[♪♪♪] >> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LATINO VOICES IS MADE BOSS IN PART BY... >> GOOD EVENING AND WELL KEMP TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

I'M PHIL PONCE.

AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... A LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES CROSSOVER CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE.

>> CONCERNS AROUND BORDER POLICY AFTER MORE THAN 50 MIGRANTS ARE FOUND DEAD IN A HOT TRUCK IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARDS MAN ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS AFTER A YEAR AFTER THE MAN WAS KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.

>> A FILM SPOTLIGHTING CHICAGO'S STREET ART WE SPEAK WITH THE WRITER AND LEAD ACTOR OF "TAGGED".

FIRST TONIGHT, THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS IS UNCERTAIN AFTER THE SUPREME COURT'S HISTORIC RULING OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE.

THE NEW RULING LED ONGOING PROTESTS NATIONWIDE AS STREETS ENACT RESTRICTIONS.

QUESTIONS REMAIN HOW THE BANS WILL BE ENFORCED AND WHAT IT MAY MEAN FOR WOMEN SEEKING A SAFE ABORTION.

JOINING US NOW AS PART OF THE SPECIAL CROSSOVER WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" ARE STEVEN RAMIREZ A LAW PROFESSOR AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO.

LINDA XOCHITL TORTOLERO, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION.

FELICIA DAVIS BLAKLEY, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN.

AND NOAH SMITH DRELICH AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW AT IIT CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THANK YOU FOR DOING DOUBLE DUTY WITH BLACK VOICES.

LINDA XOCHITL TORTOLERO, AS SOMEONE WHO RUNS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING LATINOS AND THEIR FAMILIES THE IMPACT OF HIS RULING ON THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE?

>> FOR US IT DIRECTLY MAKES US THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO EDUCATE OUR POPULATION HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LIVE IN A STATE WHERE WE PROTECT THIS RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S ALSO CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CHILDREN, OUR RELATIVES, OUT OF STATE MAY COME TO US SEEKING AN ABORTION BECAUSE ILLINOIS IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE THAT WANT ABORTION AND ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL.

WE TEND TO GO TO FAMILY FOR THAT.

I THINK THIS IS A TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT LATINAS UNDERSTAND THEY ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE RULING.

LIKE MANY WOMEN OF COLOR, THE LACK OF ACCESS IS REAL.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE STAND UP TO THE RIGHTS FOR LATINAS AND WOMEN OF COLOR OUTSIDE OF ILLINOIS.

>> FELICIA DAVIS BLAKLEY, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS RULING ON WOMEN OF COLOR?

>> YEAH.

I WOULD SAY NO CONVERSATION CAN BE HAD ABOUT THE REVERSAL OF ROE WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE INTERSECTION OF POVERTY, EDUCATION, ACCESS AND RACISM.

AND THE MULTIFACETED HEALTH DISPARITIES WOMEN OF COLOR ALREADY FACE TODAY.

GOING INTO THIS, WE KNOW THAT WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO RAISE A CHILD IN POVERTY IF THEIR ABILITY TO TERMINATE UNWANTED PREGNANCY ENDS.

WE KNOW THAT THAT ALSO IMPACTS THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, THEIR ABILITY TO SAFELY CARRY A CHILD IN A COMMUNITY CONTEXT IF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE RESOURCES.

THERE IS A LAYERED APPROACH HERE.

IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE ISSUE.

AND THE HEALTH OF WOMEN OF COLOR PRIMARILY, ARE AT RISK HERE.

>> PROFESSOR NOW THAT ABORTION REGULATIONS ARE UP TO THE STATES WE SEE THE SPECTER OF WOMEN TRAVELING FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER TO SEEK A SAFE ABORTION.

WHAT IS THE PROSPECT THAT SOME STATES MIGHT TRY TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF WOMEN TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE STATE FOR ABORTIONS?

>> I THINK IT'S NEAR CERTAIN THAT STATES ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT THIS.

