Life and death on the lost streets of Chicago

Name: Life and death on the lost streets of Chicago
Uploaded: 2016-09-07T00:33:14.000Z
Duration: 14 min 40 s
Description: WARNING: CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE Killings in Chicago have hit a 20-year high as the grim toll for homicides passes 500. The BBC's Ian Pannell and Darren Conway explore a world where gangs and guns rule.

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Killings in Chicago have hit a 20-year high as the grim toll for homicides in the city passed 500.

A deadly summer of violence ended with multiple murders over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Most of the victims - and the killers - are young black men. The BBC's Ian Pannell explores a world where gangs and guns rule.

Camera/director: Darren Conway; video editor: David Botti; assistant producer Gabriella O'Donnell; aerial photography Phil Jorden; executive producers Jacky Martens and Ben Bevington

Magazine

7 September 2016