DALLAS — In an effort to curb the city's growing gang problem, a local councilman organized a group bus tour of gang-afflicted neighborhoods in the Dallas area to discuss solutions, KENS5 Eyewitness News reported.
Bus tour takes Texas teens away from gangs
The bus tour, dubbed the "Future Former Gang Tour," gathered students, community activists, and Dallas Police Gang Unit officers together to view the blight, vandalism, and other issues in gang-afflicted neighborhoods.
July 15, 2014
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The bus tour, dubbed the "Future Former Gang Tour," gathered students, community activists, and Dallas Police Gang Unit officers together to view the blight, vandalism, and other issues some of the teens called a normal scene, according to the report.
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