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ABOUT NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN

AND WHAT COULD BE DONE

IN A CITY:

IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE

SUPERHEROES IN IT.

MY ROOMMATES:

ARE SUPERHEROES.

I'M CURRENTLY LIVING WITH Z.

HE'S FROM DETROIT.

THERE'S T.S.A.F.--

SHE'S FROM DETROIT AS WELL--

AND LUCID, WHO'S REALLY

FROM ALL OVER.

THIS IS ME:

ACTING OUT A NEED I FEEL.

I FEEL SOMETHING

NEEDS TO BE DONE,

WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

I'M JUST SICK

OF THE CORRUPTION THAT I SEE

EVERYWHERE I LOOK, YOU KNOW,

WHETHER IT IS:

THE BOSS AT YOUR WORK

OR THE DUDE, YOU KNOW,

NEXT DOOR:

THAT'S BEATING HIS WIFE

AND BEEN DOING SO

FOR 20 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL

THE LITTLE THINGS.

AND WE MOVED TO BROOKLYN

BECAUSE WE FIGURED

IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH AREA

WHERE WE CAN HAVE MUCH MORE

TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON.

N.Y.P.D.,

EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF,

IS COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE.

YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO DO

SOMETHING, DO ANYTHING.

I'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN ALONG

WITH Z THE MOST:

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

MUCH LIKE ME, HE IS SOMEONE

WHO HAS HAD:

A F***ED-UP LIFE.

Z:

THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS

GOING ON IN MY LIFE.

AND I SAW MYSELF GOING DOWN

A REALLY BAD PATH.

AND I KIND OF LOST HOPE.

SO, UM, I TRIED TO--

I TRIED TO OFF MYSELF,

YOU KNOW?

AND WHEN I WOKE UP,

IT DIDN'T WORK.

AND I REALLY WOKE UP,

YOU KNOW?

LIKE I DIDN'T JUST WAKE UP.

I WOKE UP:

AND REALIZED:

THAT THAT WOULD BE

KIND OF A WASTE, YOU KNOW?

BECAUSE I GOT A LOT

OF THINGS THAT I CAN DO

AND THAT I OFFER.

T.S.A.F.:

WE'RE INDIVIDUALS,

MEANING PEOPLE THAT HAVE

VARIED BACKGROUNDS.

AND WE'RE ALL COMING TOGETHER

FOR ONE PURPOSE,

AND THAT'S TO HELP.

T.S.A.F.-- TSAF.

IT STANDS FOR:

"THE SILENCED AND FORGOTTEN."

REALLY THE ONLY THING

THAT I COULD THINK OF

WAS TO HAVE IT BE

A REMINDER:

OF WHY I'M DOING THIS

IN THE FIRST PLACE,

SO THAT I JUST KNOW

THAT IT'S NEVER ABOUT ME.

"THE NEW YORK INITIATIVE"--

IT'S A CALL TO PERSONAL

ACCOUNTABILITY:

FOR OURSELVES:

AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

Zimmer:

MY FIRST NIGHT ON PATROL,

FOR REAL,

WAS THE ANNIVERSARY

OF KITTY GENOVESE'S DEATH.

Mr. Xtreme:

MARCH 13th, 1964,

IN NEW YORK CITY

IN QUEENS,

A WOMAN NAMED:

KATHERINE GENOVESE,

A.K.A KITTY GENOVESE--

SHE WAS ASSAULTED,

BRUTALLY ATTACKED,

RAPED AND:

ULTIMATELY MURDERED.

AND 38 PEOPLE

FROM A NEARBY:

APARTMENT COMPLEX--

THEY HEARD IT.

THEY HEARD HER SCREAM.

SOME SAW IT,

BUT THEY DIDN'T

DO ANYTHING.

Zimmer:

IT WAS A WORLDWIDE STORY

THAT PEOPLE WERE

THIS APATHETIC.

AND SO ON THE ANNIVERSARY

OF HER DEATH--

AND I WAS IN:

A RELATIONSHIP AT THE TIME

AND LIVING WITH THE PERSON.

SO I SNUCK OUT OF BED.

I GOT ON MY GEAR

AND WENT OUT.

IT WAS A VERY PERSONAL

EXPERIENCE TO ME,

'CAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT

ABOUT WHAT I WANTED

TO DO WITH MY LIFE

AND WHAT WAS:

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