JOEL GONZALES

With the story we are telling, the elements that resonate as it pertains to Billy Chase, was that the deeper he got undercover, the more he started to unravel mentally. In a City like Bridgeport, Billy had targets, he had prey that he wanted to get at all costs. One of those targets was Mariano Sanchez, the leader of the powerful Number 1 Family. In order to understand the Number 1 Family and in order to understand the streets I went directly to an individual who worked the street corners for the Number 1 Family. When people watch television shows or movies that take place in the drug world, a lot of times the stories create caricatures, when you talk to someone that lived the life up close and personal the nuances of what happened become more clear and concise. Joel Gonzalez has lived inside Bridgeport all of his adult life and his point of view was different from anyone you have heard thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices