for about four years,
and I met Daisy, I guess a murder scene where we found Daisy.
[Daisy Corril] We came back from restaurant and then we saw the police.
We went down and then I saw... I saw Officer Moore, and I knew him.
So then... and then he talked to my sister...
Well, with my father, then my brother, Laty, and then he starts crying.
He is like, "No, no."
Then I keep asking why is she crying?
What happened
So they told me that he...
Well, Julio, he was killed or killed.
We were called out, told to meet Detective murder Long Beach.
They are working on what might exist has been connected to the southeast case.
They were called out for this burning investigation
where they found bodies
and through fingerprints, they identify the victim as Julio Mejia.
The victim is a member of Geng 5th and Hill,
and one of their rivals is the Hacienda Village Boys.
What we learn is that our victims are on 109th Street,
But he was first seen by Louis Perez, and the motive for this murder
It is that Carlos Gallegos was shot maybe by 5th class gang members and Hill.
He was shot in November 2011.
So there is a revenge from Carlos being shot
They beat this person to almost unconscious,
and one of them goes and retrieves it one of these black trashcans
that you can roll over, from where he lives.
They throw him in the head first into the trash,
and they lowered it to this farm.
Livestock is a sick place for the whole environment
where all - basically the majority of of gang activity takes place
because they are able to do it in privacy
And at some point when they are on the farm while the victim is still alive,
Louis Perez carved a large V on his chest, which indicates V for Village Boys,
and they pretty much let it die.
They take Louis Perez's car, go to Long Beach.
This is a location known to him.
They remove the body from the trunk, put it on flammable material,
Put a lighter liquid on it and burn him
I feel I can't believe it.
I'm a bit sad because he loves Rosie very much,
and really, he looks like he must be a very good father.
But sometimes he... Just got drunk, I guess.
Yes.
You know, I can tell you that he left his baby mom,
really good people and a very young daughter
My little niece, Rosie, She is very small and she doesn't know.
He doesn't know what's going on,
and I guess he wondered what happened too But he doesn't know.
[Eric Ortiz] And that's how we met Daisy through that call
You know, this is interesting with Daisy because outside it seems
he is not bothered by anything, and I think that with many children.
They look like children and they wear this uniform and they look very happy,
but Daisy, and like many students, deal with a lot of PTSD.
I was in fifth grade in Grape Street Elementary with another officer,
and we ask children how many of you? in this room knows someone
who was shot or killed?
Every first grade student raises their hands in that class
For the past two years, I have two family members who died.
Imperial Court, two years ago, there was a man walking on the street.
His girlfriend is waiting for him across the road, and he sends an SMS on his phone.
And this car stops, and they come out, and they shoot it and they execute it.
And there is a group of children walking across the street who saw this happening.
And he really landed in front recreation center in the Imperial Court,
and he died
The same car leaves the housing development,
go to other housing developments and shoot and kill other people.
And finally, the car was stopped by the LAPD officer,
and he was taken into custody.
But to be that child walk across the street
and just watching something So cold and not feeling like that,
just unimaginable
And then, when you have an incident Such happens to be very traumatic,
the child goes to sleep, gets up, wears his clothes,
going to school, sitting in class, and he is expected to study.
How he will concentrate if there are no people even addressed the traumatic event
that happened?
It's a big time here,
because whenever you can bring a child aged six years or five years
or seven years and they tell you about watching their cousins or the best...
Their uncle or someone lying there killed and they have to watch that,
and the child takes it for a long time.
But if you live in another place the whole environment is different,
You will have a counselor.
You will have all kinds of people who will come to that community
and try to help family down to friends.
You always see it all the time on the news.
But it seems like in an area like this, you don't see it.
Oh, they will be fine. After the funeral, they will be fine.
[man] We now know children who experience trauma in the environment all the time...
their brain doesn't develop the way they should be
because there is adrenaline all the time.
They get attention deficit disorder.
They cannot concentrate at school.
And what we know now is if you are a small child in that situation You may never fulfill your destiny.
You might never be able to who you are supposed to be
Because your brain development has been changed
Because adults don't know how to manage their environment.
We reach out to our young people, you,
those who really do not understand and understand life are very valuable,
and our young people lose their lives like you go to a store and buy candy.
