Anyway, this Clark guy evidently assaulted a couple of gang kids.
He was much smaller than Clark, but more overtly dangerous, like a gang kid who was trying to smooth off his edges.
The gang kids are upset that World War II is causing them deprivations and inconveniences.
Former gang kid that he was, he'd already known about camaraderie and teamwork, and redirecting these traits into positive directions had come easily enough.
But what was called cowardly in a gang kid was simply good tactics to a soldier.
Outside, it's a cool night in Indianapolis, a neighborhood of sagging bungalows and gang kids on stoops.
He caused considerable alarm with a proposal that "gang kids" police city buses.
He ran into graver criticism for his proposal that "gang kids" maintain order on the city buses.
"They say the gang kids don't actually go here but that they use it as a hangout."
One night "a group of gang kids wanted to give me a hard time," she said.