Our Divided City

[@iAmSeriousBaylis]

Im from KC born and raised. It was a tough city growing up. I made it and I love my city like no other. Stand up KC, let's take our city back.

[@veronicawheeler5158]

Serious Baylis I’m moving there in a few weeks and excited

[@gatoarchivaldo9051]

@@veronicawheeler5158 hows kc? The murder rate just climbing get out now lol

[@pyramidhead138]

@@veronicawheeler5158 i moved out of that city nearly 20 years ago, and i aint comin' back!

[@daveoelke857]

I moved here 63 years ago. And I’m staying.

[@LambChop92]

🙌🏾❤

[@louisfiii4080]

Please replay this on KCPT! Share it with the community and schools!

[@UniversalStylez]

I was born and raised in KC. I understand the landscapes and the citizens very well. Troost has always been the invisible race/poverty line. The white flight movement that left neighborhoods in decline. My experiences east of Troost had valleys as well as milestones. In the mid 80's the crack epidemic filtered the streets and gangs culture followed suit. Classmates and neighborhood friends met an early demise from those very conditions. I graduated from Northeast Sr in the bottoms. I grew up in the 47th and Paseo area. My entire family attended Paseo high(old Paseo). As I got older my family spread throughout the city. My grandfather was a Jazz Musician who played several instruments at built model trains. He played in a club called the Busy Bee on 47th. One my high school classmates was from the projects, worked extremely hard, earned valedictorian and was selected to be asst. principle at Olathe South high school. Kansas City has myriad of triumphs and concession. I have plenty of those to share. Leadership and influence are truly two different irrefutable laws. One cannot work without the other. There has to be balance. I have a affinity for every cracked sidewalk, fountain, barbeque joint, sports, jazz legends, art, sculptures and history of KCMO. I've enjoyed Jacob Loose Park, Willaims Volker park, Thomas H. Swope park, Plaza lighting ceremony and historical 18th and vine district. As a youth I attended William Cullen Bryant elementary and George Caleb Bingham middle school. Mid 80's-90's. I've survived acts of violent overt racism and structural racism. I've survived acts of violence from the inner city. I've also witness unyielding bravery and unbelievable acts of kindness. The city of fountains is a wonderful place to live. Wishes are made at a fountain and I've made many. One of those wishes were to observe my city in prosperity, unity and congruence. I marvel at those possibilities in every space I reside. Unifying to incline can be a challenge but KCMO is absolutely up for it, this I know. Our spirit is incomparable and resilience is beloved all over the world. Again leadership and influence are truly two different irrefutable laws. One can't work without the other. Balance... Unity....Incline...

[@seangordon1905]

What acts of violent overt racism did you endure? What structural racism is prevalent in Kansas city Missouri?

[@blameks9136]

@@seangordon1905 that’s all you got from this? You completely missed the whole point. Why question this mans experiences?

[@landturtle7470]

This city has an undeniable and magnetised sense of hospitality and feeling of home, the city seemigly won't give up no matter how "bad" it gets because it's filled with people that have love for it like I do. I'm hopeful for good change in the future, even though hard, most definitely possible.

[@sookie4195]

You are 1 in a million!

[@minadelaluna9277]

Thank you for this.

[@joelbarr4519]

Even with all of its problems, I still say with pride when asked where I'm from, that I ♥ KCMO.

[@ladygeena81]

Totally. So do I. It's a DNA connection for me.

[@iAmSeriousBaylis]

You show right!

[@revivalord9391]

Right on bro

[@patriciahenry9067]

@@iAmSeriousBaylis n&(

[@BoutTime73]

Exactly! I grew up in NE KC one block off independence and nothing but love for my city.

[@ladyyounique83]

This documentary touched my heart. Much respect to all those making a positive difference in KC. Be it you wear a uniform, or your skin is black, white, or brown. When I pass by this area it has broken my heart to see the abandoned houses because so many of them are beautiful! The empty schools is such devastation while others schools are jammed back and students get over looked. God bless those living other there fighting for the community with service, awareness, & love! Investors come to my community that's near downtown because they see money.Thats all they are concerned with is making money not the culture within. God bless the communities investor in this video. Born & raised KCMO !!! Much love! 💙

[@beverlykelly6270]

It breaks my heart too when I see ran down, abandoned homes and businesses. They always seem to in minority neighborhoods. This didn't just happen overnight. This condition has been years in the maling.i feel it all started in the 60's with the development of government funded housing projects. I think unless you're disabled, or in dire straits, a person shouldn't be eligible for government assistance. Things easily gained and things one doesn't have to work for, are things undeserved. I know a lady with 4 kids, perfectly able-bodied, who says to me, why should I work what I can get free money every month? I offered to help her study for her GED and she declined the offer. She said she didn't want or need one. Does she think money falls from the sky? This is tax payer dollars she leaching off of.i didn't tell her to procreate, didn't get her pregnant, and I'm not a relative. So why are her problems she created my affairs?

