Great documentary. Born and raised in the 585. From 2010 to 2012 I got hooked on pills then crack. January 2012 I got stabbed on clinton & Joseph over 3 dollars. Somehow was able to survive. Got clean. Unfortunately the streets of Rochester haven't.
I live in the Bronx and was thinking about moving the Rochester to give my kids a better life, man now I'm rethinking I can stay where I'm at for this shit. I really love being a black man, I just don't know what's wrong with my people, why can't we get it together. Just violence and crime and murder wherever we go.
@@l0lan00b3 Welfare is not the problem, it may be the solution if and when you really need help, it's the behavior and crime we're engaging in, it doesn't really have to go hand in hand.
Lived all over the Roc from Greece to Henrietta, Irondequoit, and the inner city Scranton Street and Clinton Ave. Still got fam all over the area from the Roc to Brockport. Much love Monroe County my home away from home
Fantastic and brutally honest documentary. I pray and hope that I am making a difference as an RCSD Educator for over 27 years. Well done Amen Ptah and Mer Acwil. You show Wisdom beyond your years and have made your Elders proud.
I see alot of people giving up on rochester in these comments. And giving up seems to be the theme of the city with manufacturing leaving, kodak going under, etc. But if you understand the people of rochester its a whole different place. Beautiful 3 story houses have become rundown and basically shacks for people to squat in. Just pump a tiny bit of money into downtown and it will thrive. I grew up just outside of the city, in Wayne county, and worked most of my adult life in the city and I can tell you, no one is out to get you. Everyone is just out to make their situation better. Have a converstation with anyone on the street and it'll change your perspective. If we get together and show the country Rochester is still a powerhouse we can turn it around. We have the workers we just need leadership.
I'm broke as hell haven't had a job in 3 months it's rough I get depressed I never know where my next meal will come from but I trust in God and I've never robbed anyone joined a gang or joined a gang period!
Keep tryin to find work! There’s always someone hiring for something just keep at it and good things will happen don’t sell yourself short! God bless u!
I grew up on Chili. I lived on Chili and Salina when I started getting in trouble. I was young when I used to see Moran. Smurf got killed in front of my house. Lived next door to KO and Clip and Clip got killed 🤦🏽♂️. Luckily I got in trouble young, even though I was in the system, I made the decision to switch up in Juve, I was like nah this ain’t it. Been decent since, living and selling real estate in Miami.
Like the famous movie quote, ''Choose Life, choose....." but good on ya, I moved to Tampa in 1990 from the best home I may ever have known, Albany (most gangster life I haven't seen the best brothers ever in the world that I have been through-these were strong minded bros of the heavy and happy hands, and all of us to be there for the next man and the dreamlike successful life we deserved. Tampa, well tis gangster far as hearing from the gathering of the blue black crash dummies and their choppers. Soft fuckboys all got fed and a half of the bed FSP. Fell to Washington CI back when it was nothing but the one main unit that was full of nobody getting out except for the maybe 30 of us in a whole pound that had gate passes to do outside grounds. It was an age camp for region one site camp level six camp it was f****** Sodom and Gomorrah and murders in the front of my face and I will be there for a while I was 18-21 and what was truly the worst person in Florida which is seen a f*** ton of a lot because of course it's all Deep South slavery f****** s*** here. For what it's worth(I yeah just in a little bit loaded cuz I went off but main thing God bless you all and yours and always let that be true. 👆😏🤤🤘👐✌️Go Bosox!
I'm not from Rochester but I've been living in the city now for 7 years but I cannot wait to move out of this hell hole and move back to the Finger Lakes region again. Blame slavery, racism etc if you want but I've never acted like they do nor has my family and this comes from a black man, time to hold yourself accountable.
