>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... [♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" I'M PHIL PONCE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT...

REACTION FROM THE LOCAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION ON THE SUPREME COURT SEISMIC RULING OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHETHER IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC.

AS THE CITY PREPARES FOR PRIDE WEEKEND A LOOK AT THE TURBULENT POLITICAL CLIMATE FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.

THE STORY BEHIND THE REACTION OF UP WITH OF CHICAGO'S MOST VISIBLE MURALS.

>> THE LINE, IT JUST BRINGS IT BACK TO SUMMER.

>> AND PRUING UP THE FLAVORS OF MEXICO AT CASA HUMILDE.

FIRST OFF TONIGHT, THE LEAKED MEMO OF THE SUPREME COURT DRAFT SIGNALED THE OVERTURNING OF THE ROE VS. WADE AND THE OFFICIAL RULING CAME AS A JOLT.

THE DECISION ENDS FIVE DECADES OF FEDERAL ABORTION RIGHTS AND MEANS GOING FORWARD IT WILL BE DETERMINED BY INDIVIDUAL STATES.

LINDA SAYS EVEN THOUGH ILLINOIS WILL SEE NO CHANGE IN ABORTION, ACCESS AS A RESULT, HER ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS LIKE IT ARE WORKING TO ENSURE ABORTION REMAINS LEGAL HERE.

>> WE HAVE AS A LATINA WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES WE MAY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS THAT CONTACT US AND SAY SO AND SO IS NEEDING AN ABORTION OR OTHER TYPES OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE CAN YOU HELP?

AND THAT MAY NEVER HAPPEN BEFORE.

SO WE SHOULD AS A COMMUNITY BE WELL-EDUCATED ESPECIALLY WHEN LANGUAGE BECOMES A DETERRENT OR ACCESS BECAUSE OF MONEY.

OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY OF US WE ARE FRONTLINE WORKERS LOW INCOME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SISTERS ALL HAVE ACCESS?

WE HAVE TO HAVE A RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR INCIDENTS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

THAT IS WHY I KNOW IN ILLINOIS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHO HAVE BEEN GALVANIZING THE FORCES AND WE NEED TO JOIN THEM AND MAKE SURE WE CAN HELP ALL THE WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING TO SEEK ABORTION OR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE TO COME TO ILLINOIS AND MAKE THIS A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL THEY ARE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR ECONOMY OVER THEIR BODIES.

AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THE RULES COULD HAVE ON GAY MARRIAGE.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS UNVEILEDDED A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY THAT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FOR POLICE AND CIVILIANS.

THE POLICY LIMITS WHEN OFFICERS CAN PURSUE PEOPLE TO TIMES WHEN QUOTE THEY HAVE REASONABLE SUSPENSION OR PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE PERSON HAS COMMITTED IS COMMITTING OR IS ABOUT TO COMMIT A FELONY OR CERTAIN CLASS A MISDEMEANORS.

THE POLICY PROHIBITS OFFICERS FROM PURSUING PEOPLE FOR ONLY RUNNING FROM POLICE NOR CAN THEY PURSUE PEOPLE FOR PARKING AND ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS AND TRAFFIC OFFENSES.

THE POLICY COMES A YEAR AFTER OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED 22-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ALVAREZ AND 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO IN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS THAT FOLLOWED FOOT PURSUITS.

HERE IS POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN ON THE NEW POLICY... >> I THINK THIS POLICY WITHOUT QUESTION HAS THE RIGHT NOTE IN BALANCING OFFICER'S SAFETY, OUR ABILITY TO CAPTURE OFFENDERS BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.

>> AND JOINING NOWS, BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ, AND MATEO ZAPATA AND BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUPLE.

WE INVITED THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IF JOIN THIS CONVERSATION BUT THEY DECLINED.

BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ YOUR REACTION TO THE NEW POLICY?

>> OUR REACTION, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THIS POLICY IS GOING TO BE ENACTED BUT WE ARE NOT EXCITED.

BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE A THOUSAND POLICIES AND IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T FOLLOW THEM, THEN WHAT IS THE POINT, RIGHT?

AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THEY WERE GIVEN A POLICY ELLA FRENCH WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO WAIT FOR BACK UP AND THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THE POLICY.

AND THE RESULT WATTS HER DEATH.

THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

WE COULD HAVE ALL THE POLICY WE WANT BUT IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THEM THERE IS NO POINT HAVING THEM.

THIS POLICY PROTECTS PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH MY COLOR AND MY HAIR STYLE AND IMAGE.

THIS POLICY IS FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

>> I THINK WE MAY HAVE LOST.

LET ME SWITCH TO WALDEMAR CRUZ YOUR REACTION TO THE NEW POLICY AS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER?

>> THE NEW POLICIES ALWAYS ATTACK THE POLICE.

WE ARE NOT CLARVOYANT AND WE CANNOT READ THE CRIMINAL'S MIND.

Mr. BALTHAZAR CRITICIZED THE POLICE OFFICER WHICH IS DISRESPECTFUL IN THE LINE OF DUTY GIVING HER LIFE TO THE CITY.

AND WE NEED -- BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WE DON'T CREATE LAWS TO FIGHT CRIMINALS.

ALL IT IS TO HANDCUFF THE POLICE, DON'T LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.

CONTINUE TO RESTRICT OUR ABILITY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER BECAUSE SOME COMMUNITIES SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO MAKE CRIMINAL VICTIMS WHEN THEY ARE OFFENDERS.

>> BUT DO YOU THINK THIS NEW POLICY WILL IMPACT HOW POLICE INTERACT WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR?

>> I THINK IT'S LARGELY PERFORM ACTIVE TO BE HONEST.

AT THE CORE OF THE ISSUE, THERE IS A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POLICE OFFICERS THAT DO KILL BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY IN CHICAGO.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN IT NOT JUST RECENTLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING CULTURE OF JUST A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR POLICE.

AND I DON'T THINK THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY IS GOING TO REALLY HELP.

I THINK IT'S PERFORM TIF AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> WALDEMAR CRUZ YOUR REACTION HAVE POLICE BEEN UNACCOUNTABLE?

>> NO.

WE HAVE HAD MANY OFFICERS FIRED FROM THE LINE OF DUTY.

FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS.

IT'S GETTING TIRING HEARING BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE SAY IT IS A RACIAL THING WHEN THE MAJORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ARE MINORITIES.

THAT'S JUST BE FACTUAL ABOUT THIS.

MOST POLICE OFFICERS ARE BLACK AND BROWN AND FEMALES.

AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS.

I AM PUERTO RICAN, AND I GREW UP IN HUT BOLT PARK WITH GANGS AROUND ME AND WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF VIOLENCE.

BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO CRITICIZE THE POLICE AND NEVER THE OFFENDERS, NEVER THE GANG BANGERS OR THE PEOPLE COMMITTING THE CRIMES.

IT'S ALWAYS THE POLICE.

>> BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ HOW ABOUT THAT?

HAVE THE POLICE BEEN SUBJECT TO UNDUE SCRUTINY OR DO YOU THINK IT'S HIGH TIME FOR A POLICY LIKE THIS TO BE PUT IN PLACE?

>> THIS POLICY IS GOOD IN PLACE.

LET ME ANSWER SOMETHING THAT WALDEMAR CRUZ SAID.

I'M NOT CRITICIZING THE POLICE OFFICER.

>> I'M PROVING THAT WE COULD HAVE POLICIES AND IF WE HAVE POLICIES AND IF THE POLICE OFFICERS DON'T FOLLOW IT AND THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS.

WE HAVE PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THEIR MISTAKES WE THE TAXPAYERS ARE TIRED OF PAYING MILLIONS OF CRASSER FOR THEIR MISTAKES.

LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THEY SHOT A 13-YEAR-OLD HE HAD HIS HANDS UP AND HE GOT SHOT IN HIS BACK.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE AGAINST.