[@ladyyounique83]

@Ferris W not near there but a lot of people love Sheffield.

[@jimmykjazz]

I lived at 3229 Wayne. That is 1/2 block south of linnwood blvd and pretty much in the dead center of the Ivanhoe neighborhood. Of course that was from 1949 to 1959, the first 10 years of my life. I remember a vibrant environment with thriving businesses, theaters (ISIS and Appollo) and schools and churches. It was great until many folks moved out to places like Ruskin Hieghts, north KC, Prarie Villiage, etc. Then also, a bunch of houses and apartment buildings were torn down east of Paseo between 9th and 15th street to make room for KC's first low income housing projects (big failure). Many of the houses in my immediate area (Troost to Woodland, 31st street to 35th street) became rental units which accelerated the decline of the area. I drove through there some 15 years later and it looked a ware zone with all the abandoned and run down properties. Actually, the are is far better now if you can imagine.

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

I work in that area.

[@pamelagriffin787]

I’m from K. C. Eastside born and raised. Yeager elementary school and East High. Love my City , live in Long Beach , Ca❤

[@jasonday1199]

This Nutter guy, what a kind and honorable man! Wow, this fella is white as heck but put out over a million dollars to help that community? That is just the right thing to do Mr. Nutter. I respect you highly and thank you for putting out to help others in great need. Your kindness and willingness to help others in need, speaks volumes of who you are. We need more people like this to step up and do what he is doing, then we can start to make our communities better with people who will respect each other. Lets quit this color of skin oppressive views and attitudes and make it a world wide human interest to better everyone and their lives no matter who they are. The people in these communities that need help, need to get it started and keep it going, others will help, you need to seek them out. They are out there, waiting for someone to push them the correct way.

[@rocksiirose4536]

Jason Day He is atoning for his sins. He knows he better get it right before he dies.

[@mikeh.9954]

I'd like to see a follow-up show now that we are in 2024.

[@thelovelyvalc]

This was SUCH a great documentary and here we are 7 years later dealing with all these dane issues except worse. I keep calling the city any the vacant houses, drug houses, dumping and crime. Ive called councilmen, 311 everything with no help but instead a worsening of conditions.

[@ericlawhan7486]

I used to live right across the river from downtown KCMO in KCK and it wasn't the best neighborhood to say the least. I had to move from that area because the crime rate got steadily worse.

[@missipemudbug]

Born & raised in KC,MO. worked at the the Jackson Co. jail as a correction officer. From there on I worked as a Security Sgt. on the evening shift at Truman Med Center. This was through the late 70's up to 2002. Looking back, I really loved KC,MO.. But once I was disabled I moved to the MS. Gulf Coast (50 miles N/E of New Orleans.) Went through Katrina and my wife took her life. After looking at this clip it makes me HOME SICK. I only wish I could afford to move back. Much Love KC, MO. I really love you and miss you.

[@taylorpresley4604]

I am so sorry about your wife. I hope you made it back to KC, it is a wonderful city.

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Men to stand up to their responsibilities as fathers. That single action would bring the biggest change.

[@jimrick6632]

I AM 80 NOW, BUT I GREW UP IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AND THE STORY HAS NOT CHANGED..... ANYTHING EAST OF TROOST WAS AND IS A DANGEROUS AREA OF MOSTLY BLACK PEOPLE...BUT I WAS NEVER TAUGHT NOT TO TREAT EVERYONE AS AN EQUAL..IT IS DIFFERENT TODAY...SAD....THEY HAVE NOT PROGRESSED...

[@FaythShorter]

This!!