Most of what black communities experience is self inflicted. So many generations of failed leadership. Its time to change the way we think. We start by thinking for ourselves and not allowing politicians, ministers and rappers to think for us
I used to live on Pierpont Street in the 10th Ward. I left Rochester for Miami in January '96 because Kodak was going down the toilet and Rochester was turning into a shit hole. It was the best thing I ever did. In two years I was earning double what I was making at Kodak. In I stayed at EK, I would have been unemployed and on the dole.
my home town Rottenchester!! the moment i decided to leave that place was the moment my life has changed for the better i haven't looked back since its been over 6 years now i can never forget where i came from but sum bt that place just toxic as hell like a dark cloud hovers over tht place smh its sad to even think about. over all tho i did enjoy the video good job fellas
Thank you for watching, and weighing in on the video. Just know that if you can make it in Rochester, you can make it anywhere (from what . I was told).
I grew up on Seward Street in Rochester New York back in the good old days when Rochester was safe you had a fight here a fight there with the homeboys went home in the next day we played football together nowadays I live in Alabama and I'm so sad to see what the streets of Rochester have become God bless Rochester
I have been out of a job, and down on my luck in past. I as WELL, never robbed anyone and never joined a gang. Never killed anyone. In fact, never owned a gun. Also, when RIOTS happen. Like in 92' and pretty much whenever.. why do people "loot?" I never robbed a bank, never assaulted anyone. So, steal? Unreal. Good quote from a few yrs ago. "Don't shoot and we won't loot!" uh....... OK? (Zimmerman thing) YAY! I robbed the Dollar Tree an Family Dollar! woot woot! Good job! Looks, slavery thing needs to stop being brought up. LOOOOOOONG time ago.
Slavery was followed by share cropping, legal slavery, that was followed by black codes, that was followed by Jim Crow, that was followed by segregation and redlining, that was followed by mass incarceration and the war on drugs. Slavery is still alive today, just with a different name.
All I see is excuses and false justifications for murder and violence. It doesn’t matter where you live or how broke you are; you remain there because of your MINDSET, not “the system”. Everyone all over the country has obstacles. If you resort to drugs, violence and murder; that’s on YOU. That’s YOUR mindset. You’re staining an entire city’s name because of YOUR actions. Have some accountability. There are hard-working people there trying to actually make things better, the right way.
I've lived in Rochester for 34 years. I have participated in things I'm not proud of. I am guilty as well. I think there is racism, but I don't think that is the major problem. I think it is easier to sell drugs than to work a job. Trust me I know.
Should've had more kids like myself who experienced first hand trauma in Rochester ny to give a better outlook..Chili ave ain't the only area that took a big loss!.
Hi Penelope. This was a school-based project that was time sensitive. If you were on our radar, and volunteered to be interviewed during the time this project was developed, we would have loved to share your insight in the film.
I Come from this Place Called Hempstead In Long island New york to the city The things i have seen here are super similiars to the ones ive seen in hempstead two places are really similar in crime
I have lived on Agnus St on the East side, Virginia Ave on the West side, Charlotte area but eventually I made sacrifices to move to the suburbs. I moved due to the fact the schools were not funded properly to meet my expectations.
I lived on Jefferson Ave, stayed down by Clinton n Oscar..both some pretty bad areas. I couldn't leave my house without being cat called or sexually harassed. I was called a sexy snowflake or snowbunny by most men. Most men just assumed I was a prostitute which was super annoying. I literally dressed in sweatpants and a baggy tshirt. I was addicted to drugs and so many people tried to take advantage of me. I'm sober now and left NY. Don't ever wanna go back
Rochester NY is a dirty little city, but god they think the are the center of life. these folk create there own problems. and then you have the righteous here to save the community and society boy how those words are love by those state and community college alumni. some people simply do not want to be helped or love talking about help and take no action. lets talk about it.
