WEBVTT 00:01.566 --> 00:04.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Announcer] Somewhere around the year 2020, 00:04.200 --> 00:06.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the city of Los Angeles will have to provide 00:06.166 --> 00:07.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% for five million people. 00:07.966 --> 00:10.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% The surrounding basin will contain over 10 million. 00:10.766 --> 00:11.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Where will they live? 00:12.033 --> 00:14.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Will they have enough schools, enough jobs, 00:14.466 --> 00:16.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% enough clean water to drink? 00:16.466 --> 00:19.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% How will they live in this huge, impersonal city, 00:19.433 --> 00:21.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and who cares about all that anyway? 00:27.366 --> 00:29.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I just wanna show you where we are. 00:30.900 --> 00:33.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We're on 103rd and Grape Street right there. 00:33.466 --> 00:34.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% When you say Grape Street, 00:34.833 --> 00:37.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% there's nothing more I need to explain. 00:37.100 --> 00:38.200 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% This is Watts. 00:38.300 --> 00:40.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This area is the epicenter. 00:40.633 --> 00:43.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There were businesses all along this street. 00:43.166 --> 00:46.633 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Barber shops, shoe shops, clothing shops, everything. 00:46.733 --> 00:48.066 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Then, the uprising in '65, 00:48.166 --> 00:50.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% this is where everything burned down. 00:52.633 --> 00:54.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And then now, it's also Locol. 00:54.133 --> 00:58.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So, it's like, almost spiritual that Locol is here as well. 01:37.766 --> 01:40.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Watts is the home of prophets and poets. 01:40.766 --> 01:42.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Wanda Coleman, Barry White, 01:43.033 --> 01:46.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Charles Mingus, and Etta James were all raised in Watts. 01:47.000 --> 01:49.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's a place steeped in history, 01:49.200 --> 01:51.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but also decades of disinvestment. 01:52.000 --> 01:54.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Watts is a small corner of South LA 01:54.133 --> 01:57.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where African-Americans migrated from the South. 01:57.300 --> 02:00.300 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's a place where they built homes, a sound, a culture, 02:00.400 --> 02:03.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and a community that beat all the odds. 02:03.300 --> 02:06.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And when it was time to demand change, they did, 02:07.066 --> 02:08.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and all hell broke loose. 02:15.966 --> 02:19.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Watts is also the place where we chose to open Locol, 02:19.100 --> 02:20.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% a restaurant that looks beyond food 02:20.600 --> 02:22.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to provide healthy options and jobs, 02:22.666 --> 02:25.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and a new narrative of possibilities and hope, 02:25.766 --> 02:29.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% in a neighborhood that has been denied them for years. 02:29.133 --> 02:30.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Feeding and nourishing people 02:30.366 --> 02:32.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% is what we wanted to do at Locol, 02:32.466 --> 02:35.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but sometimes, having a mission and running a business 02:35.433 --> 02:36.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% are two different things. 02:38.000 --> 02:39.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - I'd just gotten out of prison, 02:39.566 --> 02:41.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so for them just giving me the opportunity 02:41.533 --> 02:44.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to come in and work was just a blessing. 02:44.133 --> 02:45.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% When they called me, they're like, 02:45.600 --> 02:47.966 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% "Are you still interested in working for us?" I said, "Yes!" 02:48.066 --> 02:50.500 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And then, the hardest part, I said yes, I hanged up, 02:50.600 --> 02:52.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and then, I was in a halfway house. 02:52.933 --> 02:54.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I was like, "Oh my God, I just blew off. 02:55.000 --> 02:56.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% "I gotta get this job." 02:56.500 --> 02:57.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So then, I called back. 02:57.400 --> 02:58.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I said, "You know what? 02:58.366 --> 02:59.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "I'm interested in working. 02:59.566 --> 03:00.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "I just have a little problem. 03:00.766 --> 03:02.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% "I just got out of prison, I'm in a home." 03:03.066 --> 03:04.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% She said, "No problem, don't worry about it. 03:04.800 --> 03:06.366 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% "Get my number, they could verify it with me." 03:06.466 --> 03:07.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I said, "Yes, Lord!" 03:07.933 --> 03:10.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And that helped me get off the halfway house 03:10.433 --> 03:12.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% six months earlier. 03:12.100 --> 03:15.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Now, I got my own place, and I've been good. 03:19.266 --> 03:21.133 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% My team is here. 03:21.233 --> 03:23.500 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Here comes Rob. - Yes, ma'am. 03:23.600 --> 03:25.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% "Open up a restaurant, would you like to work?" 03:25.700 --> 03:29.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% And I was like, "Yeah, man, why not?" 03:29.466 --> 03:31.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I always wanted to cook. 03:31.100 --> 03:32.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Growing up down the street watching my great-grandma 03:32.800 --> 03:35.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and my grandma, my mama, my aunties cook. 03:35.233 --> 03:36.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It brought happiness to everybody. 03:38.866 --> 03:41.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I had seen Roy on a few TV shows. 03:41.633 --> 03:43.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It was one of those experiences 03:43.500 --> 03:45.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that you never thought you'd have. 03:45.266 --> 03:49.766 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - The existence of Locol itself relies on our relationship 03:49.866 --> 03:51.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with the person like this, right here. 03:51.766 --> 03:53.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You were already holding down the block, 03:53.600 --> 03:54.733 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% right? - Yeah. 03:54.833 --> 03:55.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It was almost like, I didn't know 03:55.800 --> 03:56.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% if I would be disrespecting you. 03:57.066 --> 03:58.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It was like, you know, I was going to ask you, 03:58.666 --> 04:00.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% like, could you work here at Locol? 04:00.533 --> 04:02.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and I remember that day you came out to me, 04:02.133 --> 04:03.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% like, I'm right here. 04:03.266 --> 04:04.766 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Oh, I know it. - I ain't going. 04:04.866 --> 04:06.933 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I'm right here, well, you know, you got anything? 04:07.033 --> 04:09.600 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I was like, that's the day, like, things opened up from now. 04:09.700 --> 04:10.966 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Yeah, for sure. 04:11.066 --> 04:12.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I said, "I'll start from the bottom 04:12.266 --> 04:13.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "to show you what I can do. 04:13.700 --> 04:15.766 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% "I could move from the bottom to the top real quick." 04:15.866 --> 04:17.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And so, you had to give that respect to him 04:17.633 --> 04:19.