These children must grow quickly by looking at all trauma and hearing stories.
It's not like these children go home to a normal house where dinner is made
and that is on the table, and their parents ask how they were that day.
They go home to hear gossip in the neighborhood,
Who shot who? Who came after who?
Drug transactions... I mean, they know everything, right?
And how do you process it? at the age of ten?
Between sex, illegal drugs, shooting, domestic violence,
we try to treat every child with posttraumatic stress here
only from things they see on the road.
Who goes to school at 7:00 a.m. and past 15 prostitutes?
Walking to school, just as plain as that It might sound to some of these kids
to be an adventure
[Petra Avelar] I even told my mother
if he has a car and he will take us every morning,
I think I will enjoy school again because I just don't like walking.
I used to have a car, but they stole it from me.
[Theresa Gartland] So I already knew Petra because she was in second grade.
I've raised him with his mother
and help his mother and family come out
and I love Petra, because he just got it This great spirit is about him,
But he has sass and he can be sometimes bluntly too,
but he is very concerned about people, and the goal is to become a lawyer,
and I see it inside him.
He is very about justice.
Well, he said that he wants to be a lawyer
I want him to be a doctor.
I'm not so sure what he wants to do when he grows up... Petra.
My name is Petra, and I want to be a divorce lawyer.
Divorce lawyer?
Is that what he said? Petra says divorce lawyer?
That's crazy.
I like to fight.
I like to argue for others.
I just said that.
[Joan Sullivan] Meah and Petra, you are not in their group.
I'm sorry. What's up with the same thing?
We do our definition for you because we have to move...
Yes, but... is this the situation? which will we expect?
Meah has been around all my life.
She's my best friend.
He is the other half. What will I do without him?
[laughs]
He is always there. He will turn his back on me
when someone is talking about me [laughs]
- And I love this girl to death. So, yes. -I love you more, baby.
Okay, number 20, Ariel, and that's not...
isn't that fish or something in the movie?
[kids giggling] No...
[Joan Sullivan] Petra is great. He arrived in sixth grade at St. Lawrence.
He has a lot of potential.
That's just a problem utilizing its potential
and give him some direction, and so it is shown to him,
he really fell right into step and he did well here at school.
He is very liked. He gets along well with his colleagues,
and he respects everything we stand for here, on St. Lawrence.
So we really enjoy Petra here as a student.
-I brought you some Doritos. -No, you didn't do it.
-I did it. - [gasps]
My favorite thing about school is that come to see beautiful kids.
They make my day.
-Could you help me? -Yes.
Can you run there for me?
Oh yeah. [laughs]
I think Petra is unique because she is at a critical point
where he needs to make choices how he will live his life
He clearly has the potential to do it well, But it's a difficult age.
[Eric Ortiz] For me, I think it's important to achieve it before they hit their early teens,
because when they are young, they are still at an age that is easily influenced
where you can still guide them to do the right thing
Once they are 12, 13...
I mean, it's sad, but sometimes they have already made a decision.
Eight to 13, that's where my focus is,
because that's where it is determine what route I should take
With all the children from Nickerson,
Imperial Court, Jordan Downs, They all go to one high school.
So you have three gangs in one middle school.
So, obviously, at that time,
everyone decides whether I join a gang for protection
or will I do something else?
Percentage of gang members and gang membership is very small
compared to the general population in this area, in any area.
But the effect is very large.
[Dave Love] If you are a victim of your environment,
and it takes a lot of strength and courage to be that person and say,
"I will fight wheat from what I see every day."
For someone who is not alive in an environment like this,
it's easy to say, "That's wrong. You shouldn't do that lifestyle."
But if you see it every day, you become conditioned.
So, it takes individuals to maybe see someone who can help them...
You know, make a good decision not to go that route,
and that can be difficult if you don't see the right positive person
A perfect example is Rob.
He is the best example an individual makes the choice not to join.
The path to the gang has been determined.
It's in his family. It's in the neighborhood.
All he has to do is walk there.
Thank God for Coach Maye and Theresa and staff and other officers
and give all praise to Rob.
So far, he has chosen that he wants a better life,
and he has the ability to know the consequences
and I really believe he will stay on that path.
I really saw the Coughlin Officer, He was in the park where I was.