This was a good documentary, and technically very well done, however, I would have liked to have seen a few other things. When it comes to statistics I would have liked to see the origin. Where did those statistics come from? Also I would like to see more about what the answers are and how can they be achieved. What exactly is Mayor Warren and other governing officials doing to make Rochester better? It's October 2019 and my city Rochester, NY is currently the third poorest middle sized city in the whole U.S.A. ! I don't see the progress! Rochester was a booming manufacturing city. Now most, (full time, good paying, permanent), factory jobs are gone and STILL have not been replaced. What has Mayor Warren and our other elected officials done so far? I would love to see a video addressing those questions❗❗❗ Is it time we elected others who will make more of a difference? I'm not sure, but we are still a city of great poverty and that needs to change! General elections are in a few days and I will factor this into my decision when it comes time to vote and in my future voting.
This guy Moran, he's got a lot of gold around his neck. Once again I am not innocent, but when I hear people say he was the best person ever I question that. I don't know, maybe you do did he sell drugs. What kind of drug?
Why do young people join gangs, look at the declining economy in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. Eastman Kodak is on its last legs as a corporate organization, Xerox has mostly moved out, all there is are lousy low wage jobs in the service sector mostly part time. It has horribly sad what has happened to both Rochester and most of its suburbs during the past three decades. Unemployment and underemployment combined with festering poverty has literally destroyed that once proud and prosperous area. This is one reason why young people join gangs.
Laziness, poor parenting and the incessant excuse that poverty keeps you trapped is the problem. I've been pouring my whole life, I decided to move to the country. It is still just as cheap as living in a bad part of the city. The difference is, minimal riff raff.
Rochester is still a very good city despite its serious crime and gang problems. It has been a victim of deindustrialization and disinvestment thanks to Wall Street greed. Even many of its suburbs are in very bad shape.
It's one thing to hustle, it's another thing when you you go from being a hustler to being a thug. A thug doesn't have a ethnicity. A thug is a individual who lacks intelligence, proper intellect ,education,and appropriate social skills. A thug is a person who was not raised in a loving family and lost self respect and respect for others. A thug is heartless and doesn't care who they hurt. Thugs don't just come from the hood, they don't come in a certain color or gender. They soround us ,and need to be helped mentally
Aces WAY too fkng high. I love how like 2 minutes was spent on the rp9t cause of violence. But I'm gonna give them the b3nefit of the doubt . they're doc could probably only be so much time. We have to separate abusers from their children before the child even has a chance to remember it. Instant separation. Make the abusers feel like they lost their goddamn minds, it happened so quick.. That's a whole *other* wall of silence that exists
West side, Smith St baby! Been almost 15 years since I left the lyell ave strip. I miss it & I don't at the same time. Miss the action but don't miss the BS.
Great video! My question is where are all the white people that also live in the city,there a poor white people and violence in the white community as well,not just black communities. I'm proud of my hometown born and raised in Rochester myself. But what your talking about is also going on in the white community.
Hello Carol. Thank you for your comment! This was a student project, and we decided to focus on the specifics that were accessible to us at the time it was filmed (proximity). Therefore we worked on what were primarily impacting the community we are connected to. If you know of any film makers who can tell the story of violence in the White community in Rochester (with the passion to address it) please encourage them to do so. Thanks again for your valuable feedback.
1st off all you doing a documentary about all this ppl smoking and drinking infront of children throwing up gang signs that's the problem right there. Ijs🤷🏾♀️
Thank you for your comment! What you just criticized is a reality. It happened, and it was documented, hence the name "documentary." Smoking and drinking happens all the time - in front of children and in their absence. Drinking and smoking alone is a problem, because it lowers our frequencies. But that is only one symptom to a much bigger issue this documentary is addressing.
@@AmenPtah what would suggest the solutions are because I live in the UK, I’m black we have some problems but racism is not the biggest problem, I’d like to have a dialogue with to see if some of suggestions are supportive and if my opinion is valid coming from a country foreign to you, thanks for the doc, what ever criticism people have it shouldn’t be of the documentary because it’s opening up conversation
The Southwest side isn’t really poverty effected like that except that small strip of Jefferson Ave, otherwise the 19th ward is beautiful. The Northeast and the bottom of the Northwest is the problem of Rochester. The Southwest is kinda like the suburban black area, like honestly, where it’s disgusting is Jay St. Child Lylle, St. Paul, N Clinton, Joseph, Hudson, North St. Portland the slime, honestly tho. God bless the dead but they found the Gods body off of Hudson Ave on Dayton St. that nasty ass grim rest easy Moran
Major facts I went to Madison when it was a middle school back in 1998 I'm watching a fight on post Ave n the cop jump out n slam my face into a light pole I was 13
Ain't she positive about joining a gang! It's not about community. Nothing good will come from it only death or jail and it's sad to see the leaders of the community aost condoning it. Talking about not everyone is fortunate to get jobs? You can get a job anywhere it may not be the job u want but jobs are out there! Throw the whole damn documentary away. Period.
Great documentary. Born and raised in the 585. From 2010 to 2012 I got hooked on pills then crack. January 2012 I got stabbed on clinton & Joseph over 3 dollars. Somehow was able to survive. Got clean. Unfortunately the streets of Rochester haven't.
I live in the Bronx and was thinking about moving the Rochester to give my kids a better life, man now I'm rethinking I can stay where I'm at for this shit. I really love being a black man, I just don't know what's wrong with my people, why can't we get it together. Just violence and crime and murder wherever we go.
Welfare dependence and lucrative drug sales. Look it up. It's not a skin color thing it's the government. Us whites are right behind you.
@@fishsmell2570 I hear I kinda find that hard to believe the government would be doing that in these times, maybe years back, but not now.
@@gr8tgee they literally pushing legislation in NY and putting people on welfare. Look at some of these pandemic mandates. It's still a thing
@@l0lan00b3 Welfare is not the problem, it may be the solution if and when you really need help, it's the behavior and crime we're engaging in, it doesn't really have to go hand in hand.
It's like that if your apart of that life, if not, it's a great place to raise your children.
Lived all over the Roc from Greece to Henrietta, Irondequoit, and the inner city Scranton Street and Clinton Ave. Still got fam all over the area from the Roc to Brockport. Much love Monroe County my home away from home
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
Fantastic and brutally honest documentary. I pray and hope that I am making a difference as an RCSD Educator for over 27 years. Well done Amen Ptah and Mer Acwil. You show Wisdom beyond your years and have made your Elders proud.
Thanks for watching Adrian!
I see alot of people giving up on rochester in these comments. And giving up seems to be the theme of the city with manufacturing leaving, kodak going under, etc. But if you understand the people of rochester its a whole different place. Beautiful 3 story houses have become rundown and basically shacks for people to squat in. Just pump a tiny bit of money into downtown and it will thrive. I grew up just outside of the city, in Wayne county, and worked most of my adult life in the city and I can tell you, no one is out to get you. Everyone is just out to make their situation better. Have a converstation with anyone on the street and it'll change your perspective. If we get together and show the country Rochester is still a powerhouse we can turn it around. We have the workers we just need leadership.
Grew up there in the 70's (Maplewood) Dewey/Flower City Park. It was cool back in the day and all us kids got along. Peace, JJ
Why you kappin bro niggas Ben beefin
I'm broke as hell haven't had a job in 3 months it's rough I get depressed I never know where my next meal will come from but I trust in God and I've never robbed anyone joined a gang or joined a gang period!
Rochesters residence at its finest
God bless you.
Keep tryin to find work! There’s always someone hiring for something just keep at it and good things will happen don’t sell yourself short! God bless u!
@@peanutbutterisfu thank you!
I grew up on Chili. I lived on Chili and Salina when I started getting in trouble. I was young when I used to see Moran. Smurf got killed in front of my house. Lived next door to KO and Clip and Clip got killed 🤦🏽♂️. Luckily I got in trouble young, even though I was in the system, I made the decision to switch up in Juve, I was like nah this ain’t it. Been decent since, living and selling real estate in Miami.
I knew smurf my sister Alessia was murdered there too
Respect for making out bro I’m working my way out of here this year
@Anthony Johnson Dang u really from the hood doe, that’s great u made that change. A lot of youngins didn’t make it.