KILLER COPS, BAD BEHAVIOR AND POLICE BRUTALITY.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PUSHING TO REFORM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ENGAGE WITH US AND LISTEN TO US SO WE CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT A MILITARY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS BUT THEY ARE JUST AS WORSE AS THE RACIST ONES THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR KNEES ON YOUR BACK AND GUN IN-YOUR-FACE AND THEY ARE COLORED.

AND HE IS RIGHT.

BUT THE OFFICERS TURNED LIKE THE BAD BEHAVIOR THAT THEIR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.

>> WALDEMAR CRUZ ONE OF THE 0 ARGUE APARTMENTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES IS THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THINGS SAFER FOR OFFICERS.

WILL IT?

>> IT WILL MAKE IT SAFER FOR OFFICERS BECAUSE OFFICERS WILL SAY BUILDING IN THE PERSON IS COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIME I'M NOT CHASING HIM.

THE COUNTERACT SHOP ABOUT THAT IS SERIOUS OFFENDERS WILL ROAM THE STREETS AND CONTINUE TO COMMIT CRIMES.

UNTIL WE FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM, FIND A WAY TO TALK TO EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF BLAMING EACH OTHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE LAWS PASSED TO RESTRICT POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES.

>> MATEO ZAPATA WHAT OPTIONS TO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO A FOOT PURSUIT WHEN THEY SUSPECT SOMEBODY HAS COMMITTED A SERIOUS CRIME.

>> TO REFERENCE THE COMMENTS MADE IN REGARDS TO WHAT I WAS SAYING I DON'T THINK THAT ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BEEN PUT FORTH.

THE OFFICERS THAT KILLED ANTHONY ALVAREZ AND ADAM TOLEDO THERE'S NO CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND IF YOU LOOK AT A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST HIM LIKE JASON VAN DYKE FOR SHOOTING LAQUAN McDONALD 16 TIMES HE SERVED LESS THAN HALF OF HIS SENTENCE WHICH WAS THREE YEARS.

AND YES, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT KILLS IN THE CITY ARE BLACK AND BROWN.

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU ASKED, I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT IS PUT FORTH AND THERE HAS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU CAN'T AND SHOULD NOT SHOOT SOMEONE IN THE BACK AND THAT YOU CAN'T AND SHOULD NOT SHOOT SOMEONE WHO HAS THEIR HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND IS UNARMED.

SIMPLE.

>> WALDEMAR CRUZ THE LAST WORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO TAKEAWAY FROM THIS DISCUSSION?

>> WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT KEEPS EVERYONE SAFE.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE VIOLENCE THAT OFFENDERS DO TO POLICE OFFICERS.

THREE POLICE OFFICERS SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY WERE ALL BROWN IN COLOR.

WE DON'T HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

AND UNTIL THE PUBLIC STARTS SAYING WE WANT SAFETY AND WE WANT TO GIVE THE POLICE SOME CONTROL BACK WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE VIOLENCE GROW THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

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

THANK YOU TO WALDEMAR CRUZ, MATEO ZAPATA AND BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT IS PRIDE MONTH COMES TO AN END WE TALK WITH MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE AND ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION.

>> THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF GAY MARRIAGE COULD SOON BE ON THE TABLE?

ACTIVISTS ARE MOBILIZING AS 12 STATES ARE PROPOSING LEGISLATION AFFECTING LGBTQ AMERICANS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, A DON'T SAY GAY BILL PREVENTING TEACHERS FROM DISCUSSING SEXUAL ORIENTATION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN FLORIDA AND THAT MOVE HAS BECOME A POSSIBLE TEMPLATE FOR OTHER STATES TO FOLLOW.

SO WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE LGBTQ RIGHTS?

JOINING US TO SHARE HIS CLOUDS ARE ANTONIO SANTOS DIRECTOR OF THE GAGE PARK LATINX COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOUR REACTION TO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID INSOFAR AS IT MIGHT IMPACT GAY RIGHTS AND SPECIFICALLY GAY MARRIAGE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO I THINK THAT WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DID TODAY WAS ABSOLUTELY EGREGIOUS.

