The Interrupters

‘Violence interrupters’ in Chicago aim to change behaviors of perpetrators

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Ameena Matthews is a “violence interrupter” for CeaseFire, an organization in Chicago aiming to stop murders and shootings in the community. She and other interrupters are reformed gang members and the subject of the 2011 documentary “The Interrupters.”

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