VIRGINIA â Zee South, a student at the Northland Learning Center in Virginia, was looking forward to the schoolâs next basketball game with law enforcement just as soon as the inaugural event wrapped up Monday afternoon.
South said he often sees YouTube videos about âGuns Down, Gloves Up,â an initiative in various parts of the country where students engage in boxing events, supported by law enforcement, as a way to curb gun violence.
The NLCâs game against the Virginia Police Department was the same concept, he said, only basketball was the sport of choice.
Dano Zebro, a paraprofessional at the NLC, initiated the idea of holding the law enforcement vs. students game as a way to bridge a gap and create a more trusting relationship between the two.