So one of my friends... he has one of my friends,
and we are like... and he, like, "Make sure you stay away from this person
because they say he is doing bad. "
So my friend, we don't hang out with the child no more.
Oh my, Rob. My beloved.
I love it.
He goes to sixth grade.
And he is identified by Watts Bears trainer. himself in making the best decision for him.
I have to make it for my family, especially my mother because of my mother,
So, I want to make sure he will have it don't worry when he's old
I can take care of it.
[Marc Maye] Rob is a good boy.
And I met Robert when he was a sixth grader,
and Coughlin came to me and said, "I got this child that I want you to meet."
He is this child that we tried to enter our program,
and he will come to school here.
So, when I first met Rob, I knew right away,
I said, I and he would go well.
The energy is only... You can feel the energy he is carrying.
Yes.
[boy] He said it was chocolate curry.
Steve. Life and direct
OK, come on, Rob. You can do it with your small hands.
Live and direct
- [boy] First, huh? -Live and direct
[Theresa Gartland] Amir entered Operation Progress three years ago
when he was identified by Goosby Officer who worked in the Imperial Court,
and he saw how sweet he was and how great his parents were.
They are really above him, very involved in his life.
So, he thinks so is a great candidate for OP
It turns out he has.
And he was exceeded all our hopes
He is always won over 3.5 every semester,
But he's a quiet one.
Amir's calm child who is truly fair rather sit back and pay attention
for what is around it.
[Robert Turner] This will go down. You better be there.
This goes down for real.
We will have a soccer match in progress
We will highlight two of our students who are our two main players
on our soccer team this year
with one being Robert Turner, eighth grade,
and one becomes our future with Keywon Brooks in seventh grade.
Everyone really comes out to see me if you don't know.
I am always told not to speak before the match.
I score goals, like... my career is high is six touchdowns.
So it's still better dudes than them.
They... if they really pass my ball,
every time I touch the ball, This is a touchdown.
I was in the Keywon team. I am the Keywon team. I am Keywon's team today.
Robert our MVP in football.
Robert leads our team with this year's goal with an attractive flag this year.
Robert has been our MVP for the last two years in football.
Being Robert type from go to guy here in soccer.
So to have Keywon type, which is our future,
who will replace it when Robert goes next year,
Sort of going with him with him a little, it only brings some fun
and some good interesting energy to our school
-All about... -Robert.
There is no Coach Maye's team.
Robert.
-Because my girlfriend is not so, so... -And I'm... friend,
- the jug is there. -My friend.
No!
I searched Robert because I was on his team
and because I think he is very good at football
And we have a good team and many good players.
Who uses what color? They are all Looks like they are using the same thing.
[John Coughlin] They are. But they are gold and black.
See how some have black and gold and some have gold and black?
[officer] okay
That's a little variation on the uniform.
Make some noise.
Officer Goosby will be present our referee for today
Everyone says Goosby.
Goosby...
Officer Goosby and Holliman have been involved in Operation Progress
from the beginning.
They are very interested in children, and not just the children they mentor,
it's all children.
They are two amazing men.
They just don't get enough credit, and they really should. They deserve it.
This is a great combination, great the partnership we have with them.
I have never played football before, but...
Let's go black team!
[female] Let's go the gold team!
Rob will surprise Many people in high school.
Many people look for it because he is short,
But if you see the man playing, He has things that, as a coach,
I can't even teach him, is that the speed,
the lateral movement, it's... is just everything, the IQ is for the game.
So Rob is the person.
I look forward to good things for him in high school
- That's a good game. -Do you think that?
-Yeah, but-- -Is it better than being in class?
-No. -No.
That's my Robert. There he is.
It's a tie match. So no one wins.
I want Rob to get an education and do something he wants to do.
He talks about having a business and things like that.
He really wants to be in that position.
And, you know, ten years from now, I think he's 14 now, 13 or 14 now,
he is 23, 24
I see him graduating from school, opening a business somewhere
Do you know what I mean? Or on that route.
If the sport doesn't work for him.
After I scored the first goal, I opened my leg again.
- [chuckles] It tastes good. -It starts feeling good.
Then the second, the second is injured.
