El Salvador's Youth Are Trapped Between Gangs and Police Abuse - theintercept.com
Excerpt from this article:
"Kids in El Salvador face well-documented threats at the hands of gangs, from extortion to forced recruitment as members or 'girlfriends' of members. Being a witness to a gang murder, or just being in the wrong part of town or on the wrong bus line, can get you killed. Increasingly, they also face violence from police. Poor youth are rounded up on suspicion of being gang members, hassled, imprisoned, and, in some cases, killed."
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In 1958 God called David Wilkerson to go to New York City to bring the gospel to the gangs. His book The Cross and the Switchblade came out in 1962, a year after the musical West Side Story first came out. I like the movie West Side Story, especially the part where the gang sings about Officer Krupke, But David Wilkerson's book (and later movie) The Cross and the Switchblade is life changing. It's worth reading (and watching) over and over again!
Recommended video:
The Cross and the Switchblade in English or in Spanish.
Nicky and Gloria Cruz's 50th Anneversary
Recommended podcast:
When David Wilkerson Cried "Ichabod" - The Commercialization of CCM, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Excerpt from this article:
"Kids in El Salvador face well-documented threats at the hands of gangs, from extortion to forced recruitment as members or 'girlfriends' of members. Being a witness to a gang murder, or just being in the wrong part of town or on the wrong bus line, can get you killed. Increasingly, they also face violence from police. Poor youth are rounded up on suspicion of being gang members, hassled, imprisoned, and, in some cases, killed."
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In 1958 God called David Wilkerson to go to New York City to bring the gospel to the gangs. His book The Cross and the Switchblade came out in 1962, a year after the musical West Side Story first came out. I like the movie West Side Story, especially the part where the gang sings about Officer Krupke, But David Wilkerson's book (and later movie) The Cross and the Switchblade is life changing. It's worth reading (and watching) over and over again!
Recommended video:
The Cross and the Switchblade in English or in Spanish.
Nicky and Gloria Cruz's 50th Anneversary
Recommended podcast:
When David Wilkerson Cried "Ichabod" - The Commercialization of CCM, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
