Daryl Khan, the New York bureau chief of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and an adjunct professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Derrick Haynes, a Harlem community advocate, discuss the uptick in gun violence in New York City this year and what the NYPD's scaled back stop-and-frisk policy, gangs and other factors have to do with this surge.
Derrick Haynes (L) and @JJIEnews' Daryl Khan (R) in the studio: pic.twitter.com/vuqCVs8l67
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If you're going to go into communities & raid & arrest people, you need to put programs in place to help who's left, says Derrick Haynes.
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Police officer says crime is going up because police are afraid to be wrong. defends @NYPDnews@BrianLehrerhttp://t.co/Prddv1Mlau
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People used to know officers' names, officers knew residents' names. Now, it's not like that. "There's a fear factor." --Derrick Haynes.
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Police now walk through our neighborhoods like they're part of an army brigade, says caller Trey from The Bronx.
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