[@scottvansel358]

This isn't only a East side problem..Has anyone on here been down in the Northeast KC area lately?I live on 9th and Jackson..Northeast is an eyesore fr..Abandoned houses,the highest overall crime rate in the city..Not murder rate but crime rate.This video focuses on Troost Ave. alot..It doesn't hold a candle anymore to Independence Avenue..Prostitution and drug activity is rampant!!

[@sookie4195]

I used to live in the Northeast before section 8 moved in. I moved north. I tried to move back and buy a cheap house and it was full of illegals and Asians.

[@DaWizzKiddcore]

They mean east of troost

[@Wonderwhoopin]

😂

[@MrsBraxtonChrist]

been living in south san diego for 8 years and no matter where I go,I am proud to rep my city ...growing up in KC made me strong and able to handle set backs and come ups. I love my hometown to the death.

[@Ginab3001]

I feel the same way too. I haven't live at home since a teen but thankful for growing up in KC with lots of family and getting home training as we use to say. Its all the empty houses and drug dealers that are tearing the city down.

[@SteveRHanson]

And yet the Mayor seems to have enough money for his pet projects like the street car, downtown hotel, new airport, etc...

[@bunnygray4513]

Steve Hanson that man REFUSES to accept responsibility for anything as the leader of City Hall.

[@pyramidhead138]

For the last 20 years Kansas City has had nothing but Democrat mayors who do not care about solving any problems, and add far too much racism in the mix and you also got high crime rates so that City's not going to turn around anytime soon if ever

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

Due to a lack of sobriety it will all come in trickles.

[@virtuoussoulhealer3644]

He's married to a white women. What do you expect?

[@LambChop92]

Thats what im saying, they paint us like savages, when really they just withhold rescources that other's take for granted...resrurces that our people dont even know about because it never been an option...im so sick of this bs...

[@Ginab3001]

I was born and raised in KC and haven't lived there since a teen and remember how it was in the 50's to 70's. I'm praying for my hometown😓

[@MattDiamondFlix]

this is great! I'm glad you published this.. Much needed.

[@beverlykelly6270]

This goes way deeper than the mayor and money. It's lack of planning. I don't say lack of opportunity, because I never had " opportunities, or level playing fields, or free scholarships." I had nothing at all except will and determination, and a will to succeed. No one around to help me, so I helped myself. I struggled to attend a university, while working all night, and being mom. It can be done. I'm tired of people making bad choices that mess up their lives lives, and then they say, Oops, I screwed up. Someone come and fix this for me. It doesn't take a well off person to get your act together and succeed. It just takes a determined person. If you plan to have nothing, and waste you life, one can't really complain when they end up with nothing. You get what you plan for and work for. Plan for nothing you get nothing. Plan to be fail, and you will fail. Plan to make and you will. And please stop tearing down our own neighborhoods by not keeping them up.

[@ffwb1639]

Why would you keep your wife and kids in such a environment , just to make a point ? It would be great if the all things were equal. I applaud your effort to fix your community but not at the risk of a loved one catching a stray Ak 47 round in the head .

[@sevencostanza1868]

Got to hide your wife , hide your kids... Also its no joke 😔

[@lucerogroves]

I know this was commented three years ago but I don’t think a lot of people have relocation as an option

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

All one can do is dodge. Press charges. Testify. Enact.

[@Solutions3000]

@@StevenMichaelCunningham : Hopefully, they live long enough to employ your suggestions.

[@yesflipthetables401]

SIGN ME UP!!! HOW DO I VOLUNTEER TO clean up the brush, flip the houses or tear them down and build gardens and parks?????

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Why wait to until someone else organizes something for you to sign up for. Go there yourself and you will experience a reality that may contradict your preconceived notions.

[@arcticablue]

What a great documentary! It is so awesome to see people making a difference in this world!

[@miccajackson9729]

Kansas City has alot of history ❤

[@bsmith8943]

The mayor did nothing the entire time he was in office.

[@501764727]

MPTV needs to do and air something like this on Milwaukee. This unfortunately is the reoccurring theme for a big majority of American major cities.

[@sevencostanza1868]

😭 i know - but didnt realize it was this intense - the news barely covers this - even thou this vid was 4yrs ago , i know this is still going on and hope healing is in progress- love to all💕

[@ProudKansan08]

All the comments and not one thumbs up? I may or may not not agree with all that is being said, but this is an interesting program and I give it its first thumbs up. I have a suggestion for the neighborhoods that have garbage thrown and overgrown grass and weeds? Where are all those people that are supposed to be doing community service? Why don't they send people who are in jail sitting on their butts, come out and mow, weed, and pick up the trash? Then they don't have to pay them anything since they are supposed to be doing community service or are doing some time in the jails or maybe even prisons?