I emphasize Rob about having a backup plan,
Like, how sports can be taken away from you just like that
It doesn't matter how good you are, You know what I mean.
You can get hurt, and that can happen. Accidents can happen. There he is.
[Robert Turner] I really thought about it when I came here
Everything isn't about football, because what if something happens to you?
Then you need a backup plan.
So my backup plan... I want to run a business.
So now, I'm thinking of when I went to college,
do business management because my brother did that.
My hope for Robert is just to... overcome everything,
see everything from the right point of view
and handle it accordingly because there will be obstacles.
He only has to overcome it, just do it attentively and stay focused.
-You look like a 6th grader. -That's my dad there.
-Where? -There. What is wrong?
-There is my father there. -That's your father
In 2008,
we start a Randy Simmons volunteer program
at 99th Street Elementary School,
and we started doing Muffins with Moms and Donuts with Dads.
So we ask the principal to get a count of
how many fathers are at home so we can do this Donuts with Dads event
and then tie it education and read
and bring officers in. to read with children.
So, we took a few weeks to plan and make it together
and then the principal calls one of the sergeants and says we have a problem
Many children don't want to participate in Donuts with Dads
because they don't have a father at home
And the majority of children either have a father in prison
or have been killed, and they feel embarrassed.
So we registered with the officers who will come to school to be the father figure
and there are six to seven fathers appearing for this event
and the rest are police officers and firefighters.
I believe there is a lack of father in the family
because we have a broken criminal justice system Two, many fathers in this community
grow during cocaine epidemics, and we...
Our answer, law enforcement answers lock them, get rid of them.
Let's not provide resources. Let's put them behind bars.
At the same time, I see many fathers in this new generation
who want something different for their child
[Chastity Marks] I can't speak for everyone's situation,
but I believe that...
only a lot of fathers don't do what they need to do...
and stay around for their children
and only a lot of people want to be on the street
and live a street life and don't know what's important,
which is a family, most importantly. I mean...
I feel like daddy will stay around and experience what I experience
with my children, they will get an understanding of how great it is
and the item is out there is not important at all
It is great when I get home from work.
It's like they haven't seen me in years,
and I was here eight hours ago, and just saw their eyes light up
when you do small things for them it's not too big
like going to the cinema or going to dinner or something like that,
it's just a beautiful feeling just to take care of them
Well, my mother, she is always there for me if I have a hard time,
He always motivates me and says that I can do it.
Watch you in front of the camera.
My father, he is always there for me too.
He told me only to do the best and if I fail, we will try again.
In this environment, and of course I generalize,
It's hard to see a community grateful
because many things are given to them
Amir's father's steps have been taken This Amir scholarship,
and he returns it twice.
He always helps Coach Coach Maye.
I think he was taken over basketball team
He is a great father for all his children.
He has a good relationship with the officer.
Amir is a very smart girl, both way and school,
awesome personality I think the sky is the limit for him.
I like that flips.
Hey, look at the flip flops. What do they say?
OP.
I don't even know we have our own clothing line.
Right?
I think... unfortunately, I think maybe children who grow up with single parents,
and if the mother is the only person in the household
and he has a strong work ethic, strong family values,
where he wants to make sure that his children are going well,
even though they don't have it father figure in the family,
I think kids will do well because children will see,
Wow, my mother is struggling It's so hard to give me a better life,
that I will do whatever I can to help my mother out
My father, he goes long, But sometimes I see him,
But my mother, I think she's my best friend.
And I think it's better with my mother,
because only me and her and my brother
My mother, she is my super hero.
He raised my sister and I as a single mother.
I grew up without a father and I've never met him,
but still he has played multiple roles in my life,
and that alone is not an easy job,
But still he can persevere.
[Jennifer's mother] Jennifer is my inspiration.
He is my motivation.
He is my motive.
Mother in this community is so tenacious,
and I am very proud of them,
But I also hurt them
because behind all their efforts,
I know there is this irritation and pain
they bring with them because every mother -
I am a mother, I have six children in total -
every parent wants something better for their child than they.
And when you have to try for parents and become a mother in a community like this,
It's very hard and difficult and you have to do it find your light flare and hope
You see mom entering and leaving Operation Progress,
office and they smile and they come out proudly
and they take their daughter from one class,
and you can feel it.