Like the famous movie quote, ''Choose Life, choose....." but good on ya, I moved to Tampa in 1990 from the best home I may ever have known, Albany (most gangster life I haven't seen the best brothers ever in the world that I have been through-these were strong minded bros of the heavy and happy hands, and all of us to be there for the next man and the dreamlike successful life we deserved. Tampa, well tis gangster far as hearing from the gathering of the blue black crash dummies and their choppers. Soft fuckboys all got fed and a half of the bed FSP. Fell to Washington CI back when it was nothing but the one main unit that was full of nobody getting out except for the maybe 30 of us in a whole pound that had gate passes to do outside grounds. It was an age camp for region one site camp level six camp it was f****** Sodom and Gomorrah and murders in the front of my face and I will be there for a while I was 18-21 and what was truly the worst person in Florida which is seen a f*** ton of a lot because of course it's all Deep South slavery f****** s*** here. For what it's worth(I yeah just in a little bit loaded cuz I went off but main thing God bless you all and yours and always let that be true. 👆😏🤤🤘👐✌️Go Bosox!
Good for you bro! Living it up in Miami!
I'm not from Rochester but I've been living in the city now for 7 years but I cannot wait to move out of this hell hole and move back to the Finger Lakes region again. Blame slavery, racism etc if you want but I've never acted like they do nor has my family and this comes from a black man, time to hold yourself accountable.
Maikeru why they got Midwest accents?
@@mrmonagamous because we arent NYC Western NY
Newburgh ny is worse. 💯
Your comment is true,however this phenomenon is country wide. It'll be different if these were isolated cases. Can't be a coincidence.
We need more of this. Great job!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the reflection!
Most of what black communities experience is self inflicted. So many generations of failed leadership. Its time to change the way we think. We start by thinking for ourselves and not allowing politicians, ministers and rappers to think for us
I used to live on Pierpont Street in the 10th Ward. I left Rochester for Miami in January '96 because Kodak was going down the toilet and Rochester was turning into a shit hole. It was the best thing I ever did. In two years I was earning double what I was making at Kodak. In I stayed at EK, I would have been unemployed and on the dole.
ayo dat's crazy i also used to live in pierpont
You sound like you were part of the problem at Kodak. I worked there twice, did quite well and the skills I learned were very transferrable.
I'm proud of you Mer. Crazy to see how far you've come
This is from 4 years ago and things have only gotten worse
Man I'm from rochester shoutout Portland ave east side all day u heard 💯🔥⛽️💯🔥
Thanks for showing and discussing this at U of R Med Center today!
Thanks for being in attendance and your support. We put a lot of work into creating this video.
my home town Rottenchester!! the moment i decided to leave that place was the moment my life has changed for the better i haven't looked back since its been over 6 years now i can never forget where i came from but sum bt that place just toxic as hell like a dark cloud hovers over tht place smh its sad to even think about. over all tho i did enjoy the video good job fellas
Thank you for watching, and weighing in on the video. Just know that if you can make it in Rochester, you can make it anywhere (from what . I was told).
That’s wat they say 🤷🏾♀️
@@EmpressMansa lol
Goddamn what a shithole
I thought I was the only one who felt as if Rochester is a big curse with dark clouds
Ah Moses Roninson, he was the officer at East High school back in the day. Good guy there 💯
That dirty bastard use to be looking at them young girls back then and his punk ass arrested me for trespassing a yr after I graduated lol
Don’t help that Lovely Warren is lining her pockets and not giving back herself. Yet acts like she’s upset with the direction Rochester is going
I left in 2005 n never looked back
Enraged Weasel really I didn’t know that
You & me both bro. Love my hometown but I'm doing HUGE things once I got out of that trap.
The streets are beat!!!
