“A few days ago, New York’s State Senate passed a bill making it illegal to recruit someone into a street gang … In the never-ending fight by city officials and legislators to combat gangs, this is one of the latest efforts to outmaneuver gang members.”

Yeah, ‘cos that’ll really do the trick. The gangs mug people, shoot people, deal drugs - but of course, they’re going to stop recruiting people now that it’s illegal. From the New York Times’ Freakonomics blog, here.

Posted Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
Filed in community and social, politics

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