You feel it.
Then you can walk in front of a mother in one of the housing developments...
both of his children have been killed, and he brought something different.
So, if we can install these mothers into organizations or entities
who have resources and they feel like Others support them,
it will help them in their efforts to change
and give something better for their child
When I was a child, he used to work all day just to make ends meet.
He will go very early in the morning dawn then come back late at night.
He used to work in a sweatshop shop, So I used to see how he would fight
only to pay bills.
While my sister and I are at home,
he will work to provide for us.
I looked at him because I want to work hard like him.
[Eric Ortiz] OP helps Watts,
because it gives children an opportunity
that some children here don't have,
and sometimes public schools In this area it is not the best.
[Amir Grant] When I go to Grape Street,
I see a lot of violence and things that affect me,
and when I go to St. Lawrence through OP,
This shows better things and I get a better education.
[Petra Avelar] In public schools, the teachers...
they don't really see one on one for one person.
[Robert Turner] Like, teachers... they don't care.
I only have one teacher who really cares.
Also, they will not focus who are intimidated
or who is hurt or what,
and I will see lots of fights at my other school on 112th Street,
and I hang out with the wrong people
but don't do bad things, but so I won't be intimidated either.
I forgot what the name is, Assembly for Awards.
Assembly Award. This is it.
They provide all certificates
for people who have been responsible
and people who have not received a shortage or quote.
And people... yes, and respect,
first award, second award and third award...
and also people who are here, like, every day and not too late.
I got it in sixth grade, seventh grade but not today No.
[Ronaldo Chavez] My life is pretty much in Verb.
I like to come here. I like it. It's been the best four years so far.
I started here and I'm really shy,
but for years, I feel like I'm an adult.
Verbum Dei High School was originally opened in the early 60s.
The first principal, it is very important respect the philosophy of education.
Want to make sure these children graduate from college.
My friends have the same ambition as I did We all want to go to college.
So we all know that our priority is to do our schoolwork rather than go out,
but we still like to hang out.
So the balance is good.
Instead they send me receipt letters,
they sent me a letter asking me to send them money as if I had graduated or something.
OK, see you later
Definitely from Nickerson Gardens For Verbum Dei is a transition
because when I walked out the door In the morning, I was wearing a suit and tie.
People see me differently, you know.
They don't see me as typical African Americans live on projects.
They see me something far more, and that gives me confidence.
This tells me in my head that I can do certain things.
I can successfully exit the project.
I can get my family out of the project,
and that's my main goal is to get me and my family away from here
[Ronaldo Chavez] Hello?
Yes.
I'm fine. How are you?
Well, I'm very interested to be present,
But I am not sure if I want to make it the final decision yet I go home from school and I look forward to it to see the mailbox
hope for college response
But I know Reed College, they sent it by mail for sure,
That's the only way they send it.
That's what I'm looking for every day because I know other people
will send me a previous email
So the acceptance of my first lecture came from St. John ’s,
and they send me a text, and I wake up with the text.
So it feels like a good day.
[Theresa Gartland] Daisy entered Operational Progress four years ago,
and he is a fourth grader.
And he is very shy. I mean, barely speaking at all.
And you even approach him, and he will pinch.
He doesn't know what to do.
[Eric Ortiz] Only he goes to school and goes home
He doesn't do much outside the house.
With Operation Progress, we give it a chance to leave the neighborhood For several hours, go to the horse program or we take it to a field visit
to Disneyland or Magic Mountain.
So, he does more. He is more active now.
[Theresa Gartland] He will have it full of conversations with you
He is very friendly and friendly.
He participates in all of our programs,
and he is only a woman who wants to be a girl.
He doesn't want anything else.
All he wants is horseback riding.
[Eric Ortiz] You can spend hours Talk to him about horses.
That's it.
The horses, you share a bond with them and the people there are really good
and generous and they are very loving.
[Jennifer Alvarado] I really love horses, and just like people there,
they are very good listeners, and they love us.
They are like family.
This is just the way for me to relieve stress from all the stress from school
That's not what is emphasized. I am only 16
[Theresa Gartland] Jennifer is very wise beyond her age.
He has this old soul, a caring soul,
and I think it's out because He likes working with parents.
