Director Spike Lee on Gun Violence: ‘It’s Not Always Policemen’

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn

While gun violence is a problem that affects more than just black Americans, venerable movie director Spike Lee said that he hoped to convey that it’s “not always policeman” who die from guns with his new movie.

During an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, Lee said that while he does not usually speak to the “takeaway” in his films, he hopes that when people view his latest film, “Chi-Raq,” they “think about guns.” Lee said 88 Americans die daily from gun violence — and not just in places like Chicago or “in the hood.”

“It affects rural areas, it affects everybody,” he said.

“I want to speak in this film on black-on-black violence. It’s not always policeman,” Lee said. “It wasn’t a cop that executed Tyshawn Lee, the 9-year-old boy who was murdered in an alleyway in a Chicago suburb. To me, the complexion or color of the trigger finger does not matter to me. You kill somebody, you kill somebody, no matter who you are.”

Lee attributed Chicago’s problem with violence to the segregation of the city.

“I think part has to do with Chicago is America’s biggest segregated city,” the director said. “And I think that has …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze