Brutes beat up former gang member on R train

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSubway gang
Cops are searching for a crew of bruisers who beat up their former gang member and stole his phone on a Manhattan-bound R train as it was leaving the station near Pacific Street on Aug. 3.
The victim told police he was on the train by Fourth Avenue at 7:45 pm, listening to music from his phone, when he noticed approximately 10 guys use the end trai