Telly Boone says he used to be a gang member, before he got arrested. Now, he and others with the O3C organization are working to put a stop to it.
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ga. — A group in Milledgeville is working together to push back against gang violence in Baldwin County.
Telly Boone says he was a former gang member until 1998, when he got arrested. Once he got out of jail, he founded Organizational Conciliation Community Collaboration (O3C).
He says O3C changed his life, and he hopes it can change others.
“It’s all in the schools everywhere you go, all in the music, the videos,” he said. “So it’s kind of hard now, but somebody’s got to take a stand and reverse it.”
Yolanda Latimore said she joined the organization because she wants to help the community’s youth.
“Our young people are worth fighting for most definitely,” she said.
She says her 20-year-old brother was shot to death …