I grew up on Seward Street in Rochester New York back in the good old days when Rochester was safe you had a fight here a fight there with the homeboys went home in the next day we played football together nowadays I live in Alabama and I'm so sad to see what the streets of Rochester have become God bless Rochester
I have been out of a job, and down on my luck in past. I as WELL, never robbed anyone and never joined a gang. Never killed anyone. In fact, never owned a gun. Also, when RIOTS happen. Like in 92' and pretty much whenever.. why do people "loot?" I never robbed a bank, never assaulted anyone. So, steal? Unreal. Good quote from a few yrs ago. "Don't shoot and we won't loot!" uh....... OK? (Zimmerman thing) YAY! I robbed the Dollar Tree an Family Dollar! woot woot! Good job! Looks, slavery thing needs to stop being brought up. LOOOOOOONG time ago.
Slavery was followed by share cropping, legal slavery, that was followed by black codes, that was followed by Jim Crow, that was followed by segregation and redlining, that was followed by mass incarceration and the war on drugs. Slavery is still alive today, just with a different name.
I definitely enjoyed watching this video👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you. I appreciate your feedback.
This was a well put together documentary.
The fight at 4:58 I filmed in front of American deli on dewey
Thanks for your contribution Mike, it helped highlight some of the dialogue in the video.
All I see is excuses and false justifications for murder and violence. It doesn’t matter where you live or how broke you are; you remain there because of your MINDSET, not “the system”. Everyone all over the country has obstacles. If you resort to drugs, violence and murder; that’s on YOU. That’s YOUR mindset. You’re staining an entire city’s name because of YOUR actions. Have some accountability. There are hard-working people there trying to actually make things better, the right way.
I was born and raised in the R.O.C but what I love is that my people keep it Real in the hood
I've lived in Rochester for 34 years. I have participated in things I'm not proud of. I am guilty as well. I think there is racism, but I don't think that is the major problem. I think it is easier to sell drugs than to work a job. Trust me I know.
Should've had more kids like myself who experienced first hand trauma in Rochester ny to give a better outlook..Chili ave ain't the only area that took a big loss!.
Hi Penelope. This was a school-based project that was time sensitive. If you were on our radar, and volunteered to be interviewed during the time this project was developed, we would have loved to share your insight in the film.
Yo great work. Crazy to watch that interview with Lovely Warren in 2022 ahaha!
Why they got Midwest accents?
Rochester and most of Western Ny has more of a Midwest vibe to it if that makes sense
They sound like they’re from New York to me
Rust Belt niggas country as hell ain't they? sheesh
definitely not Eastern New York, i mean definitely
Who was Moran? What did he do for a living? What did he do for the community? How/Why was he killed? Real questions, I’m not from Chili Ave.
I Come from this Place Called Hempstead In Long island New york to the city The things i have seen here are super similiars to the ones ive seen in hempstead two places are really similar in crime
Chili and Thurston, Salina nothing will ever change same people different faces it's a big cycle a sad cycle R.I.P Alessia miss you sis 😿
It really is a "sad cycle "sister, stay black! Sorry for your loss. Peace and Love
I have lived on Agnus St on the East side, Virginia Ave on the West side, Charlotte area but eventually I made sacrifices to move to the suburbs. I moved due to the fact the schools were not funded properly to meet my expectations.
Shout out CTC,another great resource doing some awesome things with the youth here in Rochester.
Pinkk DrippNails facts
Habeeb El jefe 💯
I lived on Jefferson Ave, stayed down by Clinton n Oscar..both some pretty bad areas. I couldn't leave my house without being cat called or sexually harassed. I was called a sexy snowflake or snowbunny by most men. Most men just assumed I was a prostitute which was super annoying. I literally dressed in sweatpants and a baggy tshirt. I was addicted to drugs and so many people tried to take advantage of me. I'm sober now and left NY. Don't ever wanna go back
Trauma and everyday life in the ROC. It hits home fr. 13:01 Reduce the violence💪💪
Rochester NY is a dirty little city, but god they think the are the center of life. these folk create there own problems. and then you have the righteous here to save the community and society boy how those words are love by those state and community college alumni. some people simply do not want to be helped or love talking about help and take no action. lets talk about it.
