Through the story of one massive raid, where the NYPD arrested more than 100 people in the Bronx in 2016, Mirela Iverac, WNYC reporter who covers poverty and homelessness, talks about the police department's evolving gang strategy, the community's reaction to it and how historically low crime rates play a part in the strategy.
Isn’t “just selling weed” kinda the whole point of the gang in the first place? And “just hanging out with gang members” is basically the gang’s marketing and recruitment strategy.
— Net of Interthings (@RentingMyths) August 8, 2018