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% because he didn't have to come down here, 04:19.833 --> 04:21.166 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and he didn't have to come down here for respect 04:21.266 --> 04:23.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% because he could've just did it on his own. 04:23.233 --> 04:24.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Anyway, to me, he does. 04:28.100 --> 04:30.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - This location is known for a lot of 04:31.000 --> 04:32.833 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% violent activities, you know. 04:32.933 --> 04:35.333 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% A lot of violent activities, so. 04:35.433 --> 04:38.533 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And I know that was one of the questions that Roy, you know, 04:38.633 --> 04:40.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and his crew always asking each other. 04:40.600 --> 04:43.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Is this the right place to open up Locol? 04:43.900 --> 04:44.866 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% So, why not? 04:44.966 --> 04:47.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Like, Roy said, "Why not?" 04:47.366 --> 04:49.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Everybody's not bad around here. 04:49.466 --> 04:51.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This was a dream for them to open this up. 04:52.600 --> 04:54.166 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You don't give up on a dream. 04:55.366 --> 04:56.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Our soul is fast food. 04:58.766 --> 05:01.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Short order grill, sizzling. 05:01.300 --> 05:04.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% The idea of Locol was to look at fast food itself 05:04.566 --> 05:06.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and not shy away from it. 05:06.466 --> 05:07.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Why do people love it? 05:07.700 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I love it in different moments, different ways, 05:10.333 --> 05:12.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and you gotta get that same feeling, 05:12.366 --> 05:13.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but then take that same architecture, 05:14.000 --> 05:16.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but fill it with all-natural products. 05:16.233 --> 05:17.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% These are the foldies. 05:17.566 --> 05:19.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I mean, look at how delicious they look. 05:19.200 --> 05:21.566 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% All-natural raised beef, grains, 05:21.666 --> 05:23.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% natural cheese from California. 05:23.433 --> 05:25.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know, so it's things like that. 05:25.300 --> 05:28.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But then, when you look at it, it's all messy and like, 05:28.966 --> 05:30.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it looks greasy but it's not greasy, you know? 05:30.933 --> 05:33.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It just has that soul of fast food. 05:33.666 --> 05:35.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Same with the burger too. 05:35.133 --> 05:37.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Greasy little burger, but it's not, right? 05:37.933 --> 05:41.466 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Because 30% is made out of grains, tofu, seaweed. 05:41.566 --> 05:43.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's not just lip service. 05:43.466 --> 05:45.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This is the pantry of Locol. 05:45.633 --> 05:50.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Red beans, quinoa, lentils, kombu, shiitake, 05:50.100 --> 05:53.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% black beans, farro, brown rice, and whole wheat. 05:54.066 --> 05:55.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Self-explanatory. 05:56.166 --> 05:57.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And Miss Patricia right here. 05:57.200 --> 05:58.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% She's making our buns. - Hi. 05:58.733 --> 06:01.533 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - All our buns are made in-house, so fermented dough. 06:01.633 --> 06:03.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It looks the part and it tastes the part, 06:03.566 --> 06:07.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but behind the curtain, it has a whole other philosophy. 06:07.433 --> 06:09.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% After you eat it, you walk around like, 06:09.533 --> 06:11.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% I feel good, you know? 06:11.466 --> 06:12.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That's really what it's about. 06:14.933 --> 06:16.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% The social consciousness of restaurants 06:16.533 --> 06:18.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% is a part of the recipe now. 06:18.800 --> 06:20.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Everybody's trying to, you know, do they's part. 06:20.800 --> 06:22.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We got the EBT machine now, 06:22.233 --> 06:23.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and so, now it's really showing 06:23.566 --> 06:25.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that it is really for the disadvantaged people 06:26.000 --> 06:27.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% because you know, there's no income. 06:27.633 --> 06:29.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% People use their food stamps to go grocery shopping, 06:29.766 --> 06:32.733 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and whatever they have leftover, they come in to Locol's. 06:32.833 --> 06:34.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We just had a mother's event 06:34.466 --> 06:36.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% because hadn't been able to get out to get here. 06:36.900 --> 06:39.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And so, when they finally got here, see what we had, 06:39.766 --> 06:41.733 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% hey, send your grandkids up here to get it for you. 06:41.833 --> 06:43.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Or call me, I'll walk right around the corner to you, 06:43.966 --> 06:45.266 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% you know? 06:45.366 --> 06:47.266 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Our revenues is good 'cause we trying to be here 06:47.366 --> 06:50.733 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% for 20, 30, 40, 50 years like McDonald's, you know? 06:50.833 --> 06:53.233 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You know, they say restaurnats close within the first year. 06:53.333 --> 06:55.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We been here almost three years. 06:55.133 --> 06:56.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% This saved my life. 06:56.566 --> 06:59.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I got to see my son graduate because I was working. 06:59.100 --> 07:01.366 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I got to see my daughter graduate because I was working. 07:01.466 --> 07:03.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% If I wasn't working, you know, who knows? 07:03.866 --> 07:05.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Might not have been here. 07:05.833 --> 07:07.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There's hope in the neighborhood. 07:07.533 --> 07:10.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% People that didn't have jobs had a job now, got experience, 07:10.133 --> 07:12.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% can go get a job because they had experience now. 07:12.933 --> 07:14.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Another thing is that this restaurant did for people 07:15.066 --> 07:17.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that people from the outside can't see, 07:17.800 --> 07:19.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% but from the inside, we know. 07:20.466 --> 07:22.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's really important to understand 07:22.100 --> 07:24.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the whole ecosystem in which Locol exists. 07:24.600 --> 07:26.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That is the community of Watts. 07:26.233 --> 07:29.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Locol is only one piece of a larger story. 07:32.366 --> 07:34.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Forget what you've heard or what you've read. 07:34.566 --> 07:37.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Watts is a place plagued by misconceptions. 07:37.200 --> 07:38.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% If you really wanna understand 07:38.466 --> 07:39.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% this neighborhood and community, 07:39.900 --> 07:41.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% you have to get to know the people. 07:41.733 --> 07:43.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% Aqeela Sherrills was my gateway to Watts, 07:43.666 --> 07:46.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% and he was instrumental in making Locol happen. 07:46.233 --> 07:49.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% He has dedicated his life to peace and reconciliation. 07:49.766 --> 07:53.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% There's a certainly hospitality and family network to Watts 07:54.000 --> 07:57.766 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% as a person I first-handedly have received that, you know? 07:57.866 --> 07:59.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And I can tell you for a fact, 07:59.933 --> 08:01.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% it's like nothing I've ever felt in my life. 08:01.866 --> 08:02.833 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 08:02.933 --> 08:04.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And it is a transient city. 08:04.700 --> 08:06.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know, people moving all the time 08:06.666 --> 08:07.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and stuff and everything, 08:07.933 --> 08:09.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and Watts, because of the housing projects, 08:09.866 --> 08:12.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% you have generations of people who live in the same place. 08:12.133 --> 08:14.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know, it creates a whole 'nother dynamic. 08:14.733 --> 08:16.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% European culture are very sterile. 08:16.466 --> 08:18.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Man, people be living next door to folks for 15 years 08:18.900 --> 08:20.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and it's like, people don't even talk. 08:20.766 --> 08:21.933 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Yeah. - You know? 08:22.033 --> 08:23.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But here, man. - Here, sleeping on 08:23.333 --> 08:25.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% each other's couches and-- - Exactly. 08:25.233 --> 08:26.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yeah. - Like, everything, 08:26.866 --> 08:28.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% you don't have a lot 08:28.100 --> 08:29.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so people are forced to do a lot of exchange. 08:29.633 --> 08:30.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's a village. - Yeah. 08:30.633 --> 08:31.466 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - You know? 08:38.766 --> 08:40.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - So, Watts, you know, is an acronym. 08:40.433 --> 08:44.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% W-A-T-T-S stands for We Are Taught To Survive. 08:44.400 --> 08:45.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You gotta learn how to survive 08:45.433 --> 08:46.866 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% growing up in this neighborhood. 08:46.966 --> 08:48.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% People done died, and been shot in these communities 08:48.966 --> 08:50.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and bled out in these streets. 08:50.433 --> 08:52.500 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But also, people have been born on these floors 08:52.600 --> 08:53.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% in some of these places. 08:54.066 --> 08:56.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And so this place, it carries a lot of history. 08:56.133 --> 08:58.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Can you guys explain about what's going on here? 08:58.966 --> 09:01.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - So, Jordan Downs is being torn down. 09:01.400 --> 09:04.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This is the first redevelopment since 1947 09:04.633 --> 09:06.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% in the Watts community. 09:06.100 --> 09:06.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] Can we walk there real quick? 09:07.033 --> 09:08.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Yeah, yeah, let's walk. 09:08.100 --> 09:09.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Jordan Downs is 700 units, 09:09.733 --> 09:12.600 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% so they're actually going to replace the 700 one-to-one, 09:12.700 --> 09:15.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% but they're also gonna build another 700 mixed rate, 09:15.233 --> 09:17.533 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and then they're gonna build another 200 to 300 market rate. 09:17.633 --> 09:20.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - So, this is gonna be the new Jordan Downs. 09:20.766 --> 09:22.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So, they went for like, an Irvine, 09:22.933 --> 09:24.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% stucco look, huh? 09:24.166 --> 09:25.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Aqueela] Yeah. 09:25.433 --> 09:26.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - I don't know how I feel about that. 09:26.866 --> 09:29.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I'm confused, like, I appreciate development, you need new, 09:29.766 --> 09:30.866 align:left position:0%,start line:80% size:100% but. - This [bleeped] looks terrible, 09:30.966 --> 09:32.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% man, honestly. - Looks terrible. 09:32.433 --> 09:33.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - They say, cookie-cutter. - [Roy] That's cookie-cutter. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This was a chance to do the mosaic, 09:36.300 --> 09:37.666 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% historic. - Right, right. 09:37.766 --> 09:40.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Culture-filled, pride-generating, 09:40.400 --> 09:41.733 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% redevelopment. - Yeah. 09:41.833 --> 09:42.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - I'm a little heart-broken. 09:42.733 --> 09:43.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It's kind of weird. 09:43.933 --> 09:45.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I bet a lot of people may not understand 09:45.333 --> 09:46.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% how we're feeling. - Yeah. 09:46.533 --> 09:49.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - 'Cause they're seeing 70-year-old projects 09:49.600 --> 09:50.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with bars on them. - Right. 09:50.933 --> 09:52.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - And looking at us complaining about something new. 09:52.966 --> 09:56.300 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% But you gotta be here to understand the foundation 09:56.400 --> 09:58.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and the emotional impact, man. 09:58.533 --> 10:00.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It is-- - [Aqueela] Yeah, man. 10:00.366 --> 10:01.466 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Wow. 10:01.566 --> 10:02.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - We don't own none of this, man. 10:02.266 --> 10:03.633 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Roy] Yeah. 10:03.733 --> 10:04.833 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Like, people who have had generations of families 10:04.933 --> 10:06.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% who have been raised and died 10:06.566 --> 10:08.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and lived in these developments, 10:08.133 --> 10:10.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% they should've figured out a formula. 10:10.266 --> 10:12.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You know, not just to get a unit to come back, 10:12.600 --> 10:14.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you know what I'm saying, with a voucher. 10:14.233 --> 10:17.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% What about transitioning people from renters to owners? 10:17.133 --> 10:18.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So that folks own some of this place, 10:19.033 --> 10:20.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Because then, there's a different type of experience 10:20.800 --> 10:22.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and feel when you own something. 10:22.700 --> 10:24.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - The bottom line is, we walk through there. 10:24.733 --> 10:26.533 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Nobody is happy. 10:26.633 --> 10:30.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% This was an opportunity where we could've shown an example 10:30.433 --> 10:33.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% of how you can start the process of healing. 10:33.433 --> 10:36.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It was still those in power deciding 10:36.933 --> 10:39.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% what needs to be done for that community. 10:41.066 --> 10:43.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Outside of the projects, there aren't many places 10:43.400 --> 10:46.400 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% for the residents of Watts to gather, let alone eat. 10:46.500 --> 10:48.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% In fact, there's only one sit-down 10:48.333 --> 10:50.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% non-fast food restaurant in the neighborhood. 10:50.466 --> 10:52.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's called the Watts Coffee House, 10:52.100 --> 10:54.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and it's essential to the story of the area. 10:54.633 --> 10:57.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Built from the literal ashes of the '65 uprising, 10:57.800 --> 11:00.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Watts Happening Coffee House became a cultural epicenter 11:00.433 --> 11:03.600 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% for local artists, musicians, writers, and activists 11:03.700 --> 11:05.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% dedicated to rebuilding the community 11:05.533 --> 11:07.366 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% and pursuing social change. 11:07.466 --> 11:09.966 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% Desiree Edwards brought the coffee house back to life 11:10.066 --> 11:11.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% after it had been closed for three decades. 11:12.000 --> 11:12.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Thanks for having me here. 11:13.066 --> 11:14.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Desiree] Glad to have you. 11:14.533 --> 11:16.500 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy] So, what's the history of the Watts Coffee House? 11:16.600 --> 11:18.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - How the Watts Coffee House got its start, 11:18.233 --> 11:21.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% it was actually across the street before the '65 uprising. 11:21.900 --> 11:23.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% That's it right there. - Yeah. 11:23.400 --> 11:24.666 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Desiree] Was the Watts Happening Coffee House. 11:24.766 --> 11:26.233 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Oh, wow. - So, I didn't create it. 11:26.333 --> 11:30.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:80% size:87.5% I just brought back a neighborhood institution that was, 11:30.266 --> 11:32.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you know, a draw for the community. 11:32.266 --> 11:35.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's a place of love and peace and unity, 11:35.733 --> 11:38.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% with a lot of good food to warm that soul. 11:38.666 --> 11:40.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Being here in Watts now for three years. 11:40.366 --> 11:41.533 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Right. 11:41.633 --> 11:42.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You have like, a loyal following. 11:42.766 --> 11:43.966 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Mm-hmm. 11:44.066 --> 11:45.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And did that start from the beginning? 11:45.333 --> 11:46.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Was it your wings that got people? 11:46.300 --> 11:47.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Was it your red velvet waffles 11:47.766 --> 11:48.766 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% that got them? 11:48.866 --> 11:49.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% That got everyone? - No. 11:49.833 --> 11:50.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's just the being here. 11:51.066 --> 11:54.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I'm just so enthralled by just being here 11:54.700 --> 11:56.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and the people that I've met. 11:56.400 --> 11:57.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You know, people that live here, 11:57.366 --> 11:59.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% when they have someone visit, 11:59.466 --> 12:01.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% they're proud to bring them in here. 12:01.133 --> 12:03.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You cannot survive without your customers. 12:03.633 --> 12:05.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So, you know, you'll become the norm. 12:05.800 --> 12:07.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We've watched kids over here grow up. 12:07.666 --> 12:09.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - What's crazy is, you came in at a time 12:09.966 --> 12:11.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where you were the only, kind of, 12:11.400 --> 12:13.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% sit-down restaurant. - Right. 12:13.266 --> 12:14.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] And then now, you're still the only 12:14.266 --> 12:15.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% sit-down restaurant, you know? 12:15.133 --> 12:15.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Desiree] Right. 12:16.066 --> 12:17.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - How do we get to a place where 12:17.800 --> 12:21.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% there's not just only one restaurant for 100,000 people? 12:21.233 --> 12:23.300 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And then, a few fast food spots and liquor stores 12:23.400 --> 12:24.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% sprinkled in between? 12:24.600 --> 12:25.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You know, that's another thing. 12:25.666 --> 12:27.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We only have one grocery store. 12:27.300 --> 12:28.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Roy] Yeah, yeah. 12:28.233 --> 12:29.566 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - In the middle of Los Angeles 12:29.666 --> 12:32.100 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% this is a prominent community, freeway close. 12:32.200 --> 12:36.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So, how you can not be, you know, proactive about 12:36.233 --> 12:38.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% having all that accessibility here 12:38.500 --> 12:40.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% in this area that can thrive? 12:40.233 --> 12:41.233 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It needs more. 12:41.333 --> 12:42.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Roy] Not only more business, 12:42.600 --> 12:44.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but it needs more for the community. 12:44.100 --> 12:45.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Desiree] More jobs. 12:45.200 --> 12:46.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Roy] More jobs, yeah. 12:46.466 --> 12:48.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Desiree] And that's the end-line goal. 12:48.233 --> 12:49.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - And everyone that works here, 12:49.533 --> 12:50.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% you're trying to hire from the community? 12:50.733 --> 12:51.600 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yes. 12:51.700 --> 12:52.866 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% No work experience whatsoever 12:52.966 --> 12:54.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% 'cause we can train, we can train you. 12:55.033 --> 12:57.833 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You know, that's my duty, I feel, of being here, 12:57.933 --> 13:00.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% is that, I feel accomplished 13:00.200 --> 13:02.466 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% for the amount of kids that have come through here 13:02.566 --> 13:04.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and gone on and graduated. 13:04.700 --> 13:08.133 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% You wanna be a place where you can employ the young, 13:08.233 --> 13:11.100 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and then you motivate them to go about their life 13:11.200 --> 13:12.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and be a productive citizen. 13:12.733 --> 13:14.633 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% In addition to the fact they're learning a trade. 13:14.733 --> 13:16.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% So, they go away to school, 13:16.533 --> 13:17.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% they could say, "I've been working." 13:17.733 --> 13:20.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And see, the worst thing is to go to school, 13:20.100 --> 13:22.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% graduate from college, and you have no work experience. 13:22.433 --> 13:24.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yeah, we just need opportunities. 13:24.166 --> 13:24.900 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Right. 13:25.000 --> 13:26.433 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - 'Cause 13:26.533 --> 13:27.366 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% it ain't a lack of time-- - That's the bottom line. 13:27.466 --> 13:29.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Or intelligence, or ability. 13:29.300 --> 13:31.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - You're 100% correct. 13:31.366 --> 13:33.633 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Desiree created a space for locals to sit down 13:33.733 --> 13:35.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% to a home-cooked meal 13:35.233 --> 13:37.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% in a setting that celebrates the history of the community. 13:38.000 --> 13:41.033 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's a rare space of inclusion and opportunity, 13:41.133 --> 13:43.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where friends can gather and break bread. 13:43.666 --> 13:45.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But it's not just the local businesses 13:45.500 --> 13:47.833 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% that are celebrating the history of the community. 13:47.933 --> 13:49.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% At Aqeela's house, his hometown pride 13:49.933 --> 13:51.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% is written literally all over the walls. 