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An L.A. Probation Officer Works to Reform Gang Member

Officer Jim Galipeau works with gangs in Los Angeles, and is currently trying to raise money for a program for older gang members. He'll talk with Terry about the truce between gangs that began last spring, just before the riots; the differences between Hispanic and Black gangs, and inner city and suburban gangs; the impact of the riots, and the possibility of riots in the future. Galipeau has been a probation officer for 27 years. He's a Vietnam vet, and when he was a teenager, he was a street fighter and drug addict.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 12, 1993: Interview with Jim Galipeau; Interview with Robert Cullen; Tribute to Billy Eckstine.
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