This was a good documentary, and technically very well done, however, I would have liked to have seen a few other things. When it comes to statistics I would have liked to see the origin. Where did those statistics come from? Also I would like to see more about what the answers are and how can they be achieved. What exactly is Mayor Warren and other governing officials doing to make Rochester better? It's October 2019 and my city Rochester, NY is currently the third poorest middle sized city in the whole U.S.A. ! I don't see the progress! Rochester was a booming manufacturing city. Now most, (full time, good paying, permanent), factory jobs are gone and STILL have not been replaced. What has Mayor Warren and our other elected officials done so far? I would love to see a video addressing those questions❗❗❗ Is it time we elected others who will make more of a difference? I'm not sure, but we are still a city of great poverty and that needs to change! General elections are in a few days and I will factor this into my decision when it comes time to vote and in my future voting.
This guy Moran, he's got a lot of gold around his neck. Once again I am not innocent, but when I hear people say he was the best person ever I question that. I don't know, maybe you do did he sell drugs. What kind of drug?
I Traveled All Over But I'm From This City Rochester,Ny!
somebody need to do a documentary about the East Side 585.
It can be done fam.
Toxic energy. Go get some help.
Shout out to my guy Moses he's one of the realest officers I ever met if we had more of him Rochester would definitely be a little better....
Why do young people join gangs, look at the declining economy in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. Eastman Kodak is on its last legs as a corporate organization, Xerox has mostly moved out, all there is are lousy low wage jobs in the service sector mostly part time. It has horribly sad what has happened to both Rochester and most of its suburbs during the past three decades. Unemployment and underemployment combined with festering poverty has literally destroyed that once proud and prosperous area. This is one reason why young people join gangs.
We do not need for Rochester to be a police state we need jobs educational programs for our youth
All Truth. 585. Stay STRONG
Police need more and better Training to save not destroy.
God Bless the people 🌄
True indeed.Did a paper in college on “The Blue Wall of Silence”🔵👮🚫
And to put it in context my father was addicted to hard drugs and my home life sucked. But here I am a tax paying citizen
4:56 i filmed that fight on dewey ave at Alameda st ...
This was amazing
Thanks Ryan!
Laziness, poor parenting and the incessant excuse that poverty keeps you trapped is the problem. I've been pouring my whole life, I decided to move to the country. It is still just as cheap as living in a bad part of the city. The difference is, minimal riff raff.
Is the area by Five Star bank building safe?
Big Up from Bk to the Roc🗣
I’m from Rochester
Rochester is still a very good city despite its serious crime and gang problems. It has been a victim of deindustrialization and disinvestment thanks to Wall Street greed. Even many of its suburbs are in very bad shape.
oh boy said it right about not teaching us about the proud black people who was in greatness 💯
It's one thing to hustle, it's another thing when you you go from being a hustler to being a thug. A thug doesn't have a ethnicity. A thug is a individual who lacks intelligence, proper intellect ,education,and appropriate social skills. A thug is a person who was not raised in a loving family and lost self respect and respect for others. A thug is heartless and doesn't care who they hurt.
Thugs don't just come from the hood, they don't come in a certain color or gender. They soround us ,and need to be helped mentally
585 ROCHESTER,NY STAND UP!
Thanks a bunch.
You're welcome Kristina :)
God give us a Huge tornado or Hurricane please give us a Reset
Aces WAY too fkng high. I love how like 2 minutes was spent on the rp9t cause of violence. But I'm gonna give them the b3nefit of the doubt . they're doc could probably only be so much time. We have to separate abusers from their children before the child even has a chance to remember it. Instant separation. Make the abusers feel like they lost their goddamn minds, it happened so quick.. That's a whole *other* wall of silence that exists
West side, Smith St baby! Been almost 15 years since I left the lyell ave strip. I miss it & I don't at the same time. Miss the action but don't miss the BS.
585 is where its at!!!!
well done
Thanks Anthony!
