This week, Mayor Cavalier Johnson appointed Adam Procell as the new Director of Milwaukee’s Office of Wellness and Community Safety. A few days before the announcement, WTMJ’s Libby Collins talked with Adam about decisions he made as a teenager eventually leading him to become an advocate for violence prevention. He discussed his time in a prominent Milwaukee gang, his life in prison, and what made him turn it all around, as well as the work he does today to bridge the gap between the police and Milwaukee’s troubled youth. It’s all ahead on this gripping edition of WTMJ Conversations!
A partial transcript is provided below, courtesy of eCourt Reporters.
ADAM PROCELL: A lot of things happened simultaneously. Some rival gang members came, I did not recognize them at the time, the gang leader who did, told myself and my would-be future adult co-defendant to get out our guns. And we both did…