CNN CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown November 6, 2021 22:44:00
>> probably was nine. >> wow. what was it about gang life that appealed to you? >> family and toughness. i just felt the sense of security. i felt that i could get away from home and the verbal and physical abuse that was going on. >> curtis's commitment to gang life grew stronger after he experienced an even deeper trauma. >> i asked my mom, i was 17, and she was killed by my step-dad. i was already on this trajectory of being a bad -- and that just was the icing on the cake. it changed me. so for me picking up a stick bottle, knife, to guns. aren't just made for traders - they're made by the...