He noted that some of the men charged in these gang killings were
once "vaunted athletes" in city or school recreation programs.
"I don't perceive a nexus between recreation and criminal behavior,"
Richards said. "It might be somewhat simplistic, but I have never run
into a situation where choices devolved down to playing basketball or
robbing a bank."
, Schneider took exception to comments Dangler made at a hastily
convened news conference Dec. 26 at which Dangler and the Concerned
Citizens Coalition called for federal and county help in resolving the
problem.
Schneider, in noting that local officials regularly work with county
and state officials, called Dangler's comments "politically
opportunistic. . . .
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