[@SEXYDCGIRL84]

ProudKansan08 They should also bulldoze the abandon homes.

[@alexisconley9843]

My exact sentiments

[@eastside0434]

I know the feeling of having a drug house across the street,people loitering and selling drugs,eventually they moved their way into my rental property and turned it into a trap house,I caught on and as soon as they fell behind in rent,I gave them an eviction and then I was getting death threats around the neighborhood,not only were people at the local stores making threats I had garbadge truck drivers making threats, no matter where I was around town ,I was seen by someone in their gang.

[@Tonydavis67891]

You're making this up to instill fear in the community. Most of the gang members in Kansas City Mo. are dead or never getting out of prison. On the other, the police department has their informant committing frivolous “crimes” we call these scare tactics. With all the informants in KCMO, it is in no way possible for a gang to thrive in any community. We know for one if it was no crime in KCMO it would be a lot of people out of work.

[@eastside0434]

@@Tonydavis67891 Did I say it happened in KC,or are you making that up.?

[@KingTiny24]

Great Documentary & Awareness! Thank You 4 Posting!

[@malisac3869]

KC has some beautiful homes.

[@mattymcrips]

i remember i had an internship at WYCO mental health. we had a client who lived in the juniper garden projects. the first time through there i saw a car torched on cinder blocks and barrels all over the street. years later my car got stolen on 7th and quindero and a buddy and i went looking and that same car was still on the street along with the barrels. for years and years they all said what no one believed....the city didnt give a flying rip about the inner city communities....

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

This is the sad truth 😢

[@louisfiii4080]

KCPT needs to replay this ASAP!

[@Backwardsman95]

I basically grew up in the middle of KCK. Always thought it was rundown compared to Johnson county. Not the suburbs but not the ghetto. I've driven for Uber all over the metro, and whenever I end up in the neighborhoods east of Troost, I realize why it's talked about so much.

[@elijahhernandez221]

i mean im in argentine in kck an i got boys who live over by troost an they say they dont come over to ks unless they have to cuz its still just as dangerous an thats anywhere in the city that ain got white folks livin in the houses

[@MrFmccarty]

I grew up in Kansas city. My home is is in this video. Anyone with eyes could see when I was a child that there was a problem. The decency of a nation or a city has to be considered COMPLETELY. NEVER WAS DECENT. WHAT HAS CHANGED? Answer: THE PEOPLE AND IT IS FOR THE WORST. PRAYER WILL NOT WORK THAT IS WHAT MY MOTHER DID.

[@CJColvin]

At least it isn't as bad as St.Louis Missouri.

[@CmcDemon]

CJ Colvin way worst then stl mo now east stl maybe not

[@gregg9840]

WORDto BIGbird Kc is worse really

[@kenzobenzo9938]

WORDto BIGbird no it’s not do research

[@jaobyeden4143]

East saint louis is like an apacolpyse and otherwise the city is pretty similar to KC

[@iknowdeweybrudda6564]

It’s much worse

[@Scorch1028]

The narrator says: “High incarceration rates break up black families.” What he doesn’t mention are the number of “incarcerated black fathers” who had abandoned their children “before” they went to prison. Locking up “dead-beats” doesn’t break up black families.

[@dragorn3212]

yes its pretty cringe when people use that to cover their bad behavior. Suddently they're pretending to be all pro-family.

[@rossauce12]

​@dragorn3212 that's media for you. Have you seen the treyvon hoax.. great documentary

[@OU812Star69]

It’s scary that they want to bring this to the other side of truth and north of the river

[@MamaNuveau]

Yes, it still does because the CHILDREN suffer. DUH!

[@brandonthompson8411]

I visited KC a couple years ago and I drove down thru troost several times and it is very obvious that this is the divide, crazy place. I saw it in daylight and after dark and it is legitimate.

[@80s_kid.]

That was one fantastic film, its one that actually made me stare into space and think hard, i hope things get better in the world, who ever and where ever you are..

