. >> in some ways it was easy to blame david dinkins for things that weren't his fault.o cop stance. there was an audience for this sort of message as there often is. >> today the new york police are being taught to take a different tack. to clean up the neighborhood aggressively, to visibly improve the quality of life as the first step in crime reduction. >> it's the broken windows theory. this idea that there were small quality of life crimes, and if you could stop that, you would set up a very peaceful and orderly society. that really becomes a process of racial profiling that disproportionally targeted young black men as potential criminals. >> we're out there. they have more foot posts out there. more police officers walking the beat. >> hi. how are you? >> if i would have put police on every corner in america, of course crime would go down, but the question is at what cost? for black people it was a sense of community, of dignity, a sense of respect from law enforcement. >> with the majority of americans worrying about their quality of life, in california, the easy

. >> reporter: now addler has found a powerful ally in david dinkins.s fan and former new york city mayor. does it make a difference when the term is applied or something similar -- >> to black? >> reporter: when an african-american player? >> it doesn't. it shouldn't have been taken that way by anybody. >> reporter: espn is part of a very big company, all right, disney. and they have a responsibility to their shareholders. if they feel you said something either on purpose or by accident that casts them in a bad light don't they have the right to say thanks, but no thanks, we'll end this right here? >> if they're doing the right thing, if they have good cause to do it they have the right. but they didn't have good cause, i didn't do anything wrong. >> why did you feel the lawsuit? >> they killed me, they made me u. unemployable. they killed my good name. what else was i supposed to do? >> do you see a day -- and note this anger in you. do you see a time that you'll live without that anger? >> i hope so. i'm trying to live without it now. i agree there i

. >> reporter: now, adler has found a powerful ally in david dinkins, the avid tennis fan and new yorkes it make a difference when it's applied -- >> to a black? >> reporter: yeah. an african-american player. >> no. it shouldn't be taken by anybody. >> reporter: espn is part of a big company, disney. if they feel you did something on purpose or by accident, that casts them in a bad light, don't they have the right to say thanks but no thanks? we'll end this right here. >> if they're doing the right thing. if they have good cause to do it, they have the right. but they didn't have good cause. and i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: why did you file the lawsuit? >> they killed me. they made me unemployment. they ended my career. they killed my reputation, my good name. what else was i supposed to do? >> reporter: do you see a day when you'll be able to -- i note this anger in you. do you see a day when you will be able to live without that anger? >> i hope so. i'm fryi intrying to live witho now. i agree there's a great degree of anger now. and i'm not happy about the anger. and unt