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On Friday, even as the
Darrent Williams murder trialwas offering Denverites the sort of ugly, unburnished portrait of gang life
the Reverend Leon Kelly sees everyday,
The History Channelaired an episode of its
Ganglandseries entitled "Mile High Killers." And Francisco Gallardo, program director for
Gang Rescue and Support Project(GRASP), who cooperated in the making of the show, couldn't be more pissed off about how it turned out. In the video seen above, he rips the
highly publicized presentationapart, claiming that
Ganglandpersonnel misled him about their approach, claiming that they would focus on something other than sheer sensationalism. He calls the results "nothing but lies, lies, lies, lies, lies" -- and plenty more besides.
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