NOW, WHETHER THEY DO SO SUCCESSFULLY IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS TRAVEL IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

JUSTICE COUGHNA SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED THIS IN HIS CONCURRENT SAYING HE DID NOT BELIEVE SUCH REGULATIONS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND THE WAYS THAT CONSTITUTION PROTECTS TRAVEL ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD.

I EXPECT TO SEE ATTEMPTS MADE TO CRIMINALIZE OR OTHERWISE BURDEN TRAVEL FOR PURPOSES OF GETTING AN ABORTION.

AND I EXPECT TO SEE LITIGATION OVER THOSE THINGS.

>> IN TERMS OF A POTENTIAL CHILLING EFFECT, ANYONE, WHAT MIGHT THAT -- HOW MIGHT THAT IMPACT BEHAVIOR?

ANY ONE OF YOU?

>> I WOULD SAY WE'VE ALREADY SEEN AT LEAST IN ILLINOIS STARTING IN 2020 WE STARTED TO SEE THE CHILLING EFFECT AS PEOPLE COMING TO ILLINOIS PREGNANT PEOPLE COMING TO ILLINOIS SURGED BY 30%.

AND THAT WAS BEFORE THIS DECISION.

AND EVEN TODAY, AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY LIVE IN A STATE WHERE ABORTION IS LEGAL, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION THEY MAY BE FEARFUL OF ACTUALLY SEEKING THOSE SERVICES.

HERE IN ILLINOIS A WOMEN'S CHOICE IS PROTECTED.

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY WOMAN, EVERY PREGNANT PERSON UNDERSTANDS THAT SO THEY DON'T TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES AND RISK HARMING THEMSELVES.

>> PROFESSOR RAMIREZ, RIGHT AFTER THE DECISION THE NEW RULING WAS MADE, THERE WAS SPECULATION, THERE WERE THOUGHTS AND CONCERN IN SOME QUARTERS THAT OTHER RIGHTS WOULD BE IMPACTED.

NOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A WEEK TO THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS COULD IMPACT OTHER RIGHTS DOWN THE ROAD?

>> JUSTICE THOMAS IN HIS CONCURRING OPINION WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT NOT JUST ROE VS. WADE BUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, THE RIGHT OF MARRIED COUPLES TO USE BIRTH CONTROL ALL OF THOSE WERE BOUND UP IN THIS CASE.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT GOES BOOK TO THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

THE CLAIM HERE IS THAT UNENUMERATED RIGHTS NOT HISTORICALLY ROOTED IN TERMS OF 1789 OR 1868 OR WHATEVER YEAR YOU WANT TO PICK ARE NOT WORTHY OF PROTECTION.

NOW THAT'S CONTRARY TO THE 9TH AMENDMENT THAT SAYS UNUSE NUMEROUS RATED NIGHTS CANNOT BE DENIED OR DISPARAGED.

THIS ORIGINALISM ARGUMENT REALLY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE SUPREME COURT IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN FACT, YOU HAVE TO IGNORE THE 9TH AMENDMENT TO GET THERE.

YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF RIGHTS ARE AT STAKE ACTUALLY INCLUDING AS NOAH REFERRED TO THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL.

THAT ALSO IS NOT ENUMERATED RIGHT.

PRESUMABLY THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL COULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

>> I GET PROFESSOR RAMIREZ SOME JUSTICES SAID WE DON'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T MEAN TO INCLUDE THAT AND SO FORTH.

ARE ASWAGED BY THE ASSURANCES OR DO YOU THINK THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE COURT COULD GO THE ROUTE OF JUSTICE THOMAS?

>> WELL, THE ASSURANCES THEY'VE MADE IN THE PAST CANNOT HELD UP WELL.

EVERYBODY SAID THAT ROE VS. WADE WAS SETTLED LAW AND ONCE THEY GOT ON THE COURT, I GUESS THEY HAD THEIR FINGERS CROSSED BEHIND THEIR BACK WHEN THEY SAID THAT.

BECAUSE THEY PAID NO HEED TO THAT WHATSOEVER.

