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We Connected Former Gang Members, Clergy, Community and Police to Fight Violence
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In the city of Stockton, Calif., gun violence was already notably on the rise in 2011 because of a series of compounding circumstances. First, there were cutbacks in law enforcement due to a city budget crisis.