Content Warning: Language and Violence

Everyone has heard of big city and inner city gang violence. But in 1995 in Appleton, Wisconsin, a city of quiet, middle class neighborhoods with a low crime rate and a booming economy, saw the deaths of 4 young people associated with gang violence. A film by John Whitehead.

00:52 Background story of deaths of 4 young people
03:50 Derek Barnstable "D-Mac" crew's start and murder plot
07:58 Theories and rumors of what actually happened
09:56 Life before they became gang members
20:07 Appleton - home town America
22:27 Teenagers and gang life in the Fox River Valley
27:25 Derek's story of becoming a wannabe gang member
32:18 Derek sought power and loyalty as gang leader
34:56 Teens seeking surrogate family through gangs
36:49 Gang activity signs in Appleton
37:32 Jermaine Gray's story
43:44 Jonathan Kinney's sentencing
46:12 Derek trial and sentencing left unanswered questions
51:10 What's next for Appleton's youth and gangs
53:38 Remembering lost members of D-Mac crew 2 years later
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