SO I DON'T REALLY PUT A LOT OF STOCK IN THE DICTA OF THE COURT'S OPINION ON DOBBS IN THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL FOR EXAMPLE OR HOW JUSTICE ALITO FEELS ABOUT THE OTHER IMPLIED RIGHTS.

I THINK THE REALITY IS, IS THAT JUSTICE THOMAS' CONCURRENCE INVITED CHALLENGES TO ALL SORTS OF IMPLIED RIGHTS.

AND THOSE CHALLENGES ARE NOW GOING TO COME TO FRUITION AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE COURT RULES.

BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A SOLID MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES WHO ARE READY TO SAY THAT IF A RIGHT IS NOT ENUMERATED IN THE CONSTITUTION OR DEEPLY ROOTED IN HISTORY WHATEVER THAT MEANS, THEN IT'S NOT WORTHY OF PROTECTION.

>> LINDA XOCHITL TORTOLERO, AS ILLINOIS IS OR BECOMES HAS POINTED OUT A QUOTE SAFE HAVEN FOR ABORTIONS AND PRESUMING THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN COMING HERE FOR ABORTIONS, IS THE STATE READY FOR IT?

ARE CLINICS AND PROVIDERS READY?

>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS UNDERSTOOD THIS COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN FOR SOMETIME AND THEY HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN PREPARING.

AND OTHER PROVIDERS OF ABORTION ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH HAVE BEEN RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO BUILD CLINICS AND EXPAND AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.

THE QUESTION IS: HOW MUCH CAN ILLINOIS DO TO HELP THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE?

DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SEEK ABORTIONS HERE.

WHAT KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT GIVEN ALL THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE IN THE STATE?

AND THAT IS A BIG QUESTION TO ASK.

I WANT TO SEE ILLINOIS CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER AND THIS AND OTHER CAUSES.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT ILLINOIS CAN CONTINUE TO BE AS WELCOMING AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE OTHER RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR STATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK WHAT THEY FAIRLY DESERVE.

>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT FOR NOW IN THE SPECIAL CROSSOVER CONVERSATION WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

AND OUR THANKS TO STEVEN RAMIREZ, LINDA XOCHITL TORTOLERO, FELICIA DAVIS BLAKLEY, AND NOAH SMITH DRELICH.

THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE DEATH OF 53 MIGRANTS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS THIS WEEK IS RENEWING CONCERNS ABOUT BORDER POLICIES AND IMMIGRATION REFORM.

THE MIGRANTS DIED IN HEAT AFTER BEING LEFT IN A TRACTOR-TRAILER WITHOUT AIR-CONDITIONING OR WATER.

THIS CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING IS CALLED THE DEADLY NEST U.S. HISTORY.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE OSCAR CHACON, HE IS DIRECTOR OF AND AZADEH ERFANI A SENIOR POLICY ANALYST WITH THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A QUICK REACTION FROM BOTH OF YOU TO WHAT HAPPENED AND THE SEVERITY OF IT?

AZADEH ERFANI YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> FIRST OF ALL, DEVASTATION.

THIS IS A ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC SITUATION AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE MIGRANTS AND THE SURVIVORS AS WELL.

THE SECOND ISSUE THAT IS PRESSING FOR ME IS IT IS UNFORTUNATELY PREDICTABLE.

IT IS A BYPRODUCT OF HARSH POLICIES THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN PURSUING.

I HOPE THIS ADMINISTRATION LEARNS THE LESSON AND ACTUALLY PAYS ATTENTION TO THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES HERE.

>> THE OSCAR CHACON WAS IT PREDICTABLE?

>> ABSOLUTELY PREDICTABLE.

I AGREE VERY MUCH WITH WHAT AZADEH ERFANI HAS SAID.

AND I WOULD ADD THESE ARE COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES.

