Richard Garland
Richard Garland
help problem
We've got to help each other out, because this problem isn't going away.
example folks living
I've been there and done it. I'm a living example to a lot of folks that they can do the right thing too.
community jumping letting meetings stuff talk
I go to community meetings and everybody's jumping up and down, hollering at the police. He ain't the problem. ... We talk racism, we talk class. When do we put the onus on the community? Why are you letting this stuff go on?
biggest people report
One of the biggest things in the African-American community, people don't report crime.
last
He was one of the last ones I would have thought would get into that.
connected interested kids reasons work
He connected to the kids through the sports. That's one of the reasons I was interested in having him work with us.
allegiance pair
If I can get a 10-year-old a pair of Air Jordans, his allegiance is to me.
became best kids raised recruit street
The drug dealers became these kids' best friends. They'd recruit these kids to be lookouts. The street raised these kids.