Lovely warren really was helping the situation
😂🤣😂🤣😂
This is embarrassing that people of Rochester act this way
Great video! My question is where are all the white people that also live in the city,there a poor white people and violence in the white community as well,not just black communities. I'm proud of my hometown born and raised in Rochester myself. But what your talking about is also going on in the white community.
Hello Carol. Thank you for your comment! This was a student project, and we decided to focus on the specifics that were accessible to us at the time it was filmed (proximity). Therefore we worked on what were primarily impacting the community we are connected to. If you know of any film makers who can tell the story of violence in the White community in Rochester (with the passion to address it) please encourage them to do so. Thanks again for your valuable feedback.
Try being white growing up in Rochester...
Nigga fuck you. It's not about you
Nigga nobody gaf
Highest murder rate per citizen in the country
God’s Work.
Great vid....Born on Adams Street
Thanks fam.
ok quality from the hood gotta work with ya'll Chili ave Big up
Thanks for watching fam.
Smoking weed all Day. Just keep the Peaceful.
only one Mr X Only one Mr y weed doesn’t create peace I used to smoke it creates anger actually it’s a spirit in it not of god but from Satan
I live in buffalo wasn't there a big human trafficking case there some years ago
Rip moran #MoranLand
Good 👍 job guys!
My city repersent
1st off all you doing a documentary about all this ppl smoking and drinking infront of children throwing up gang signs that's the problem right there. Ijs🤷🏾♀️
Thank you for your comment! What you just criticized is a reality. It happened, and it was documented, hence the name "documentary." Smoking and drinking happens all the time - in front of children and in their absence. Drinking and smoking alone is a problem, because it lowers our frequencies. But that is only one symptom to a much bigger issue this documentary is addressing.
@@AmenPtah what would suggest the solutions are because I live in the UK, I’m black we have some problems but racism is not the biggest problem, I’d like to have a dialogue with to see if some of suggestions are supportive and if my opinion is valid coming from a country foreign to you, thanks for the doc, what ever criticism people have it shouldn’t be of the documentary because it’s opening up conversation
Lay with the dogs and get fleas
I would request for officer robinson if I needed the rpd💯
If only the shit spoken on here was ACCURATE 😂😂😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s only gotten worse
My homie BABY BOY from the rock..East side..n that's BIG BILLY to you
If you not from the city everywhere soft in new york
I SEE THEIR POINT
Home sweet home
The Southwest side isn’t really poverty effected like that except that small strip of Jefferson Ave, otherwise the 19th ward is beautiful. The Northeast and the bottom of the Northwest is the problem of Rochester. The Southwest is kinda like the suburban black area, like honestly, where it’s disgusting is Jay St. Child Lylle, St. Paul, N Clinton, Joseph, Hudson, North St. Portland the slime, honestly tho. God bless the dead but they found the Gods body off of Hudson Ave on Dayton St. that nasty ass grim rest easy Moran
facts
I always say the southwest side is more like queens/brooklyn, and the east/northwest side is more like harlem/Bronx, in my opinion
talk about it do nothing and get consulting fees from the DNC
The cops will violate you here
Absolutely!
Major facts I went to Madison when it was a middle school back in 1998 I'm watching a fight on post Ave n the cop jump out n slam my face into a light pole I was 13
Davy V TV is that sarcasm? Why would you say something like that?
Ain't she positive about joining a gang! It's not about community. Nothing good will come from it only death or jail and it's sad to see the leaders of the community aost condoning it. Talking about not everyone is fortunate to get jobs? You can get a job anywhere it may not be the job u want but jobs are out there! Throw the whole damn documentary away. Period.
It's lot of people y'all talking to on here that's not being true about what they do behind close doors alot of these people are foul ijs
Ayo 585
Rochester all day baby south side
time to vote in a new Governor soon. Democratic Governors ain’t done shit for Buffalo, Syracuse or Rochester
For life
From genny born and raised
@rochesterpolicedepartment do better seriously😣
Not everybody can afford to get a job. Hmm.
Go Mer; 😉
LAW Dago