So I think that... I think this really illustrates who he is.
On Saturday morning, I volunteered at the hospital, St. Francis.
The environment is just very... it is very soothing
And they give me free food. So that's good.
After the hospital, one of the officers picked me up from the hospital,
and we are heading up for Silver Spur Stables,
where we go riding horses.
Every time we go somewhere, is the best
We did a lot of previous activities when my cousin was in the program.
We go to Mulligan's, then we go laser tagging,
go-cart riding, bowling.
I have confidence, but I can't show my confidence
because I have never done many things.
I told my mother about every field visit we have ever had,
and he really likes that I am in Operation Progress.
Do you feel that?
I've looked at the wall, trying to make it even.
[Theresa Gartland] One of the most difficult afternoons is
We have taken children surfing,
and, you know, in the morning, They are very afraid to enter the water.
They think they will die and sink.
Towards the end of the five o'clock day, they will not come out
I mean, we pulled them out of the water to go
And we go and go home and we come back from Malibu,
and we are at Central Avenue, and we will enter the project,
and there a police helicopter above and siren,
and very difficult to see it These children will go home for that.
You can also feel it with children. They don't want to be dropped at home.
They don't want to go back to their homes.
Sorry.
[radio chat]
[Eric Ortiz] Well, the crime at Watts has really improved,
and Watt are only small areas.
It's about ten square miles. Southeast in general is ten square miles.
When I came here eleven years ago,
we are average 110, 115 murders a year.
Now, I think last year, Maybe we were 30, 32.
So it has changed a lot, and I think a lot has something to do with the officer we have here
in the southeast who want to go there and work hard,
and much to do with partnership we have a community.
It looks like the community tends to trust us more.
-Bye, Ortiz Officer. -Bye. See you, buddy.
-What are you doing? -Good. And you?
-Good. -Good to meet you here.
Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you.
People are now afraid of to do more evil now,
because they know it's there more people watch
- [Eric Ortiz] So you have seen a change? - [man] yes
Previously, it used to be an area with many drugs and prostitution.
Now it can still happen, but it must occur after 11 or 12.
So people are happy with that.
[Donny Joubert] The right time has come down here in this community,
that is in Watts.
The relationship has changed greatly.
Do we still have challenges?
Yes, because you go to have it even with law enforcement.
You will even have it with the community.
[police radio chat]
But that's how we work the problem out
and how we solve conflicts...
toward relationships.
We work together to fix it, and have been very successful.
[officer] Give someone your information with I.D...
I intervene for SEA: Soledad enrichment.
I tried to do gang reduction. That is my skill.
I try to talk to youth and I don't know gang members.
I only know people from the community, and if I'm not here doing the job,
How can I say what I did was effective?
So I have to go out here, come out here in the community to talk to these people.
People here, These are some of my clients
that I reintroduced into my program
So when they cut it,
I will talk to them and see what happens with them.
I try to see if we can come with the solution Monday
and try to help them get jobs or something, for themselves together.
What happened, I don't know.
It will be up to them to talk to me about it, and I will be able to translate better
with the police and become a bridge between the streets and the police,
make it a little safer here for both parties
There will be no tolerance.
We will conduct a trial compliance check, and he is good to go
If they don't do anything, why do you have to do that?
If he doesn't do anything, he's good to go.
Donny and Smurf are interventionist gangs.
So about an hour ago, this gang member captured members of their rival gang
slip in the city of Linwood, and they beat them.
So now, the word is that rival gangs are formulating a plan
to get revenge tonight in this gang.
So I went to Donny, who is the contact person of the community,
and I told him There will be no tolerance tonight.
Who can we bring to prison legally, we will be taken to prison
And we do that, not just to get people out of the street,
but actually... their security too.
It's getting better, and crossing the city recently this year,
The Chair holds a press conference about increased crime in Los Angeles,
and what's really interesting about that While crime is increasing throughout the city,
it continues to decline in Watts.
So if you see Operation Progress As part of this holistic approach,
we can reduce crime.
We save city money.
We educate our youth, and we create a safe environment
so we can bring socioeconomics development to this community
and change the past historical context from what this community is.
[John Coughlin] Do you do something wrong?
No? Are you at school
-Huh? -How old are you?