13:52.833 --> 13:54.000 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% This is crazy! 13:54.100 --> 13:56.433 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Oh, the mural is beautiful. - Yeah. 13:56.533 --> 13:58.066 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% The buildings, they spell Watts, 13:58.166 --> 13:59.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and then, this was like, the new beginning. 13:59.933 --> 14:01.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Technology, you know. - Oh, yeah. 14:01.566 --> 14:03.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Aqeela] Planting new seeds and stuff and everything. 14:03.900 --> 14:06.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Your home is like Epcot Center. 14:07.500 --> 14:10.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% There's a whole lot more to Aqeela than meets the eye. 14:10.100 --> 14:12.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% In the early 90's, he worked alongside 14:12.166 --> 14:14.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% activist and football legend Jim Brown 14:14.466 --> 14:16.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to help broker the 1992 peace treaty 14:16.600 --> 14:18.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% between the Crips and the Bloods. 14:18.200 --> 14:19.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Does this live in a museum anywhere? 14:19.933 --> 14:21.466 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% Or? - No. 14:21.566 --> 14:23.633 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - This lives in your chest? - Lives in my chest. 14:23.733 --> 14:27.766 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy] The multi-peace treaty, April 29th, 1994. 14:27.866 --> 14:29.133 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% It was in 1992. 14:29.233 --> 14:30.300 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Well, they signed it in '94. - Okay. 14:30.400 --> 14:32.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - But the peace treaty happened in '92. 14:32.300 --> 14:33.400 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Okay. 14:33.500 --> 14:35.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Crips and Bloods general armistice agreement 14:35.733 --> 14:37.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% signed in the imperial courts. 14:37.600 --> 14:40.400 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's written as a contract with the articles. 14:40.500 --> 14:41.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Like, the first two years of the peace treaty, 14:42.066 --> 14:44.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% man, gang homicides dropped 44% in the neighborhood. 14:44.800 --> 14:46.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% So then, we learned real quick 14:46.300 --> 14:47.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% about the economics of law enforcement, 14:47.900 --> 14:49.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that they was actually invested in the problem. 14:49.800 --> 14:51.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% So, every time a shooting happens, 14:51.666 --> 14:54.233 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% they roll out more cops, and now it's overtime money. 14:54.333 --> 14:56.466 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And so, you know, there was this cop man, Sunshine. 14:56.566 --> 14:57.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% When we were celebrating the peace treaties, 14:58.033 --> 14:59.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Sunshine had drove up and stuff. 14:59.433 --> 15:00.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% We was like, "Sunshine!" 15:00.766 --> 15:01.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% He was like, "Man, the peace treaty. 15:01.800 --> 15:02.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "Oh man, ain't you happy? 15:03.000 --> 15:04.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% "You ain't got to worry about no more." 15:04.600 --> 15:06.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% We was like, "Man, it might be a cold day in hell 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% "before I ever support the peace treaty." 15:09.100 --> 15:11.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% He said, "I make $50,000 a year as a base salary, 15:11.366 --> 15:13.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% "and I still make another 60 in overtime." 15:13.300 --> 15:14.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% He said, "I'm putting my daughter through college 15:14.666 --> 15:15.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% "on your ignorance." 15:15.533 --> 15:18.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% We were like, "What?" 15:18.166 --> 15:19.500 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% You know. 15:19.600 --> 15:20.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I'm like, we thought these folks would be excited about us. 15:20.900 --> 15:22.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You know what I'm saying? 15:22.400 --> 15:23.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% I'm like, man, we just want to stop killing up each other, 15:24.066 --> 15:25.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% and have a safe neighborhood 15:25.466 --> 15:26.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and create opportunities for our kids 15:27.033 --> 15:28.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% to have better opportunities and stuff, 15:29.033 --> 15:30.200 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% you know? - Yeah. 15:30.300 --> 15:31.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - But, you know. They ain't see it that way. 15:31.800 --> 15:34.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Because they was invested in the problem. 15:34.100 --> 15:37.200 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy] Every week, Aqueela and his mom Mama Wajeha 15:37.300 --> 15:39.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% prepare home cooked meals for those in need. 15:39.766 --> 15:42.200 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's a community tradition dating back to the 60's 15:42.300 --> 15:43.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% where she and others began to heal 15:43.866 --> 15:46.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the wounds of oppression through food. 15:46.466 --> 15:48.833 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Her teachings have followed Aqueela from childhood 15:48.933 --> 15:50.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% and informed what Locol and the Watts Coffee House 15:51.066 --> 15:52.400 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% are all about. 15:52.500 --> 15:53.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Wajeha] I'm the second one up from slavery. 15:54.000 --> 15:54.700 align:left position:37.5%,start line:0% size:62.5% - Okay. 15:54.800 --> 15:55.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% So your grandma-- 15:55.633 --> 15:56.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - My mother was a slave. 15:56.900 --> 15:57.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - Your mother? Your mother was a slave. 15:57.833 --> 15:59.800 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% - My daddy worked in the field, 15:59.900 --> 16:01.566 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% my mother worked in the house. 16:01.666 --> 16:03.766 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Who you call the slave master 16:03.866 --> 16:07.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% he gave them land, then when the guys said they were free 16:07.900 --> 16:10.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% my mother and my father still worked for him 16:10.366 --> 16:12.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% as share proppers. - Okay. 16:12.200 --> 16:14.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And he gave them some little house. 16:14.433 --> 16:16.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There were Ku Klux Klan still at that time. 16:16.933 --> 16:17.766 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yes. 16:17.866 --> 16:19.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - And they ran us out of town. 16:19.133 --> 16:22.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We was traveling from one house to a other, 16:22.133 --> 16:24.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and the last house that I can remember, 16:24.733 --> 16:25.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% they had burned it. 16:26.066 --> 16:27.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You would have stayed in Louisiana 16:27.533 --> 16:28.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% if they didn't run you out of town? 16:29.033 --> 16:30.100 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yes. 16:30.200 --> 16:31.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Because we had houses, we had land. 16:31.800 --> 16:33.233 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - And so is this a familiar story 16:33.333 --> 16:35.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% for a lot of the first wave of folks 16:35.533 --> 16:36.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% that came to Watts? 16:36.533 --> 16:37.433 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% - Mostly. - Mostly. 16:39.800 --> 16:41.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - I'ma let it get green 16:41.433 --> 16:43.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% then I'ma rinse it with cold water. 16:43.100 --> 16:44.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Okay. - So it can stay green. 16:44.733 --> 16:45.833 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Oh. 16:45.933 --> 16:46.