[@BB-yv5bp]

This *could* have been a good documentary... Let's hear about how this problem started, the true history of enforced segregation in Kansas City, The policymakers and developers behind it (JC Nichols, for example), and the *reality* of race issues in Kansss City today- not just a rosy fluff piece of how white people are "solving" it with real estate. Segregation still exists, and Troost is a physical embodiment of this fact. Cheers to those longtime community members who have had the guts to stick around and fight for your neighborhoods- you deserve much more support and resources from the ENTIRE KC metro area--- JoCo and suburbs included.

[@JIMEYZ]

I think everyone already knows about housing covenants, so why don't we tackle the problems that are relevent to the 3rd millennium.

[@emadsaad3007]

Thank you

[@KangLaMont]

Thank you

[@JULYXXIV]

Chris Tina There are several books on the subject. Kansas City has a very interesting real estate history.

[@ricojames2110]

Chris Tina: whoah...this lil white girl said what everybody scared to admit openly

[@johnpannebaker5757]

Watching this documentary years after release, the line that sticks out to me is the one about the 1,300 members of the KCPD caring about ending the violence, especially in light of the articles that revealed we have more cops behind desks than on the streets deterring crime. Still an issue we haven't taken care of. Shoot, we don't have enough cops on patrol to prevent people going 50mph down Troost while using the center turn lane to pass people, let alone keep neighborhoods safe.

[@sarrcho]

So why doesn't City Hall do anything about Their abandoned properties? I am sure they can find the funds to get the yards cleaned up at least! I am very proud of my city but things need to change. City Hall and the people who can actually make a difference need to take that step. KC NOVA project is awesome and that is a great start.

[@ProudKansan08]

Because they are too busy paying workers who sleep in their trucks all day, and higher ups who leave their offices on supposed conferences, and they go out for long, long lunches or who knows where and they expect their secretaries and their subordinates to back them up. I used to work at City Hall when I was a teenager during the summers on temporary jobs in the 1970's and it was whispered about. That's where all the money is going. I can't say there were a lot of lazy people, because I did work with many, many people who did their jobs and then some, but, there were the lazy managers, all the way down to the street workers, who were the worse.

[@zacharymccartin4914]

Laura Bilecki that is just stupid. Spending peoples tax money to pull weeds at abandoned houses? You honestly can't think of anything better that money could be spent on? Come on

[@mcribb2163]

Why doesn't City Hall allow volunteers to help take care of these? I'm sure many of us here in KC would gladly do it. No officials from City Hall, PD, etc. there for photo ops, or any red tape, just us Kansas Citians.

[@CJColvin]

@Too Wun Exactly and its a similar thing happening in St.Louis Missouri.

[@sookie4195]

Lol. They are spending it all on the new airport and on the new grassy covered knoll over the highway cluster in downtown. Just a new place for murders.

[@aquarianattitude5881]

This is how you bring a community together.

[@MA-vd3ln]

Isn’t nearly as a city as Detroit or Chicago as a white person from Kansas City I been on every single street in and around the north west south and east part of town been on every street not sayin it’s a good thing being in a neighborhood going to waste but it’s not nearly as bad as other cities in poverty and as much murder as there is in Kansas City there’s just as much people in the city that looks out for one another as much as people in the community are tired of the same thing over and over again they haven’t stopped helping people in their community Kansas City isn’t perfect but it’s still a safer place to live than most cities tbh

[@JBlazeCalifornia]

Very true

[@LambChop92]

Well thank you for ur in put, white person. It isn't that bad? Even though ur not living in this community, but had the honor of paassing through unscathed, we accept your blessing to not strive for better 😂😂

[@Kricket-py2xl]

The city should give the residents a deal on the abandoned property, like free if you tear it down and build parks and gardens

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Or free if they renovate it

[@sookie4195]

You used to be able to buy a house for $1.00. It didn’t work.

[@CliffRomer]

"We're clearing squatters out of empty homes." How about seizing it and filling it with the disadvantaged? Jesus, man.

[@sookie4195]

They will just get tore up again. Good money after bad.

[@ExtendFlame]

I pray my city gets better I live on the East side of Kansas City MO It’s gang violence that gets these poor people killed in the crossfire not everyone out here is “thugs” like everyone wants to claim A lot of us are just working to do better for ourselves so when I’m older I can have something I didn’t have.

[@FaythShorter]

Yep!!

[@pyramidhead138]

i as an individual have no interest in helping "resurrect" that city when 90% of the ppl there dont take pride in nothin' anyway

[@sookie4195]

Built it back and just tear it up.

