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...another gang member, chimes in: "When that bullet goes into you, it hurts like nothing you've ever felt before." Says another: "It burns like hell--like fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...Every time I take a bullet, I only have one request," says another gang member softly. "And that's for a cigarette. I always smoke when I get shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...group laughs uproariously at memories of their brother sprawled and bleeding on the sidewalk, puffing a Newport. The stories help break the monotony of the gang's three-hour security shifts, in which they look out for cops and frisk customers entering the building to score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

That year Tomes was asked to take on the role of youth minister for a parish and work with the street gangs in the surrounding projects of Henry Horner Homes and Rockwell Gardens. At the time, the neighborhood was rife with killing between the Vice Lords and Gangster Disciples. On Tomes' first day in the projects, he was snubbed. Some gangsters threw rocks at him. On his second day, the gang voted in council whether Tomes should be killed, but decided that his intentions were only positive and that he should be protected rather than removed. The gangsters also accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...phone calls usually come at night. The voice is always low, distressed, the tone conspiratorial. A Gangster Disciple or Vice Lord assigned to murder informs Brother Bill that warfare is on the horizon, that just moments ago he was instructed to kill a rival gang member. "I don't wanna shoot nobody, and I don't wanna die, Brother Bill," the voice whispers. "Please come over here. Nothing's gonna happen if you're here. Help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Line Of Fire | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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