The War At Home: Washington D.C. s Gang Problem (1997)

Gang Wars (1997): Hundreds are dying each year on the streets of Washington D.C. as a result of gang violence. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures# It s 9.30 at DC General Hospital, USA. Tracy Rauch, 21, is brought into casualty. He s been shot through the head. The doctors Clip Tracy s head wound together. He will make it. The rough 5th district of Washington is the front line in a brutal war waged daily on the streets of America: drug dealing, prostitution and shootings. Little Vietnam is the nick-name of the corner where Tracy Rauch was shot. Drug dealing is visible on the streets. For black America it s often the only alternative to the army. There s a more chance the young men here will die from gunshot wounds than graduate from high school. Redds is Tracy s brother. He was in the car when Tracy was shot. Redds was already paralysed from the waist down. He was shot three years ago. His mother is an alcoholic. "When I was nine I saw my first weapon. My sister s friend was beaten up with a baseball bat. Later he was found lying in his car. Someone opened the car door and he just slid out." By eleven o clock that night Tracy is discharged from hospital. His girlfriend is in another hospital, about to give birth. Just another day in Washington s gang wars. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/404 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Journeyman Pictures – Ref. 0404