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that a recovery is necessary.

So that's my role.

What got you here, Bishop?

Thank you, one incident that

really changed my life is,

I got into an altercation

with some little young guys,

shot at me, and did not hit me.

Turned around, it was bullet

holes all in of my grill

and tire went flat.

And I was not hit, but I

went to go and grab a weapon

to retaliate.

And when I went to

go grab this weapon,

it always brings tears to

my eyes 'cause it's so true,

'cause I know how, a lot a

times people give testimonies,

they testimony

turns into a brag,

but I just have to brag on

how Jesus helped me this day,

because when I went to go

get this weapon to retaliate,

it was a Bible where I

usually would keep a pistol.

And that was a Saturday

night, and the next day,

I mean God spoke

to me right then,

said you don't get

no more chances.

Everybody, you don't

get no more chances.

That next day I went and got

baptized by Dr. Garon Harden,

at Long Beach Greater Open Door.

And I was so wicked

I got double-dipped,

I got double-dipped.

- I'm a community partner.

I'm a stakeholder

in my neighborhood.

I'm the neighbor, I'm

the next door neighbor,

I'm not the leader.

I'm the next door neighbor.

I'm the mother that raised my

children under this threat.

I'm the neighbor that's got

bullet holes in my house too.

They've shot up my

neighborhood, I'm not unique.

I'm just somebody, that

has a big enough mouth,

that thought it

was worth investing

my passion in this,

and everything else has

come about because of that.

If I wasn't engaged, I

wouldn't be on the radio.

I played Russian

Roulette with my life,

ever since 1977 when

I joined the gang.

I've been in and out of prison,

in and out of institutions.

I've been addicted

to gang bangin',

I've been addicted to drugs,

I've been addicted to

everything negative.

Today, I'm tryin'

something positive.

I believe in this second chance

and I'm tryin'

somethin' positive.

When I walked into the

church of Cease Fire meeting,

and the people they accepted me.

It was a blessing for me, and

it brought tears to my eyes

knowin' that the mothers

and fathers that was there

that have lost a loved

one to gang violent,

and their child wasn't

even a part of a gang,

I felt that I was a

part of their loss,

because there's no good

thing about a gang.

There's two ways out,

death or imprisonment,

unless you open your

eyes and realize that,

take all opportunities

to turn over a new leaf.

- If I wasn't with these folks,

I wouldn't have a radio

show called Gang Talk.

You see, they've all kinda

come together out of that need

for this healing

that has come about.

So, my job is just

the mouthpiece.

Really.

We have to embrace you.

How are we gonna close

the door to our family,

that's who you are.

You're a member of my family,

you're a member of my community.

If I close the door to you,

you're gonna stay angry.

You're never gonna

get a chance to

know what it is to be redeemed.

And as believers, we're

suppose to practice redemption,

aren't we?

That's

right, yeah, that's right.

- Okay, that includes you.

Especially anybody looking

for it, huh Bishop?

That's right, I

mean I was the chief a sinners,

but God said I did in

ignorance and unbelief,

so I didn't know no better,

but now I know

better, I do better.

And you're teaching,

you're teaching and sharing.

I haven't lost my passion for it

because my message

hasn't changed.

And my message is,

how do we save our kids

from killing themselves?

Do you wanna live, yes or no?

And they have to answer me.

And that's the hard question

to ask these young men now.

Do you wanna live, yes or no?

And you'd be surprised

at the answer you'll get.

That's the sad thing,

you'll be surprised

by the answers you'll get.

I got a call

early Sunday morning

regarding a double homicide

possibly related to

a traffic accident,

in the area of 50th

Street and Figuro

in the city of Los Angeles.

It was a early Sunday morning,

it was a beautiful

California day.

There's a church right up

the street with a lot a cars.

It's unusual for a double

homicide to occur like that.

Can we hold just to

this block, in the house?

Are you guys good with that?

We can

close at 4-9 Place, and 5-1,

- Right.

Still keep this tape,

still keep Flower taped,

Flower's open.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Yeah, take your units.

When I got there, it was

obviously a tactical situation.

Does this other female

have a freakin' cell phone,

call her, hey,

give her an opportunity,

"You got a key to that place?

"If not, we're gonna

kick in the door."

Give her that option, but hey,

we're not gonna play here.

The uniform

personnel like our SEU,

and our patrol units render

a certain location safe.

Meaning they clear it, or

get the people out of it,

be sure it's safe

so I can do my job.

We got containment,

we got set up,

made it all the way

out, because we have to

because we cannot put

these detectives down-range

and start conducting

investigations

until we are sure that no

one else is in that house.

Well, the one guy, he set

up his camera right away,

'cause he knew that he

was gonna be pushed back.

And he started

filmin' and I said,

"Okay, look, you

gotta do me a favor,

you can't show the

license plates."

I said, "We, this thing

may still be in play."

The media tries to find

out, to give to the public,

obviously is it gang related?

Was this random?

A personal killing,

that type of thing.

And we give them what we know.

And if we're not sure,

we usually don't give it.

Because we don't wanna

give out mis-information

to the public.

So you see the two

cars behind us here.

Those individuals were some

how or other involved in

some form of road

rage last night.

They ended up here, at which

point our suspects walked up

one them carrying a shotgun.

He basically asked,

what set you're from,

basically asking what

gang you're from.

The homicides we usually

investigate are usually

senseless, of no reason.

He'd mistaken these two innocent

individuals as gang members.

And he shot 'em close

range with a shotgun.

- About half a block down,

the family noticed some blood

down there, on the street.

So we wanna swab that, right.

Keep somethin' in mind,

all this brain matter,

and all this stuff out here,

the coroner's got it, okay?

So, we'll photograph it, but

they'll collect all that stuff.

The first thing you need to do,

is you need to call

SID print check,

see if there's room down

there for these cars too.

- Okay I'll do that right now.

So SID for electronics,

and then the print check

to make sure there's room.

- Right.

Okay.

In 1995, my only child Reginald

was murdered in San Pedro.

As of today, his case

is still unsolved.

It has been my dream for years

to have an unsolved

homicides summit,

after meeting so

many of you families

who cases were unsolved.

This summit will focus on

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