S n the long Van Siclen Avenue in East Brooklyn, you can’t miss Man Up!. Photos of Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other black victims of police violence, displayed on the front of the local of this small association, attract attention. Specializing in “violence interruption,” intervention techniques used to prevent crime before it happens, this group is on the front lines of the fight against the wave of shootings that has swept New York since the crisis sanitary. He works in particular in East New York , an underprivileged neighborhood in Brooklyn, where violence linked to the use of firearms has increased over the past two years.
Faced with this scourge, it deploys volunteers called “violence i…
This article is for subscribers only
I subscribe
Already subscribed? I identify myself
–
Newsletter international
Every Tuesday, receive the best of international news, and receive a preview of Le Point exclusives.
–
–
The editorial staff advises you
–
You are currently reading: Crime in New York : the specter of the 90s reappears
–
–
This article has been added to your favourites.