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" I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it. "
Greg Boyle
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" The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible. "
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