For years, Samuel Jackson walked through neighborhoods of the Bronx ready to step in between rival gangs on the verge of a deadly exchange. As a “violence interrupter” for Bronx Connect’s Release the Grip office, a Bronx site for the global nonprofit Cure Violence, the 39-year-old former gang member used his personal experience to persuade young...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 06, 2017 00:39 UTC