KeeP! It Ville (Intro)

Each year across New York City, the police make About seven stops for every 100 residents. But within this predominantly Black eight-block Section of Brownsville, data shows that the police Make about 93 stops for every 100 residents, A frequency unmatched anywhere else in the city. Greg Jackson, known by many here as the mayor Of Brownsville, is a former neighborhood basketball Star who had a stint in the NBA. He now runs the Brownsville Recreation Center, where Generations of young people have gone to escape the Perils of street life. World B. Free grew up on this court. Fly Williams. The great Tony Jackson grew up on this court. Brownsville is an impact zone. An impact zone means that cops will jump out Of the van anytime, anywhere, on anybody. There's a group of kids coming from the rec Center here. They getting stopped like they Criminals. Those are the good kids. These the kids that's trying to go to school, The kids that's trying to, you know, get a, Get a scholarship and do something with themselves. So now they become fearful of the cops or They become resentful of the cops, and that's the Problem