IF WE WERE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION HAVE BEEN UPLIFTING FOR THE U.S. ALL ALONG, INCLUDING TODAY, AND WE WORK TO SHIFT NOT ONLY OUR IMMIGRATION POLICIES BUT THE PROCEDURES AT THE BORDER, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

AND SADLY I AM AFRAID TO SEE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST SUCH TRAGEDY BECAUSE FOR AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE WRONG POLICIES WE HAVE HAD FOR TOO LONG IN PLACE, THIS KIND OF TRAGEDIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE HUMAN LIFE.

>> AZADEH ERFANI, THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO SAYS THE AREA WHERE THE TRUCK WAS FOUND IS KNOWN TO BE AN AREA THAT IS FREQUENTED BY SMULLERS AND WE -- YOU SMUGGLERS AND THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT IN TEXAS WHERE FOUR IMMIGRANTS DIED AFTER A HIGHWAY CHASE AND A CRASH.

WHY DO PEOPLE USE SMUGGLERS?

>> THEY USE SMUGGLERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER RESOURCE.

RIGHT NOW AT THE BORDER, ALL PORTS OF ENTRY ARE ACTUAL WAYS TO ENTER WITHOUT TAKING THESE DANGEROUS ROUTES OR SOMETHING TO TURN TO SMUGGLERS OR SMUGGLING NETWORKS.

THEY ARE CLOSED.

THERE IS NO WAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME.

SO AS A RESULT, BASICALLY, [INAUDIBLE] WHILE DENOUNCING THEM IN THE SAME BREATH.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND IT REALLY ILLUSTRATES THE INMIEUX MAIN CHARACTER OF THE POLICIES.

>> THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO SAID THE INCIDENT SPEAKS TO A LARGER ISSUE AT THE BORDER.

>> WELL, CLEARLY, CONGRESS' INABILITY TO REFORM OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS CAUSING OR IS MANIFESTING IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT ARE TRAGIC.

AND BY AND LARGE, MIGRATION THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS.

>> SO WHAT POLICY CHANGES DO NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING?

OSCAR CHACON YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> FIRST OF ALL WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CREATE FAR MORE CHANNELS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MIGRATE IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE.

WE NEED TO RESPECT OUR OWN LAWS WHEN IT COMES TO HUMANITARIAN PROTECTIONS.

DEFINITELY GET RID OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS TITLE 42, WHICH HAS BEEN USED ESSENTIALLY TO STOP PEOPLE FROM EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO SEEK PROTECTION IN THE U.S. WE NEED TO WORK FOR WAYS WHICH WE CAN COMPLETELY GET AWAY FROM THE NOTION THAT IMMIGRANTINGS AND IMMIGRATION ARE SOMETHING BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.

AND RECOGNIZE THE FACTS.

AND THE FACTS OF THE DAY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO DENY THESE TRUTHS WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POLICIES THAT ARE NOW IN PLACE WHICH FRANKLY IS WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES.

WE ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT CAUSED IT.

PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] CLEARLY WE KEEP MISSING THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN A WAY THAT IS RATIONAL AND HUMANE.

>> AZADEH ERFANI, WHAT WOULD YOU ADD IN TERMS OF NEEDED POLICY CHANGES?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT OSCAR MENTIONED GOOD POINTS AND TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THE ISSUE HERE IS ASYLUM IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEEK THESE DAYS.

REALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASYLUM ACCESS IS VITAL TO THESE INCIDENTS NOT HAPPENING AGAIN.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THE U.S. HAS TO BEEN AN EXAMPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

WHEN THE U.S.

THESE INCIDENTS HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS IN OTHER PARTS.

AND WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPENING LAST WEEK WITH 22 PEOPLE DIEING IN SPAIN.

SO THIS IS THE U.S. IS NOT ALONE IN THESE CAUSING DEVASTATION BY BORDER POLICIES.

AND BASICALLY PUNISHING PEOPLE CRIMINALIZING THEM FOR TRYING TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY TO SEEK PROTECTION.

>> OSCAR CHACON, GIVEN THE POLITICAL POLARIZATION THAT EXISTS IN THE COUNTRY, TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU THINK IT'S POLITICALLY VIABLE TO ENACT MEANINGFUL IMMIGRATION REFORM?

