He told me his full name, his age, his hometown. I had to know. Somehow he had made it home in one piece. And, yes, he remembered talking to me. But that raised another question.
Gang members like to make headlines.
Apparently, news coverage sometimes eggs them on. I would like to think not, but I don't really know. Newsweek ran only an abbreviated version of my Minerva reporting. They stagger, they get sick, they get into fights and one-night stands. We examined some of what Wechsler calls the 'secondhand' effects of drinking.