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...course. But look, gang members are among the quietest people you will ever meet. You know, gangs are like families. Little kids get disciplined in gangs. When a little kid drifts into a gang, he doesn't just get a gun thrust into his hands. He's gonna get homeboy love, which is pretty potent...
...After they knock him around? I mean, you described "jumping in," the brutal gang initiation rites where they beat up the new kid before accepting him as a member...
...That doesn't always happen. These people share a bond that is beyond acceptance. It is a bond where someone will lay down his life for you -- or kill for you. I've seen gang members who are paraplegic being tended to more lovingly than they would be by their own families...
...These are the gang members who have been paralyzed as a result of being shot in the back during gunfights...
...there are many gang members who got out. There is a player in the N.F.L. back East. There are homeboys who stopped running with the gangs because school was important to them, and in some cases, their gangs helped them pay for college. There are attorneys, doctors, professionals, military men. A lot of them fought in the gulf war. The guy who hands you your luggage at the airport or sells you a ticket at the movies may be a gang member. One of the Bloods manages a very popular rap group now. He just signed them with Atlantic Records...