www.WHEC.com - Former gang member speaks out: "3,000 gang members in the Rochester-Finger Lakes area.
Rochester's police chief says ending gang-related crimes is his number one issue.
So why do teens join gangs, and what can the community do to prevent it?
On Tuesday, a former gang member shared his story with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as she held a press conference in Rochester on her new anti-gang initiative. Twenty-year-old Lawrence Richardson wants other young people to avoid the same mistakes he made.
'I was a gang member,' he said. 'I was out there in the streets, from the lack of opportunities"
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