A VIOLATION TO BODY AUTONOMY WHICH IS AN LGBTQ PLUS ISSUE AS WE SPEAK ABOUT TRANSFOLKS AND HOW THEIR BODIES ARE LEGISLATED AGAINST.

WE KNOW THAT TAKING AWAY 50 YEARS OF PRECEDENCE OPENS THE DOOR TO GAY MARRIAGE BEING NEXT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, GAY MARRIAGE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR LESS THAN A DECADE AS LAW OF THE LAND.

AND I CAN SEE THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT UP TO STATES TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WE WHEN STATES ARE LEFT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, QUEER PEOPLE AND WOMEN SUFFER.

>> WHEN YOU SPEAK TO COLLEAGUES, DO THEY THINK THAT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS NOW FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TO BE IN JEOPARDY AS FAR AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

OUR RIGHTS ARE NEVER GUARANTEED.

WE WERE NOT THOUGHT OF IN THE CONSTITUTION WHEN THE LAWS WERE MADE.

SO AS QUEER PEOPLE WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE VIGIL AND ORGANIZING FOR OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS UNDER ATTACK.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF GAY MARRIAGE WAS NEXT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND WE SAW IT MENTIONED IN THE LEAKED DOCUMENT.

>> ABOUT A DOZEN STATES ARE CONSIDERING LAWS SIMILAR TO FLORIDA'S.

IN FLORIDA, THE LAW THERE SEEKS TO PROHIBIT SCHOOLS FROM USING A CURRICULUM OR DISCUSSING TOPICS OF GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

IS THERE A BACKLASH RIGHT NOW AGAINST LGBTQ PEOPLE?

>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY THERE IS A BACKLASH AND THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOLKS PUSHING TO TAKEAWAY OUR WAY RIGHTS.

THE IDEA THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEARN ABOUT QUEER HISTORY IS PROBLEMATIC AND THE SAME THING WITH CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE IDEA WE SHOULD NOT TALK ABOUT RACE IN SCHOOLS.

KEEPING HISTORIES ERASED MAKES IT EASIEST TO PERPETUATE CRIMES AGAINST THEM AND TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS.

>> IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD BELIEF THAT THINGS HAD IMPROVED FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS BACKLASH IS HAPPENING?

>> I THINK THAT FOLKS FEEL THAT THINGS HAVE IMPROVED FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE HYPER VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW.

THROUGH NONMAINSTREAM PLATFORM P.M.S, QUEERNESS HAS COME TO THE MAINSTREAM AND THAT IS SEEN AS THREATENING.

PEOPLE LIKED IT BETTER WHEN THEY DIDN'T SEE LGBTQ PEOPLE IN MOVIES OR BOOKS OR CLASSROOMS.

THE FACT THEY ARE BEING EMBRACED AS HUMANS AND AMERICANS AND PART OF THE COUNTRY IS THREATENING FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH WE DID NOT EXIST.

>> IF THERE IS A BACKLASH TAKING PLACE, WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

>> I THINK NOW IS THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO EMBRACE LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND CREATE SPACES FOR THEM TO FEEL AFFIRMED AND LOVED.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT THE OPPOSITE FOR THEM.

THAT WANT THEM TO BE ISOLATED AND THAT SIMPLY IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE ABLE TO DO ANYMORE.

>> LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE WHAT IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE FACING LGBTQ PEOPLE?

>> I THINK THAT THE THREAT ON LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT IS THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE KNOW THE NEXT GENERATION IS FAR MORE OPEN MINDED ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS TOPICS AND THEY ARE MORE EXPRESSSIVE OF GENDER AND IDENTITY AND SEXUALITY AND THAT IS THE THREAT.

AS QUEER ELDERS IT IS OUR SPACE TO CREATE SAFE PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IF IT WAS UP TO THE REPUBLICANS QUEER YOUTH WOULD HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.

ANTONIO SANTOS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BOTTLING UP MEMORIES AND THE TASTE OF CHILDHOOD SUMMERS.

STAY WITH US.

>> FOR LOVERS OF CRAFT BREW, CHICAGO'S BEER STYNES OVERFLOW WITH OPTIONS.

