he and keyshan have gotten to know each other through poetry circles. >> i'm pretty sure we heard ofill bratton, the new police commissioner. he has a theory called community policing. tonight's topic, who polices this community? >> nypd. >> reporter: the poetry boils with resentment. >> no identity. they say color ain't an issue but how can it not be when innocence has what the oppressor believes? >> this is not a poem. this is a war cry for every poor child killed by men who were found innocent in court. >> reporter: luis's poetry speaks to the lingering mistrust he feels toward the police. >> thrts authorities divide us, scare us into putting bars on our windows. more like our cribs, our cradles to the grave. my people, i hope you listening. it's time to pick up the pen, take this movement out of the room. i promise you can make it. let's go. okay, get home safe. we're here for each other. >> reporter: after the open mic, luis and his family pack up. there's concern about how his younger brother, elvin, will get home. the fear is not criminals but the cops. >> what happened? elvin

. >> reporter: keyshan harley has never been in legal trouble, but he says police have stopped him more than 100 times. >> i first got stopped and frisked when i was 13. they said i fit a description. i would say nine times out of ten that's the excuse they give me. what's the description? young, black male, 18 to 25. >> reporter: he's 19 years old and lives in the same community where lieutenant mccall leads patrols. >> i've been stopped over a hundred times. it does all blur together at some point, but there are those extreme instances where it's kind of hard to forget. >> reporter: keyshan is a sophomore in college. he lives with his mother, sophia. >> i was coming home from school, the cop slams me against the wall, throws stuff out of my bag, calls me derogatory terms like [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. he doesn't even let me pull out my wallet to show him who i am, show him i go to this school right here. it messes with you psychologically, it messes with you emotionally. it's scary. >> it was becoming too much where he's coming home not wanting to go to school. i worked so hard to make su