Executive Order Forces New York City To Have (Another) Go At Police Reform
arrow The victim, identified by the NY Post as Justin Corpolongo, is expected to survive. BrandonKleinVideo/Shutterstock
Vannesa Boateng is 16 and from the Highbridge section of the Bronx. She has never felt at ease around the many police officers she sees in her neighborhood. Instead, she says she feels watched, like “a mouse in a maze.”
“They’re here to make sure I behave,” Boateng said. “They’re here to make sure I get the cheese, and I go back home I’m never supposed to do anything else but go to my target and go back home.”