What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
Briefly

It had been a quiet April afternoon until about a dozen teenagers began running up Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, yelling and cursing.They were chasing a girl of about 14 and it was clear they wanted a fight.Five plainclothes police officers watched warily.Across Pitkin stood about half a dozen men, civilians in jeans and purple-and-gray sweatshirts.
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