[@kevinmcdaniel5448]

I am from Chicago, and have lived for 20 years in KCMO, before leaving for Omaha, and back to Chicago. I am 66 years old. Both cities are parallel in development. Recently Chicago has been gentrifying at an alarming rate, leaving the undeveloped areas out. More grassroots efforts are probably the way out, funding is needed for those efforts as well. What's going on with the billionaire detractors, why no contributions? Federal Government has created this state of living for hundreds of years now, when do you stop?

[@adamfoulk5865]

The people in kc are very hardworking cool people. Like no other city.

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

Yes they are.

[@rocksiirose4536]

The guys Daughter laughed when he said he could not buy a cup of coffee in his neighborhood She probably was thinking he could just go in the kitchen and make some. She has no clue of the seriousness of this situation. She will understand one day.

[@kaylenmayo4803]

I still love and miss my city!!! Born and raised!!!

[@clairhall602]

I lived in the east side and I loved it, I had a lot of friends around hear and my neighbors were not all black, where did this guy get his information from?

[@ProudKansan08]

Probably because there are a lot of blacks living there now. Just like in the Northeast area.

[@bunnygray4513]

ProudKansan08 sorry you are wrong. It is a melting pot on the east side. They only showed a small portion of tbe east side.

[@105cathy]

I grew up on the east side. I watched my neighborhood die block by block. Now it looks like a war zone. Breaks my heart. The folks who could leave....left. Why would you stay?

[@salazardeltoro4561]

People generally segregate into their own ingroups, so the inevitable outcome is not a melting pot, but several different racial communities. This is an observable fact in every large city. There are things like Little Italy, Chinatown, and Harlem for a reason. This is because human beings have natural ingroup preferences. Trying to force diversity where nobody of any race really wants it is nothing but a source of strife. If a certain neighborhood is having more difficulty than others, it's not anyone's job to try to run in and save them from themselves. It's not advisable, and frankly, it's just racist hand-holding of low expectations. They have to resolve it.

[@visceralmedley4418]

Primo Quartus redlining is the main reason Kansas City is segregated. Lack of opportunities for minorities runs a close second. Minorities are prevalent in KC, and many attended the best high school in the STATE. Yet, minorities are rarely in positions of authority in local companies. Why would that be?

[@salazardeltoro4561]

Visceral Medley I lived in a mission last year and found work while everyone else was collecting cans and smoking crack in the courtyard. I now run the company I began working for while staying there. They didn't want to put the effort in, period. If you don't believe that, then try living with them there for about a month and see for yourself. I'll take what I've witnessed firsthand over out-of-touch classroom hyperbole spouted by people who won't go within ten miles of the diversity they champion any day of the week. And if it means anything, I work for minorities.

[@merrytunes8697]

@@salazardeltoro4561 hyperbole? You just spouted a lot of assumptions.

[@denaturner8871]

*people: oh, you're from KC? Me: no, I'm from Wyandotte County. *people: OK, but what city is your address in? Me: Oh... yeah, Kansas City. *people: so, then, is KC not Kansas City? Me: yes, KC is Kansas City. *people: ?????uh...ummm?????? (Tilts head like a puppy) Me: AAAAHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@MrsBraxtonChrist]

913 stand up! I got love for both sides

[@corrieraelatham3447]

816

[@baller4532]

I grew up in Kansas City during the 1960’s. Seems the same complaints in the 60’s are still the same in 2021.

[@Jonsolski18]

This needs a follow up! Unfortunately since this video was released, KcMo set a new homicide record in 2020, and broke it again in 2023. Would love to see if/how KCPD & leaders have tried to adjust their strategy

[@AmyRose-iw4vm]

Thank you for this excellent work.

[@robertroark1804]

this is sad to see my City needing help we need to fix our Neighborhoods up

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Man. Bonnie and Clyde went through there a lot. They were always met with law enforcement. Whether they did anything in the area or not. I don't know how they treat outsiders, but I'm guessing they used to not do that well.

[@sampegsmith4412]

Only a fool would move their kids into a war zone to “take back the city” 😡

[@zacharylinhares]

We miss you so much Kristin. Love you. Rest in Peace my friend.

[@cheriehawthorne9246]

What happened to Kristin???

[@wotabottle]

and welfare, forcing father's out of homes.

