Explores the history and current status of youth gangs; how they affect families and neighborhoods; the role of the media; and efforts to end gang violence.
DeShawn lives with his poor family in the Frederick Douglass Project. He knows he should stay in school and stay out of the gang life, but that's the only route to money for his family that seems available.
Frankie, the neighborhood bully and his gang, are out to get Martin Luna and he doesn't know where to turn or who he can trust, so he makes a desperate decision that may destroy him.