>> VERY UNLIKELY ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR LIKE THIS AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MANY POLITICIANS HAVE FOUND IMMIGRATION AND THE HATRED AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS BEEN DEHUMANIZED AS POLITICALLY ELECTORAL.

VERY HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY THE OBLIGATION THAT OUR POLICYMAKERS HAVE.

THEY ARE PAID FOR US AS A NATION TO HAVE PROPER POLICIES AND WE HAVE NOT HAD PROPER POLICIES FOR 40 YEARS.

>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

OUR THANKS TO AZADEH ERFANI AND OSCAR CHACON.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A FAMILY IS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR SON'S DEATH.

WE SHARE THEIR STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> A FAMILY STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS TO WHY A 19-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL GUARDS MAN WAS KILLED IN THE BELMONT CRAGIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE FAMILY IS DEMANDING STATE'S ATTORNEYS KIM FOXX'S OFFICE REEVALUATE THE CASE.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ SPENT THE TIME WITH A FAMILY AS THEY PREPARED FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.

>> LOURDES LARA VISITINGS HER SON'S GRAVE DAILY.

>> HE WAS AT A POINT IN HIS LIFE WHERE HE WAS YOUNG.

HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO LIVE.

>> THERE ARE DAYS SHE PUTS ON MUSIC AND SPENDS TIME WATERING THE FLOWERS ON HIS BURIAL SITE.

>> LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME WE WERE PREPARING TO WELCOME HIM HOME THRILLED HE WAS COMING HOME.

AND NOW OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER.

>> 19-YEAR-OLD CHRYS CARVAJAL GRADUATE ADD AS A NATIONAL GUARDS MAN AND SET TO BE STATIONED AT A MILITARY BASE IN RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS.

LAST SUMMER HE WAS SHOT DEAD OVER FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

>> HE WAS INVITED TO A PARTY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.

AT ONE POINT HE DECIDES TO GO TO HIS CAR AND HE WAS THREE CARS AWAY FROM HIS WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

>> ACCORDING TO POLICE, CHRYS WAS GUNNED DOWN ON JULY 3 IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING.

DETECTIVES COLLECTED EVIDENCE INCLUDING WITNESS TESTIMONY.

BUT STATE ATTORNEY KIM FOXX DECLINED TO PRESS CHARGES.

>> HERE TEAM DECIDED EVEN WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE AND ALL THE WITNESSES AND THE SINGLED OUT PERSON, IS STILL WASN'T ENOUGH.

>> IN A STATEMENT, THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THEY'VE REVIEWED THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY POLICE AND QUOTE AT THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET BURDEN OF PROOF TO FILE CHARGES.

>> HE WAS WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER AS WELL.

HE IS GOING TO SERVE AND PROTECT YOUR CITY.

THE MINIMUM YOU CAN DO THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS BRING JUSTICE.

>> VETERAN MARCOS TORREZ NEVER MET THE SOLDIER BUT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAMILY TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE CASE.

>> WHAT IS THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN CHICAGO AND THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES IF YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, IF YOU ARE SERVING YOUR COUNTRY HONORABLY AND RESPECTFULLY AND YOU GET KILLED ON OUR STREETS AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE TO PROSECUTE DON'T PROSECUTE?

>> JENNIDER RAMIREZ SAYS SHE WANTS THE WORLD TO REMEMBER HER BROTHER AS THE HARD-WORKING AND LOVING YOUNG MAN HE WAS.

>> WE WANT THE YOUTH THE JUDGE KIDS TO -- YOUNG KIDS TO FOLLOW HIS STEPS.

HE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM AND MANY GOALS.

AND HE WAS WORKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.

AND EVEN THOUGH HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT, HE ACHIEVED MANY OF THOSE GOALS AND ONE WAS JOINING THE NATIONAL GUARD.

>> THIS WAS MY SON'S LIFE.

HIS ATMOSPHERE, HIS FAMILY.

