May 6, 2019
In 2007, Ecuador decided to recognize some of its street gangs as cultural and social organizations. Since then its murder rate has fallen sharply. Can inclusion policies turn gang membership into a force for good? Click here to listen.
Featuring expert witness Sam Anderson.
WNYC’s Midday
Jan 24, 2018
Freelance reporter and former WNYC producer Sam Anderson talks about his recent reporting for Latino USA, “The Rise and Fall of a Latin King.” The half hour piece looks at the history of the Latin Kings and its transformation from a street gang to a social organization. Antonio Fernandez, who came to be known as King Tone, rose up through the ranks of the gang and wanted to radically change the Latin Kings from within. Sam Anderson looks at the challenges Fernandez faced in enacting this vision and how the police, FBI, and Fernandez’s own actions ultimately got in the way of its realization.
