The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.
“The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.”
— Greg Boyle · Belongs
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The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.
“The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.”
— Greg Boyle · Belongs
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“The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.”
“I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.”
“What do we know to be true about gang violence? We know we will fail if we fixate on the symptoms and not address what undergirds it.”
“The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.”
“The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.”
“We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease.”
“The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.”
“I think, traditionally, power is perceived as something that belongs to men and is an excuse to behave in a disempowered way.”
“Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is.”
“Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.”
“Photography belongs to a fraternity of its own. I was young and enthusiastic and wanted to take good pictures to show the other photographers. That, and the professional pride of convincing an editor that I was the man to go somewhere, were the most important things to me.”
“What is true belongs to me!”