THERE ARE 160 CRAFT BREWERIES IN THE CITY.

AND HERE IT'S RARE TO FIND A BREW CRAFTED BY LATINOS.

LUCKY FOR CHICAGOANS THERE IS A SPOT THAT OFFERS BREWS WITH THE FLAVORS OF MEXICO CREATE.

GUN GUN HOISTED A PINT OR TWO AT CASA HUMILDE.

ERICA GUNDERSON HOISTED A PINT OR TWO AT CASA HUMILDE.

>> I THINK THE COOLEST THING WHEN WE RELEASE A BEER IS SEEING OUR GENERATION REACT TO IT.

AND WE GET SO MANY PEOPLE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE AGE WISE WHERE THEY RELATE TO IT SO MUCH.

THE LINE, THE HIBISCUS IT BRINGS IT BACK TO SUMMER.

IT BRINGS IT BACK TO ALL OF OUR SUMMERS.

>> WHEN PEOPLE TRY OUR BEER WE WANT TO HELP THEM BRING BACK MEMORIES.

A LOT OF INGREDIENTS WE USE ARE FROM MY AREA.

IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT.

>> TIP BACK A COLD BEER AND YOU WILL GET A TASTE OF THE MEXICAN FOOD WAYS IN EVERY SENSE.

>> WE USE OUR OWN COFFEE THAT WE ROASTED.

>> HIBISCUS, THE LIME, WE'VE USED MANGOS, PENA, WE'VE USED A LOT OF STUFF THAT KIND OF NOSTALGIC.

>> THE FLAVORS, THE FLAVORS OF A CHILDHOOD FENCE PLAYING ON THE STREETS AND SUMMERS WITH FAMILY.

THE CRAFT BREWERY IS HEADED UP BY BROTHERS JOSE AND JAVIER LOPEZ, THEY SIMPLY ENJOYED CRAFT BEER.

>> JAVIER WAS DRINKING CRAFT BEER BEFORE ME.

>> LIKE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

>> HE WOULD HAVE AT HIS HOUSE FULL OF CRAFT BEER.

SOMETIMES HE WOULD HAVE NO MILK OR EGGS BUT A FRIDGE FULL OF THOUSANDS OF IPA'S.

>> IN THE SUMMER OF 2015 THE BROTHERS TURNED THEIR OBSESSION INTO A BUSINESS.

>> I HAD A BAND HERE IN CHICAGO.

DID THAT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.

AND I WAS KIND OF DONE WITH THAT.

SO I TOLD MY BROTHER LET'S TRY MAKING BEER.

$600 AND GET A STOVE TOP KIT.

>> HE LIED.

>> WE DO IT ON THE STOVE.

BUT THAT TURNED INTO WELL OVER LIKE $30,000 IN EQUIPMENT.

>> WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM AND THAT WAS OUR BREW HOUSE.

>> WE ONCE WE SAW WHAT IT TAKES AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WE SAID WE WENT ALL IN.

LIKE LET'S KEEP WORKING AT IT.

>> AFTER A FEW YEARS OF HOME BREWING THE LOPEZ BROTHERS REALIZED THEIR BEERS HAD TAKEN ON A MEXICAN IDENTITY.

>> FIRST NAME WE HAD WAS AUXILIARY BREWING.

YOU COULD NOT RELATE TO ANYTHING FROM OUR CULTURES.

IT DOESN'T COMMUNICATE TO THE CUSTOMERS WHAT WE WANTED.

>> A REBRAND CASA HUMILDE REFLECTED THEIR FLAVORS AND THEIR FAMILY VALUES.

>> HOW UPBRINGING FROM OUR PARENTS AND GRANDMOTHER AND JUST TAUGHT US TO BE HUMBLE AND HELP PEOPLE.

WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN YOU GIVE YOUR BEST.

AND PART OF IS WE STARTED BREWING AT HOME, TOO.

>> IN 2019 THE LOPEZ BROTHERS MOVED HERE WHERE BEER LOVERS CAN SAMPLE THEIR FLAGSHIPPERS AND EXPERIMENTAL FLAVORS.

