COLUMBIA – Purvis Hunt III, the Youth Development Coordinator for Columbia’s Youth Empowerment Zone, said that as an adolescent, he got involved with a gang for “money, power and mad respect.”
Columbia residents discuss gang presence, preventative measures
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | 10:28 p.m. CST;
updated 5:29 p.m. CST, Wednesday, February 25, 2009
To read the full article, please sign up or login.
Get full access to the Columbia Missourian on your computer, phone, and tablet for just $5.95 per month. Or click here for full access for one day for only 99 cents.
* Unlimited access on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone and Android tablet
* All the high-quality, in-depth journalism of the Columbia Missourian and Vox Magazine, updated 24/7
* Your news. Your device. Your time.
If you'd like to read more about the value of being a member, read this column from the Missourian's executive editor, Tom Warhover.
advertisements
