long period of time i mean up until the into the sixty's i mean it was qusay really we moved to south central l.a. and then we moved to another area in carson which is a carson compton area. as a kid most of my time was spent in like the four blocks four city blocks i just go to school and i come back on the corner of my house and forty forty nice street that was it was a building here in my record over here is where the black panther party was so i would see those guys every day you know they would pick me up really nicely you know so i kind of just got to stand them in a different way that is some analytical way it was just the guys who like just ask because the breakfast you know i mean so but yeah and then as my world grew my worldview grew i got to go out and see other people in other cultures. but i was insulated for a lot of time like my my father's mother my father we come from longview texas and it was like a river in the town it was like across the river that meant as the area where the white people lived in little frost lived across the river you know the other side tracked. well you k

i have seen it as a police officer, young police officer walking, foot beat in south central and east l.a. i saw the revolving door, the impact that that revolving door was having in many communities and as i rose through the ranks, i began to take a different look at the way we dealt with crime and the way we dealt with public safety and as i evolved throughout the years, i came to the conclusion that what we had been doing with the war on drugs was leading us in the wrong direction. the impact that it had and not only in communities -- quite frankly in our entire community was creating a situation which doesn't necessarily make us any safer and frankly, i think we have criminalized an area i think should be really looked upon as a health issue more than as a criminal issue, and i think consequently, a lot of the solutions we have tried in the last 2 1/2 decades have taken us to a place where today we cannot afford it economically. i can tell you that socially we have been broken for many years, but now the economic peace of it has come to play and that's probably why, quite frankly, we

l.a. is wilshire boulevard, because of the history of it. and then the boulevard in south centralt critical audience and most appreciative. >> the ones you want to see your car. >> it's a slow-moving piece of art. you treat the car like a piece of art, acutely aware of the dangers. cops, for whom you are a target. potholes. other cars. in east l.a. you see people ooh and ah. you see expressions change from what is that to, nice ride. >> hopefully gang members gives us props, giving us respect, you know. first you build a car for yourself. at the same time you're building it for the streets, for the people. you want them to appreciate it. ♪ >>> within the border of koreatown, it's not just koreans. there are new arrivals every day. there's an official little bangladesh right in the middle of k-town. you're not short of options around here. >> no, you can get tacos across the street. korean next door and goat stew. you can pray to muhammad or buddha. >> the tiny mosque next door where services are held five times a day. >> i was talking to a gentleman who said this is the first litt