Two decades ago, Luis Rodrigues was in prison, a gang member who aspired to be the top drug dealer in Boston. On Tuesday, his 5-by-8-foot photographic portrait stood on the Boston Common, right next to Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s.
“You see the beard, rough life, Boston on my chest, some of my tattoos showing, so hey — that’s me,” said Rodrigues, now a college readiness adviser to young people, as he gazed at his enlarged image….
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