>> AS SHE FLIPS THROUGH PICTURES YOU CAN SEE A GLIMPSE OF LIFE HE LIVED, FILLED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

>> NO MATTER WHAT I DO MY SON IS NOT COMING BACK.

I WOULD GIVE UP MY LIFE FOR MY SON TO COME BACK.

>> AS THE FAMILY PREPARES TO COME TOGETHER FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS WEEKEND, A GRIEVING MOTHER HOLDS ON TO HER FAITH THAT JUSTICE WILL COME.

>> WE TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME.

THE MESSAGE I WANT TO CONVEY TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IS DON'T GIVE UP.

YOUR VOICE FOR THE CITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> FOR LATINO VOICES I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

>> AND THE FAMILY'S OFFERING A $25,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.

AND BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> A NEW FILM SET IN CHICAGO AND PRODUCED BY A CHICAGO FILM COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S RICH HISTORY OF STREET ART.

"TAGGED" FOLLOWS A STREET ARTIST 2345EU78ED LEX WHO GETS IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION AFTER THE VAPE STORE OWNER DISAPPEARS.

>> SPRAY PAINT IS ILLEGAL IN THE CITY.

>> YOU HAVE VANDALISMS EVERYWHERE.

>> SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER IT ART.

>> "TAGGED" WAS RELEASED BY KERNEL PRODUCTIONS A GRASSROOTS COMPANY BASED IN BUCKTOWN.

THE REQUIRE SAYS HE WAS INSPIRED TO RELEASE THE FILM ABOUT COMMUNITY ART AFTER THE 34URD OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PROTESTS THAT FOLLOWED.

>> ONE OF THE STORES ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY APARTMENT WAS BOARDED UP.

AND THEY COMMISSIONED A GRAFFITI ARTIST TO PAINT SOMETHING TEMPORARY I'M SURE YOU SAW EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY THEY WERE PUTTING ART LEFT AND RIGHT.

AND I WATCHED THIS GUY OVER THE MUST HAVE BEEN CRUNCHED FOR TIME, HE WOULD PAINT AND COME BACK IN THE SPAN OF TWO DAYS.

I THOUGHT THE DUDE WAS DONE SEVEN TIMES AND HE KEPT PERFECTING AND PERFECTING AND PERFECTING.

AND I WAS LIKE WOW HE IS PUTTING THIS AMOUNT OF JUST WORK AND HEART INTO SOMETHING HE KNOWS IS GOING TO BE DOWN IN LIKE A WEEK?

I HAVE TO WRITE A STORY ABOUT A GRAFFITI ARTIST.

>> THE MAIN CHARACTER IS PLACE BIDE GRAM OTERO LIVERMORE.

HE USED TO BE A TAGGER HIMSELF AND HE IS FROM CHICAGO.

>> ALEX WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE FILM, HE IS A TAGGER AND HE HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I AM A FELON.

GREW UP IN CHICAGO.

I'VE LIVED IN THE SUBURBS.

I AM A FOSTER KID AND ORPHAN.

I'VE SEEN LIKE THE OBVIOUSLY NEGATIVE SIDES TO BEING AN ORPHAN AND JUST SORT OF SOMEONE WITHOUT A HOME.

AND YEAH, THIS IS WORK THIS IS THE CITY WHERE I FIND MYSELF WHERE I HAVE MY KIDS THIS IS MY HOME.

AND I THINK ALEX IS A REFLECTION OF WHO I AM JUST IN SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY.

HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE WATCH IT WHO ALSO HAVE THE EXPERIENCES WILL BE LIKE OH, YEAH, I'VE BEEN HERE AND IT WILL BE YOU KNOW, YEAH, LIKE HOW YOU SAY A LOVE LETTER TO CHICAGO AND THE CULTURE.

>> FOR INFORMATION HOW TO WATCH "TAGGED" HEAD TO WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHO FOR THIS WEEKEND.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING US SATURDAY NIGHT, KNOW THAT YOU CAN CATCH LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGINNING AT 10:00 P.M. AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" I'M PHIL PONCE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

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