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 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 return, the block i gave up this is who i looked up to. He had a notorious reputation. There was the violence and in return, we had the pros and cons for that. A lot of people would mess with me because of who my father was to my brother was. They became my enemies. It was not
We believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient of services. Today, you are working in youth development. What do you think the answer is in reducing Gang Violence . I want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. All of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. A lot of energy to the healing circle as well. As a juvenile, i was in Juvenile Hall and i went through that whole system myself. I have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. Through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education, i would say there is not one answer. The answer is that there is not an answer. You have brought about by bringing this conversation forum. It is not just Law Enforcement per
Categories. You have the individual who is not fully immersed in the gang lifestyle. He is just an associate comment just hanging out. Associates, just hanging out. For that individual, we try to work with communitybased programs. Ive met with dcyf,him out of the prison sentence. Then you have the second individual, the who does crimes not for economic means, but for someone who has tried to increase the tatus in es thg but being notorious for Gang Violence. For that individual, we have to have certain types of remedies. For that individual, we have to have consequences. However, it does not mean that we have toforce his prison se to the maximum of the law. We have a step program, which increases the amount of time you can go to a prison ford prison. For a home invasion, or a carjacking, or shooting into a car or house, you cannot 15 to life. For a regular felony, you can add five years. For that individual, we do not always seek to add that extra 10 years. We hope that person realizes
Craig is in manila with more on the monster storm. Reporter this is the moment when the storm hit a city of more than 200,000 people. Once the winds whipped in from the coast with gusts around 300 kilometers an hour, and with it came floodwater. People used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. This is the kind of scene rescue crews are seeing as they reach isolated areas. A tornado just passed us. And it lasted for four hours. It was just crumbling, you know. I mean, at first it was the ceiling that went off, and then the roof just started flying in all directions and then the water just started coming. Reporter the survivors are desperate. Weve got some looting going on at a drugstore by the looks of it. Were opening as many stores as we can so the people have access to food. There is some looting going on, and weve deployed the army as much as we can. Were trying to secure power and water, which are the basics. Reporter with communications down and roads out, emergency organiz
Believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient of services. Today, you are working in youth development. What do you think the answer is in reducing Gang Violence . I want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. All of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. A lot of energy to the healing circle as well. As a juvenile, i was in Juvenile Hall and i went through that whole system myself. I have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. Through personal experience and being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education, i would say there is not one answer. The answer is that there is not an answer. You have brought about by bringing this conversation forum. It is not just Law Enforcement perspective, it is not just t