City officials have recently proposed relocating the New Orleans Police Department from its longtime headquarters at 715 S. Broad St. to the DXC Technology Building at 1615 Poydras St.
The three stare at me Hayrick, Handsy, and Ben whose name I wish I didn’t have to know. I want them to believe me, to see the possibility, to think about the smiling faces they’d seen while pestering the market-goers and stall-keepers, and how little their targets had been frightened. Sometimes young men like these Boys do listen. Sometimes all they need is to be shown a new direction. But this time, my best isn t enough.