>> THAT IS REALLY GOOD.

>> WE JUST DID A STOUT FOR THIS PAST WINTER.

SO IT IS INSPIRED SOUTH.

IT DID VERY WELL PEOPLE ENJOYED IT.

STRONG BEER ABOUT 8%.

BUT IT DELIVERS THE FULL FLAVOR OF ORCHATA IN IT.

>> NOW, THEY ARE BROADENING THE IDEAS OF WHAT BEER CAN BE.

>> WITH OUR CULTURE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USED TO DRINKING BEERS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE MOST PROUD OF WHERE WE CAN INTRODUCE THE MACRO BEER DRINKERS TO OTHER BEERS.

>> GETTING PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT WORLD.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND THE LOPEZ BROTHERS ARE NOT STOPPING AT BEER THEY HAVE BEGUN ROASTING THEIR OWN COFFEE WITH BEANS FROM MEXICO.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY MEXICAN SALADS WITH YOUR BEER, CASA HUMILDE IS HOSTING A MUSIC AND BEER FESTIVAL ON JULY 3.

YOU WILL FIND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND NOT MANY MURALS CAN SAY THEIR WORK IS SEEN BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BUT CHICAGO ARTISTS CAN MAKE THAT CLAIM.

HIS WORK ON THE SIDE OF THE CARNIVAL RESTAURANT IS HARD TO MISS OVERLOOKING THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY.

THE MURAL WAS CREATED IN THE FALL OF 2020 AND THE ARTIST SAYS HE HOPES HIS MURAL'S MESSAGE OFFERED A CALMING RESPITE DURING A TURBULENT TIME.

>> THE TITLE OF THE MURAL IS LOVE ALWAYS WINS.

WE ARE IN AN AREA IN WEST LOOP WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND 400,000 CARS A DAY ON THE HIGHWAY.

LOVE ALWAYS WINS IS A MESSAGE FOR EVERYONE THAT PASSES BY HERE.

AND SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE IN THE CITY.

>> WE STARTED THE MURAL OCTOBER 6 OF 2020.

AND WE ENDED IT DECEMBER 30TH OF 2020.

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ARTIST AND I LEX.

HE ASSISTED ME WE WORKED THROUGH SNOW, SLEET, RAIN AND HOT DAYS.

OCTOBER HAD HOT DAYS ALSO.

ONCE YOU ARE HERE THE SOUNDS OF THE HIGHWAYS AND THE CARS IS EXTREMELY LOUD.

24/7.

THE WIND MOVED THE SWING STAGE A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM THE WALL SO YOU ARE SWINGING.

THE SCALE IS ENORMOUS.

EACH OF THE PETALS I'M 6'2" AND THEY WERE 7 FEET TALL AND HERE THEY LOOK TINY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT CORNERS.

EVERY PETAL AND SHADE EVERY FLOWER HAS AT LEAST SEVEN LAYERS OF SPRAY PAINT.

I WAS A KID THAT LOOKED AT WALLS AND GET INSPIRED AND THAT IS HOW MY LOVE FOR MURALS AND GRAFFITI STARTED.

THE COMMUNITY SAVED A LOT OF US FROM A LOT OF TROUBLE.

SAVED US FROM GANGS A LOT OF US MADE CAREERS OUT OF IT AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT MEANT A LOT FOR US.

I FEEL GRATEFUL TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE RESPOND TO.

OUR WORK IS NOT ABOUT ME.

IT'S ABOUT CREATING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATE.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

GIVE ART.

AND SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR ABILITY WITH OURAL TENT FOR PEOPLE -- WITH OUR TALENT FOR PEOPLE.

>> AND YOU CAN FIND MORE ON OUR MURAL SERIES ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING US SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN CATCH LATANYA MCDADE VOICES AND -- LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES BEGINNING SUNDAY AT 10:00 P.M. AND JOIN PARIS SCHUTZ FOR THE NEXT VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.

WE WILL TALK BEFORE THE PBS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT DOCUMENTARY.

VISIT... TO RSVP?

>> 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 AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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