S5E17 Nothing To See Here: WATTS — A Generational Shift from Violence and Crime

Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23.

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

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Guests:

Qiuana Williams - Director for the documentary and her son, Shawn Reynolds, was a victim of gun violence.

Cornelius Wills - Cornelius, an inactive member of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, who shares his journey from gang violence to becoming a community advocate.

Tim Pearce - Tim is a former LAPD gang officer who dedicated his career to patrolling high-risk areas such as Watts.

Topics:

• The Story Behind the Story — How individual lives ripple outward, leaving marks on families, neighborhoods, and entire communities.
• Impact Beyond Borders — When the story can’t be contained, echoing across cities, countries, and shared human experience.
• Colliding Narratives — Black and white. Law and lawless. Cop and criminal.
• Truth vs. Portrayal — The uncomfortable reality: what we’ve been shown isn’t the full picture. The real story lives in the spaces that movies and media rarely capture.

References & Resources:

1. The WATTS documentary website: https://nothingtoseeheremovie.com/
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothingtoseehere_watts
2. Tim's company, Accuracy Under Fire (A.U.Fire) website: https://www.aufire.com/
3. Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timpearceaufire/
4. Qiuana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiuana-williams-3056711a/