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I was formally formerly a gang member who grew up in San Francisco. We all have stories of guys involved with the gang. Everyone has a different story of why they joined. My thing is, i believe it works for me to be involved with kids who were in gangs i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. It took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. In the meantime i have the goal that i wanted to be out here. I wanted the opportunity. I was given a life sentence in 1979. I was involved in gang and i caught a murder case. 15 years to life and i came here in 197...

My front door. The killing and the dope dealing. It was right there. This was a Community List of people, we just grew up together. There were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. And tell us what to wear. Someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. The army and navy have their bar fights. I did not see this as being a game, or a community. Supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. I did not have a stable household. Many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. In their ret...

First of all, i want to thank god for his grace. I work with united players. I do reentry and the youth involved in juvenile delinquency. The majority of the kids i work with our gang members. I was formally formerly a gang member who grew up in San Francisco. We all have stories of guys involved with the gang. Everyone has a different story of why they joined. My thing is, i believe it works for me to be involved with kids who were in gangs i worked with all of the shot colors and i had a goal while i was there. It took me 10 years before i started to transform my life. In the meantime i have...

We have seen this over the last three or four years. In 2008 there were 98 homicides in San Francisco. The number is now almost half. I think we continue to see that, as we work with the community. In closing, i want to say that your task force, they do an amazing job. They have the Community Aspect of this. Theyre out on the streets, and we will continue to build those relationships as long as we have this in place. Thank you. [applause] gino, you grteew up in the ba area. Bay area. How do you determine the gang . And what makes a person a gang member. We grew up in the city of richmond. We a...

I lived on this block and this is where my grandmothers house was, or i was born and raised. What people may see on tv was at my front door. The killing and the dope dealing. It was right there. This was a Community List of people, we just grew up together. There were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. And tell us what to wear. Someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. The army and navy have their bar fights. I did not see this as being a game, or a community. Supporting each other, this may have been in a negat...