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Uh-huh. Then I'ma put the bell peppers in. 16:46.666 --> 16:48.033 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Mm. 16:48.133 --> 16:49.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - They was a part of that first wave 16:49.466 --> 16:50.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that came in in the early 40s. 16:50.733 --> 16:51.566 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Roy] Yeah. 16:51.666 --> 16:52.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - But, you know, in the 50s 16:52.933 --> 16:54.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that's when you had that huge migration. 16:54.200 --> 16:56.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% 400,000 black folks out of the south. 16:56.633 --> 16:58.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Like basically escaped that place 16:58.666 --> 16:59.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% running for they life. 16:59.733 --> 17:00.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Roy] Wow, that looks good! 17:01.033 --> 17:02.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Did you already rinse it and stuff? 17:02.966 --> 17:04.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Wajeha] Oh sure. 17:04.366 --> 17:06.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Smells almost like Chinese food, to be honest. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It has all that spice in there, and everything. 17:09.600 --> 17:11.933 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - About 240, 250 17:12.033 --> 17:13.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the homeless population had grown. 17:13.900 --> 17:15.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% There wasn't no food around or nothing. 17:15.766 --> 17:17.800 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% So I had to cook. - [Roy] You just give it away? 17:17.900 --> 17:19.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Wajeha] I give it away. 17:19.100 --> 17:20.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - And that comes out of your own pocketbook, 17:20.566 --> 17:21.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% you're paying for everything? 17:21.733 --> 17:22.800 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Yeah, mostly. 17:22.900 --> 17:24.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yeah. It's like cooking for your family 17:24.466 --> 17:26.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% because the family is Watts. 17:26.100 --> 17:27.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Wajeha] Mm-hmm. 17:27.566 --> 17:28.900 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Wow. 17:29.000 --> 17:30.866 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I just tasted the sweet potato. 17:30.966 --> 17:31.700 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah? 17:31.800 --> 17:32.633 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - That's free? 17:33.966 --> 17:34.800 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Oh my god. 17:35.766 --> 17:37.200 align:left position:25%,start line:86.67% size:75% Aqueela and Mama Wajeha have been 17:37.300 --> 17:39.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% an inspiration for me. 17:39.266 --> 17:40.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Their selfless service to the community 17:40.600 --> 17:42.566 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% is at the core of who they are. 17:42.666 --> 17:45.333 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% They don't do it for fame or self-gratification. 17:45.433 --> 17:47.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% They do it because it's the right thing to do. 17:50.866 --> 17:53.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Aqueela] Free place! Free place! Free place! 17:56.266 --> 17:58.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% 103rd Street. Get in line! 17:58.733 --> 18:00.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% First come, first serve! 18:00.600 --> 18:02.866 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Roy] There's this thing that if you're helping someone 18:02.966 --> 18:04.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% somehow you're losing. 18:05.866 --> 18:08.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Someone else wins, somehow you lose. 18:08.266 --> 18:09.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - What you want, Kelly? 18:09.300 --> 18:10.366 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% You want salad? 18:10.466 --> 18:11.633 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Salad, yeah. 18:11.733 --> 18:15.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Roy] If somehow you give, they're taking. 18:15.266 --> 18:16.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Aqueela] That's good, D? 18:16.200 --> 18:17.566 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 18:17.666 --> 18:20.166 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - So it's these very polar, binary thought patterns 18:20.266 --> 18:22.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% that we have in this country, you know. 18:22.233 --> 18:23.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Of if I give you a little bit 18:23.900 --> 18:26.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% that means somehow you're taking advantage of me. 18:27.066 --> 18:28.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% And that's not the case. 18:28.533 --> 18:29.500 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Just follow me. 18:29.600 --> 18:30.433 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - [Man] Okay. 18:30.533 --> 18:31.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - I'll get you everything, okay? 18:33.266 --> 18:34.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Man] Thank you. 18:34.100 --> 18:35.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - You're welcome. 18:35.300 --> 18:36.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - When someone asks you for help ... 18:36.500 --> 18:38.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Make sure you grab your fork and your knife. 18:38.200 --> 18:40.400 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It doesn't mean that they're less of a human than you. 18:40.500 --> 18:42.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Thank you, God bless. 18:42.333 --> 18:44.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - We're in a situation where we need to help 18:44.800 --> 18:46.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% each other as humans 18:46.466 --> 18:49.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% in this moment of beautiful life. 18:49.900 --> 18:51.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Woman] Thank you. 18:51.333 --> 18:52.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Just feed people. 18:53.466 --> 18:54.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Maybe it doesn't solve everything, 18:54.733 --> 18:56.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but it definitely solves something. 19:08.966 --> 19:11.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Everyone understands the struggles of life. 19:11.333 --> 19:13.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Locol is a part of that too. 19:13.200 --> 19:16.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Sure we want this to be a thriving success 19:16.100 --> 19:19.300 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% out the gates, but sometimes life doesn't work that way. 19:19.400 --> 19:21.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% The time we were doing out pre-production, 19:21.700 --> 19:23.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% we had announced that Locol was going to take 19:23.900 --> 19:25.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% a hiatus from retail sales 19:25.800 --> 19:27.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% and move into catering. 19:27.266 --> 19:29.500 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% We are not closing, we're gonna take a step back 19:29.600 --> 19:31.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and see how we can keep this thing thriving 19:31.933 --> 19:33.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% for the marathon. 19:33.400 --> 19:34.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Everyone took those words, and made a conclusion 19:35.000 --> 19:37.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% on their own, that we failed, closed, 19:37.366 --> 19:39.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% and see I told you so. 19:39.566 --> 19:41.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Everyone wants it either to be a success 19:41.733 --> 19:42.866 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% or a failure. 19:42.966 --> 19:45.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Locol is either going to change the world 19:45.166 --> 19:47.933 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% have a million stores, and completely figure out 19:48.033 --> 19:50.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% the puzzle of poverty and access, 19:50.833 --> 19:52.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% or it's a failure. 19:54.066 --> 19:56.700 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% No one wants to highlight all of the little things 19:56.800 --> 19:58.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that happened in between. 19:58.433 --> 20:01.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You wanna take us down individually, go ahead. 20:01.200 --> 20:03.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But don't take the community down with us. 20:03.933 --> 20:06.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We as a human race have decided 20:06.500 --> 20:08.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% that this one piece of paper 20:08.133 --> 20:09.166 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% is our capital. 20:09.266 --> 20:10.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Shouldn't it be one thing 20:10.333 --> 20:12.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% within a recipe of other things? 20:12.333 --> 20:13.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% This is a currency. 20:13.733 --> 20:16.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's the currency of human life, you know? 20:18.266 --> 20:20.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Locol is a restaurant built for and by 20:20.133 --> 20:21.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% the community of Watts. 20:21.633 --> 20:23.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Through thick and thin, we're here to feed 20:23.433 --> 20:25.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% celebrate, and help heal the wounds 20:25.200 --> 20:26.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% of the community. 20:26.233 --> 20:27.233 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Yeah, man. 20:27.333 --> 20:28.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's gonna be a good day. 20:28.333 --> 20:29.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You can already feel it, right? 20:29.333 --> 20:30.433 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Already feel it. 20:30.533 --> 20:32.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And on the corner of 103rd and Grape Street, 20:32.600 --> 20:34.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% there is no bigger celebration 20:34.433 --> 20:35.766 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% than Hood Day. 20:35.866 --> 20:37.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - Right now, today's October 3rd. 20:37.433 --> 20:39.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% October 3rd is the tenth month third day, 20:39.800 --> 20:40.533 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% 10, 3. 20:40.633 --> 20:42.566 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% 103. Get it? 20:42.666 --> 20:43.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - We doin' it up today, you feel me? 20:44.066 --> 20:45.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% It's all up today. 20:45.166 --> 20:47.466 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% We just representin' 103. 20:47.566 --> 20:49.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Today's Hood Day, the community was gracious 20:49.966 --> 20:51.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% enough to move their festivities 20:52.000 --> 20:53.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% over to our parking lot here. 20:53.233 --> 20:55.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% This is a celebration of their lives 20:55.866 --> 20:57.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% of this neighborhood, 20:57.166 --> 20:59.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% of everything that Watts stands for. 20:59.566 --> 21:00.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's a celebration of family 21:01.033 --> 21:02.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% it's a celebration of life, 21:02.300 --> 21:03.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% you know what I mean? 21:03.533 --> 21:04.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Well we do as everybody else do. 21:04.766 --> 21:06.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We get together, we break bread, you know? 21:06.366 --> 21:07.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% We fellowship. That's what this is. 21:07.800 --> 21:08.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Daily we say we gonna remember 21:09.066 --> 21:10.433 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% all our homies. 21:10.533 --> 21:11.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% And daily we ain't gonna say we'll have a great day, 21:12.066 --> 21:12.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% we gonna have a Grape day. 21:13.000 --> 21:14.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% It's gonna be Grape and lovely. 21:14.533 --> 21:15.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That's what we having today. 21:15.766 --> 21:17.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Yes it is, and it's gonna be Grape food 21:17.566 --> 21:18.966 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% once I eat it. 21:19.066 --> 21:20.600 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - [Aqueela] Okay, I see what you're talking about. 21:20.700 --> 21:21.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% See, that's what we doing. 21:21.766 --> 21:22.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - Thank you, Roy. 21:22.600 --> 21:23.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Roy] This is chicken. 21:23.766 --> 21:26.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Aqueela] This where you break bread. 21:27.900 --> 21:30.600 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Happy Hood Day! Get your Hood Day accessories! 21:30.700 --> 21:33.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - It's about 103. It's about Jordan Downs. 21:33.366 --> 21:36.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's about Grape, it's about opening back up 21:36.166 --> 21:38.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and being a part of the neighborhood. 21:38.333 --> 21:39.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This is for that chef's table. 21:41.366 --> 21:42.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Shout out David Gell. 21:42.700 --> 21:43.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% What up, what up, man? 21:43.700 --> 21:44.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% We got you out here. 21:51.133 --> 21:52.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Turkey turkey tacos. 21:52.433 --> 21:53.833 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Turkey tacos. 21:53.933 --> 21:54.866 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Locol's, man. 21:56.200 --> 21:58.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - That's how we get out. Food always good here! 22:03.000 --> 22:04.100 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Hey! 22:04.200 --> 22:05.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% This is the man right here. 22:05.333 --> 22:06.566 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - How you doing? 22:06.666 --> 22:08.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Lots of life. - Lots of life in the house. 22:08.100 --> 22:09.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Roy] You got the cars out? 22:09.566 --> 22:11.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I just want you to see the beauty of Locol. 22:11.866 --> 22:13.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% I want you to see the beauty of Watts. 22:13.466 --> 22:15.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% This is just a sliver of what Locol is. 22:16.866 --> 22:18.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - It's love with us. 22:18.233 --> 22:19.800 align:left position:0%,start line:0% size:100% You gotta get a opportunity to receive it. 22:19.900 --> 22:21.100 align:left position:25%,start line:0% size:75% We can give it. 22:21.200 --> 22:21.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% Chef's been giving it. 22:22.033 --> 22:23.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:0% size:87.5% - It's a privilege. 22:23.300 --> 22:24.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% It's a privilege to be able to be here. 22:37.566 --> 22:38.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Man] Don't put your hands on him, 22:38.800 --> 22:39.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% he ain't out there on the sidewalk. 22:39.666 --> 22:40.500 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% He grown. 22:41.433 --> 22:42.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% If you ain't gonna fuck with him 22:42.633 --> 22:43.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% then don't put your hands on him. 22:43.566 --> 22:44.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Don't throw it in our face. 22:44.766 --> 22:46.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - He ain't putting nothing in your face. 22:46.233 --> 22:48.533 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Crew inside, no alcohol, cause you don't have that permit. 22:48.633 --> 22:49.366 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Got it. 22:49.466 --> 22:50.666 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% - Okay? - Yeah. 22:50.766 --> 22:52.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - You gotta keep it like an open business, okay? 22:52.866 --> 22:53.600 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 22:53.700 --> 22:54.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% Yeah, we're open. 22:54.966 --> 22:56.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - This is all your property. 22:56.500 --> 22:57.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% You're gonna have to control that. 22:57.466 --> 22:58.633 align:left position:37.5%,start line:86.67% size:62.5% Okay? - Okay. 22:58.733 --> 22:59.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - All right? Cars legally parked. 23:00.033 --> 23:01.233 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - All right. 23:01.333 --> 23:02.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Get rid of all the beer, you guys dispose of it. 23:02.433 --> 23:03.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - We'll pull them in. - All right. 23:03.966 --> 23:05.900 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - So let's do that, let's get your men off of them. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Inside and not like any 23:07.366 --> 23:08.