[@JASCOBAR]

Got that right

[@JASCOBAR]

OBTW if a mother works hard and gets a raise THEN she looses a lot of her benefits along with the money for child care and has to pay higher taxes. Work HARD > move forward > fall back

[@jamesanderson-oc5kg]

Are you serious? get a job. Go look for a job. Go to Colorado there is always work there. Do not be a father before you have a job.

[@niccage6375]

@@jamesanderson-oc5kg not everyone has the opportunity to move.

[@sookie4195]

Welfare fathers go from home to home and making baby after baby.

[@ZacharyScottRobertson]

Whenever your hometown needs help, you know you love it, most, when you feel so compelled to help. You simply need the right consortium of people to come together, pull strings and work it out. Building trust and rapport among the neighborhoods is essential, but offering a long term solution to positive employment should be the plan. Investment in revitalizing the neighborhoods, thoughtfully, will be key to restoring plots of land that are too dilapidated to repair, while offering opportunity for small businesses to find mutually beneficial opportunities, as well, I should think, and offering employment opportunities, also. Necessary to the success of revitalizing the areas will include careful discussion of the needs of the neighborhood, first, including restaurants, food carts, auto shops, small businesses and the like, in addition to parks, more fountains to see, etc... while not further contributing to gentrification either... with modern apartments, condos, or less desirable business ventures, which would only be counterproductive and counter intuitive, both. Still, careful planning, commercial realestate and zoning changes, maybe even co-op opportunities with gains equating to reinvestments, thus restoring the sense of local responsibility, respect and unity, yes, can be achieved... I should hope. Strong interest and independent contributions could achieve so very much, I believe. Yes, opportunities galore.

[@sookie4195]

You built or rebuild and it will be trashed. You take care of every need and you will create dependency. Waste of money.

[@breezybruh2240]

here in KC it's not that bad.

[@progameryt4058]

Of course....

[@mackmixedit]

I went to North East, and Central Middle before leaving Kansas City. 33DST

[@rayman1269]

And still till this day its top 5 murder rate. Be safe family

[@gloriaburch5414]

I grew up in Kansas City Missouri my family is still there just was there last weekend

[@darrick9495]

I was born and raised in Kansas City there is a unfairness and equity issues with people of color.

[@yvonnegrant3736]

So why stay? I just don’t understand your mindset

[@darrick9495]

@@yvonnegrant3736 I'm in Atlanta now 11 yrs I wouldn't understand it either if I stayed LoL blessings

[@kramermcluckie5079]

This is a great doc, thanks for posting.

[@camman6912]

Amazing people making an amazing difference God Bless them

[@rasteenjackson7042]

The Mayor is full of it!!!! Its revenue to fund projects, build rebuild, or renovate other projects in the city!! And how can city hall fine people who has home violations but have muliple abandoned condemned properties!!??? How can that injustice be addressed and corrected!!!??? Mr. Mayor please elaborate on that since you speak on what you do and dont have control off!!

[@AlmightyLatinKing]

Lots of us struggled in the city. Only the strong survive. 🤟🏽👑 Almighty Latin King. Westside KC, also 28th Harrison, by Troost. 80’s was different over there. Went to Woodland, Lincoln middle, MLK, Metro tech, MCCC.

[@bobbg9041]

I've got a great Idea, the city owns a lot of property that's not on the tax roles now, Hire Younger guys to flip the houses pay them a fair wage and sell the houses to pay for it all, when the projects done homes are repaired those workers will ahve jobs because there is almost always a demand for trades, this puts people to work and fixes a city's problems. And cleans up the streets. Houses can not be boarded up vacant and people needs jobs to live and hope for a better life. Lets everyone band together and do this all of the Metropolitan area. If you have this opportunity and don't do it and still commit crime you are destined to go into Jail I pitty that choice you've made. Even in a down economy this can work. This isn't just Kansas City this is everywhere blight is a problem. Industry should get on board with this because it will help them also. Its not a hand out its a hand up! People will work to learn and earn. I see nothing wrong with it.

[@sookie4195]

Few people will want to buy a home there. Burglary, robbery, murder, etc.

[@lc6636]

Who is going to pay?

[@Phillip-py7pc]

KCMO is not going to change at all i grew up on Linwood and Gillham ans a child my grandmother stayed in Benton Ave it was bad then it going to continue be.

[@sookie4195]

I live Kansas City, Missouri with all of it’s warts. I moved in 1987 and you learned where to go safely. I visit rarely today. I don’t know that there is an answer.

[@e.richardson4374]

7 years later, things are worse! So sad.

[@angelicaalejandrarodartefi2529]

Kansas City 816 👑 home of the 💘

[@kcdrew69]

Thank you, KCPT. Thank you, once again.

[@chukc2012]

Than you for making this!!!!!!!

[@2BArchives]

The best thing to come out of Kansas City is.. I-70

[@subzero-ws7wt]

You tried hard and failed miserably. Hold this L

[@robertmiller5585]

Go west on i70 to Denver skyline..

[@iknowdeweybrudda6564]

The best thing is I 70

[@iknowdeweybrudda6564]

The best thing to come out is Johnson county Kansas

[@osamabeenllama3021]

Thank you because it’s effecting where I live to

[@Ilovemusickc]

My heart goes out to the members of these communities. Love these folks for trying. But the mayor at that time was a joke. He was living comfortable and that's all he cared about! 😤

[@yamahale]

no American accented narrators available??

[@FTYSONJR1]

He wasn’t just the narrator, he was the filmmaker with the courage to tell the unvarnished truth!

[@czarrazc9853]

Well I live in the Northland, but everything south of downtown is for the birds

[@leebirdwell]

I appreciate the documentary. Nothing I didn't realize before, really. However, when you start talking about things to blame for the problems, let's give credit to LBJ's Great Society programs where if a young black mother needed public assistance, her husband had to leave and abandon the family for the welfare to kick in. That has been a big root of the problems in all communities. Heal the family and you heal society.

[@allenwalker9043]

Wow, that mayor needs to go.

[@JULYXXIV]

Allen Walker This didn't start under James. Prior mayors Funkhouser, Barnes, Cleaver, Berkeley, Wheeler, Davis and others are just as responsible.

[@ExtendFlame]

I pray the violence will get better in our city we need it back This was released in 2016 and it’s gotten worse since it’s just going up in gang violence .

[@dante5622]

Divided? You mean like how KCK is the Mexican side and KCMO is the black side?

[@rebeccabaker9178]

The kind that guides don' show. Thanks.

[@ledodamakk119]

im from 41st prospect an montgall an growin up in kcmo bacc in the 90s it was so crazy i lost so many friends an family its not funny rip to everyone i lost hope the city gets better one day

[@ushygushy3743]

same bro, one of my friends lost their older brother because he got shot.

[@michellejoe7628]

I lived at 742 N Montgall from 1972-1983

[@lisalibeer7824]

Curious who teaches these people that commit these crimes that it’s acceptable to carry on that way? Maybe that’s a naïve curiosity, but a cleaner way of life is available to everyone these days.

[@smokeheavystudios]

it's crazy to think the murder rate has only increased since this video. pray 4 KC ya'll

[@tjmaceofficial5271]

Now in 2020 kc broke its own record for homicides

[@thelightofthebodyispineal7137]

Police Officers need to stay physically fit...take care of yourselves.

[@omarpryor7465]

It was never good in Kansas city Kansas i used to live there, a lot of violence an my brother saw someone who got shot when he was 10 year's old, an i had a knife against my throat as the kid was 9 year's old, an my mom was murdered in July 17, 1979.

[@leroy2110]

I like to say keep up the good work snover you're doing a great job and over and I am the Lord is with you we are with you keep the program going and may God go with

[@charlesfrizzell4894]

Proud KCMO native. I moved away in 2000, and the problems discusses in this documentary (albeit 2015) are the same as it's ever been. Perhaps even worse in the 1990's with the gangs and such. The gangs made once safe areas like Bannister Mall/Hillcrest/Hickman Mills/Robandee/Loma Vista areas very dangerous in a matter of 5-10 years Mid 80's to mid 90's. As law abiding African American families sought refuge by moving further south the white families fled. Still a good city but not what it was, at least in my old neighborhood.

[@michaelanderson8514]

here's an idea give tax brakes to home owners on the street that agree to pick a house and cut the lawn pickup trash just clean it up a adopt a house program

[@arcticablue]

An adopt a house program sounds like a great idea!

[@sookie4195]

People would not do it.

[@angelaf5040]

You should do z follow up! It's absolutely heartbreaking!