Jesse York

Your Jan. 3 item about the Monticello gym being closed because of violent intergang rivalries there did an injustice to the organizer of the free community basketball league whose players have lost out as a result of a few criminals.

I have known Jesse York for 19 years and feel that to say he "gets his street credibility by showing off his motorcycle and decked-out Nissan Armada and talking of his stint in prison for drug dealing" is shallow, inadequate, and plays to stereotypes.