-Enam. -Six? Where do you go to school?
Grape Street.
Yes?
-You come along... -I went to Grape Street too.
-Are you twins? -We are both six. Yes.
Yes? Is that how you both lose teeth?
Do you like the camera huh?
[Eric Ortiz] When we go there, you see children running toward us,
give us a hug They want to talk to us.
When before, and I will be honest with you, before you can talk to a small child
and mother and father will pull the child away
Why do you talk to the police? Don't talk to them.
You will see people actually waving where ten, 15 years ago,
That doesn't necessarily happen.
Go.
[boy] I, personally, I think I want to be a police officer
to serve and protect the community.
I was thinking about it... At first, I didn't talk to them much.
I used to wave to them when they drove past,
But now I talk to them and it's like we are friends now.
Men in the corner The police can be said to be bad,
but now since he has First glance, he speaks.
He can see them. He gets along. Be different.
You can shape your own opinions about them and all,
and you are aware they are humans like us.
So I think that's pretty good He can be around the officer like that.
My sister is imprisoned.
And many of my siblings... I don't want to say a word,
But they have a bad picture of the police.
Then after getting to know the police, I have a bit of a view from both sides
and not just a biased view.
I feel like someone who will ask me why are you related to them?
or you are a snitch in the hood of an car or something,
but no one asked me about it. They just say, are they your friends?
I said, "Yes." Because I didn't go to say, "No, I don't know them."
This police is with children, it changes children's minds
which changes the mind of parents, which changes people's minds.
If you have an organization in place It wants to work with children
to mentor them, to turn them into leaders,
to provide educational opportunities, is great.
They are involved with after school activities at OP,
which means it won't happen hang out at the corner of the street
or influenced by a gang.
You create leaders and when you pair they are with the mentor,
officer It's almost like a full circle.
So, have a chance to get children out of the environment
and put them into private schools
where they will get one on one education and guidance, very large.
And Progress of Operations has developed in this community.
This is a household name.
You can walk on the road and "Oh hey, this is an OP child." Or, "Where's Miss G?" This has become part of the community, and I think that the impact it has,
we might not see another a few years long, but short term,
it's definitely a tool
to reduce crime in this community and build leadership in this community.
Operation progress is an opportunity.
I am very happy because I am at the OP.
I think it really changed me, and like that written on clothes,
This gives you a chance.
[Theresa Gartland] Our children also need life skills.
Our school program like eating healthy,
conflict resolution and community service
Give them the tools to not only survive, but to develop.
This fund will build relations between youth and the police.
Tonight we are at the Skirball Cultural Center celebrating the fast field competition
where this is a program every year
They receive 20 non-profit organizations into the program
They help you develop the best three minute pitch for your organization.
And tonight is the last competition where ten finalists will rise in front
500 people and give the best three minute pitch for their organization.
[host] We have two more presenters.
Know that they've sat there like you've been waiting, waiting, waiting,
getting nervous.
Our ninth presenter, please give a very warm welcome to Operation Progress.
Thank you.
This is a great platform to tell them Who are we and what do we do,
and how we make an impact in society
and how they can part of that too
This is a typical day at Watts,
one of the most widely controlled neighborhoods of gangs in Los Angeles.
Parking on St. Lawrence School is packed with police cars.
This usually means a gang fight has broken out, but not today
Today is report card and hall is filled with LAPD
officers check the value of their mentees
The day of the report card is one example of a lot of ways to operate Operation Progress'
mentors involved in the lives of our students.
Thank you.
[applause and cheers]
[host] Theresa Gartland, Operation Progress.
You killed him
Thank you.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-Thank you, Derek. -Good work.
Thank you. I want to take a picture of you
[Theresa Gartland] The biggest lesson I've ever learned
from working here for 13 years
is number one These children's needs are validation.
That's all they need, is someone to tell them and see them in the eyes
and say, "I am proud of you." Because they don't get it at home.
I hope to always take care of my true self, to be humble
and always give back to my community and do services,
because helping others also helps me in
I hope to continue continuing with missionary work,
because I feel I have been blessed So much so that I can help others too.
I want to stay here just because I grew up here
I want to go during college, but I want to go back.
I want to go back to be in a program like OP
so I can help other children and I can teach them
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