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...although Campbell has enjoyed the past seven years of organized hoops--Campbell attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before coming to Harvard--he maintains that the most rewarding moments of his basketball life were the days and nights he spent fighting those tough, hard-nosed playground battles with his twin brother, Gary, in Harlem...
Seven weeks later, Dodd found a four-year-old boy playing alone in an elementary school playground. He coaxed Lee Iseli home with him to play some games. "When we got there, I told him he had to be real quiet because my neighbor lady didn't like kids," Dodd said. He then stripped off Lee Iseli's clothes, tied the boy to the bed and began taking Polaroid pictures as he molested the child. He later mounted the photos in a 4-in.-by-6-in. pink photo album labeled FAMILY MEMORIES...
Many at Malcolm X express a sense of desperation in trying to rescue the children. Frank Edge is a formidable 215-lb. former professional wrestler who works as a school security guard. Children follow him around the playground and through the halls, where he doles out lollipops and hugs in equal measure. But for Edge, this is no casual job. Before coming to Malcolm X two years ago, he was assigned to a nearby junior high. When students from the school were killed, it was his duty to walk the grieving mother or father to their child's locker...
...federal undercover narcotics agent. By day he volunteers his time providing security and a reassuring presence at the school. Earl, a former Golden Gloves boxing champion, is rough-edged and straight talking. A father of six, he can also be a gentle man, and is often seen crossing the playground or walking the halls, a knot of adoring children at his side...
...throw the Washington Monument. Some of these kids have known only violence. It's like entering a lion's cage with steak in all your pockets -- you come out all chewed up." Moments later, he is comforting a fifth-grade boy who has fallen on the playground...