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bronx, all that and a bag of chips. hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. right, right, right. hinojosa: .their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. right, right. hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that s when you d hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. hinojosa: now, i m going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, they had what in the park? rumbas. right, rumbas. hinoj ....
as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. right, right, right. hinojosa: .their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. right, right. hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that s when you d hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. hinojosa: now, i m going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, they had what in the park? rum ....
chips. hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. right, right, right. hinojosa: .their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. right, right. hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that s when you d hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. hinojosa: now, i m going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, they had what in the park? rumbas. right, rumbas. hinojosa: okay, so we re going to ....
that s right. as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, 70s, when you were growing up. right, right, right. hinojosa: .their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. right, right. hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that s when you d hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. hinojosa: now, i m going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, they had what i ....
wardlow rides with ziff, altieri with carson. also, everybody say hello to officererathryn mcbride. she s a transfer from the polk. officer mcbride is gonna be riding with sergeant bates. item nine wants and warrants. now there s three new composites on the upstairs board, people. let s everybody keep our 316 files current. also, warrants continue on jesus martinez hispanic, late 20s in connection with the courthouse investigation of judge fixing in the 17th district. he s wanted fofoquestioning in the possible homicide of attorney harold brown. all right, 10 phones. watts line, sarge? no watts line. no, they re rerigging us for r new intercom system. now, people, these intercoms are to save time for official communications. they re not for asking a khaki to bring you a new pencil. [ effeminately ] you won t believe what neal said last night. buzz me when we get upstairs. okay, all right, settle down here. last this is the last item. now listen, people. if you ....