michael pfleger. you know, we talk about this all the time.t can't be about... just about what is the color, the complexion of the hand, the finger that pulls the trigger. so for me it just can't be black lives matter. let's talk about the cops who are shootin' us down like dogs in the street. not all cops. >> right. >> but... look, people... mothers and fathers are burying their sons and daughters. that's a fact. but we're... we have to look amongst ourselves what we're doin' too. so me... for me... and i'm not speakin' on... on behalf of 45 million african americans. for me, if you... if... you... you don't have a moral... for me a moral foundation if you're only talkin' about cops. we're killin' ourselves. so... >> so it's just not these incidents of police brutality or officer-involved shootings, what you're saying is we also have to pay attention to this daily gun violence that's plaguing... >> our communities. >> all these cities. >> so i think that it's a two hand approach. and then also we still have to expand it and come back to this

the spiritual advisor of this film is the great michael pfleger, he can't give me an answer. with that chicago is america's biggest -- second-greatest city and i think that has to do a lot with it and people are just thrown to one side and left to their own devices. >> just by calling it "chi-raq," you're saying it's a war zone. did you feel like it was a war zone when you were walking these neighborhoods? >> no, because the police were all around us. but my first day of pre-production, one of my -- i had to go to a funeral because one of my guys got shot. the first day of pre-production i was at a funeral. and while we were filming -- and i said this before, excuse me if it's redundant, people heard me talk on this film. june 1 was the first day of filming, july 9 was the last day. during that time 331 people got wounded and shot, 65 got murdered. from june 1 to july 9. and it's escalated since then. >> why do you think there isn't this sense of outrage about what's happening in chicago? are we numb? >> it's not sandy hook. >> but we get outraged when there's an event. when

. >> that is father michael pfleger, who has made stopping violence his mission. a new spike lee film premieres tonight. father pfleger is here in connection with that. good to see him under any circumstances. also with us, political commentator charles bluff. the illinois attorney general calling for a department of justice investigation of the chicago police department. is that a good step? >> absolutely. there has to be a special prosecutor that comes in, goes back to the day laquan was killed. and say who knew about it, who covered it up, who held this, and everybody has an opinion, from the mayor on down to the cop on the scene to the chiefs at police headquarters. everybody has to be asking this. anybody who covered it up, anybody who tried to make this thing go away, if it wasn't a reporter who fought and fought and fought to have this videotape, we wouldn't be talking about it today. so anybody as part of that cover-up has to be accountable. >> and the request goes further because it includes the review boards, which the naacp has also called for a federal

. >> john cusack plays father michael pfleger, the real life white priest with an all black congregation, trying to save souls and lives in a neighborhood that sees death often. >> if this was happening in the white community, there would not be a quietness about it. this is hopefully going to, you know, shake the conscience of chicago and america. >> but some feel the portrayal is unfair, calling it disparaging. city officials asked lee to change the film's name, and after the trailer was released, some accused him of making light of tragedy. amy ho is a chicago e.r. doctor who's seen more gunshot victims she's also seen "chi-raq." >> i think it way trivialized the violence and the tragedy we see. >> spike lee sees it differently. >> i deal sometimes with very serious subject matters. and people are going to have opinions about various serious subject matters. and this is the latest one. the violence, the blood that is flowing on the south side of chicago. >> wow. >> i've seen the movie. >> okay. >> and at times, it's a lot to watch. but it is definitely going to start a conversation. w