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% they can't hang on the street, either. 23:08.400 --> 23:09.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - All right, all right. 23:09.633 --> 23:10.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% So let's look both ways, 23:10.566 --> 23:12.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% we'll get your men off of them. 23:12.233 --> 23:13.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% We'll pull everyone in. 23:13.466 --> 23:15.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Hey man, they doing what they always do. 23:15.133 --> 23:15.866 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% - Yeah. 23:15.966 --> 23:16.966 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Harassing. 23:17.066 --> 23:17.900 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% They harassing. 23:18.000 --> 23:19.966 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We chilling, having a good time. 23:20.066 --> 23:21.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% This what they do. 23:21.533 --> 23:22.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - You gonna check everybody 23:22.566 --> 23:23.433 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% come out arrest. 23:23.533 --> 23:24.333 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% - Oh my god. 23:27.800 --> 23:29.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Come after your chain of command. 23:29.400 --> 23:30.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Policeman] Hey, knock it off. 23:30.900 --> 23:32.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Paying attention to everything else! 23:32.666 --> 23:34.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Hey knock it off, go inside! 23:34.200 --> 23:35.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Come on, guys. Come on. 23:35.533 --> 23:37.000 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% Come on guys. 23:37.100 --> 23:37.966 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - Y'all don't even respect the [bleeped] 23:38.066 --> 23:39.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% [bleeped] civilians. 23:39.566 --> 23:41.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Everybody's just a gangster. 23:46.000 --> 23:48.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Man] That's an illegal search! 23:49.000 --> 23:50.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That's an illegal search! 23:50.200 --> 23:52.166 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - [Man] Go live! Go live! 23:52.266 --> 23:53.133 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Go live! 23:53.233 --> 23:54.666 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Illegal search and seizure. 23:54.766 --> 23:56.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - How you want somebody to change 23:56.300 --> 23:57.566 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% when you treat them the same way all the [bleeped] time. 23:57.666 --> 23:59.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% You want somebody to change 23:59.366 --> 24:00.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% but you gonna treat them the same way 24:00.533 --> 24:01.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% every time you see them. 24:01.900 --> 24:03.366 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% As a criminal. 24:03.466 --> 24:05.066 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And y'all know where we work at. 24:06.633 --> 24:08.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% If y'all was worried about something, 24:08.200 --> 24:09.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% y'all wouldn't even be right here. 24:09.400 --> 24:11.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Y'all be where y'all supposed to be. 24:11.133 --> 24:12.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Instead of over here blaming us for [bleeped]. 24:13.033 --> 24:15.100 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% Every time we got something positive going on 24:15.200 --> 24:16.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% y'all come through with the same stuff. 24:16.933 --> 24:19.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Just wasting all the taxpayers dollars 24:19.166 --> 24:21.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% just because it was a group of [bleeped]. 24:21.166 --> 24:22.233 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% Right? 24:22.333 --> 24:23.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Man] They havin' too much fun! 24:23.500 --> 24:25.266 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% They havin' too much fun! 24:25.366 --> 24:26.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% It's too peaceful. 24:26.533 --> 24:29.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Y'all wrong. And they know they wrong. 24:30.266 --> 24:31.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - They know this place is a safe haven. 24:31.866 --> 24:33.266 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% They know that. 24:33.366 --> 24:35.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Everyone, all the way up to the chief of police, 24:35.366 --> 24:36.400 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% knows that. 24:36.500 --> 24:37.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% Doesn't mean they're the enemy. 24:37.833 --> 24:39.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But doesn't mean we're the enemy either. 24:39.666 --> 24:41.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% And we need to break down 24:41.466 --> 24:43.166 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% the idea of who's the enemy. 24:43.266 --> 24:44.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Wajeha] That's right. 24:44.100 --> 24:45.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% This is 10 3 day. 24:45.933 --> 24:47.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - Ain't nobody over here doing no respecting. 24:47.366 --> 24:48.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% We just over here hangin'. 24:48.733 --> 24:50.233 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - They know, Rob. - They got nowhere to hang. 24:50.333 --> 24:51.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:80% size:87.5% - They know what Locol represents over the last three years 24:52.066 --> 24:53.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and they still come up like this. 24:53.566 --> 24:54.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% - [Man] They know. 24:55.666 --> 24:57.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - This is not against the police department 24:57.866 --> 24:59.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% or against Grape Street, or against Locol 25:00.033 --> 25:02.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% or against Watts, or against anyone. 25:02.400 --> 25:05.500 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% This is just trying to show the humanity in people. 25:05.600 --> 25:08.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Maybe if the police could see the humanity 25:08.700 --> 25:10.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% in these young gentlemen here 25:10.300 --> 25:12.466 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% versus just running up on them, 25:12.566 --> 25:14.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% then maybe they could get a different reaction 25:15.000 --> 25:16.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% or a different explanation. 25:16.233 --> 25:18.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% Or maybe a bond could be created. 25:18.400 --> 25:19.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% But if that relationship is always based 25:20.066 --> 25:22.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% on that, how you ever gonna progress? 25:23.533 --> 25:24.366 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% That's what Locol's here for. 25:24.466 --> 25:25.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I'm sorry they had to do that. 25:25.700 --> 25:28.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% - [Man] They don't want us having a good time. 25:28.466 --> 25:29.566 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - That's what Locol's here for. 25:29.666 --> 25:31.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% - Yeah, that was crazy though. 25:31.100 --> 25:34.533 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% - They're still burdened with the mistakes of the past 25:34.633 --> 25:37.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% so they can never correct their future. 25:37.400 --> 25:39.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% A future that was never even promised to them 25:39.300 --> 25:40.100 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% to begin with. 25:41.400 --> 25:44.000 align:left position:0%,start line:86.67% size:100% It's the truth of reparation, and our country, 25:44.100 --> 25:47.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% and admitting and being sensitive enough 25:47.800 --> 25:49.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% to say we were wrong 25:49.866 --> 25:51.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% is for all of us to just say 25:51.333 --> 25:52.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:93.33% size:87.5% that we were wrong. 25:52.933 --> 25:53.800 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% That I'm sorry 25:55.566 --> 25:56.400 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% that ... 25:57.466 --> 25:58.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:93.33% size:62.5% I see it 25:59.533 --> 26:00.400 align:left position:25%,start line:93.33% size:75% that I ... 26:02.966 --> 26:04.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:86.67% size:87.5% And I will do something about it.