This essay is part of a collection of stories exploring people’s relationships with policing across Philadelphia. Other essays have explored the and .Two Fridays ago, 17-year-old Kyeir Pickens lost his life to while he played basketball outside of Francis Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philly. He was shot and killed at the park I frequented as a kid growing up at 60th and Kingsessing. The closest patch of grass to my house, Myers was the place to go play, so close that I could go there without asking permission from my mom.It was the community backyard — a humble place to release...…This essay is part of a collection of stories exploring people’s relationships with policing across Philadelphia. Other essays have explored the and .Two Fridays ago, 17-year-old Kyeir Pickens lost his life to while he played basketball outside of Francis Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philly. He was shot and killed at the park I frequented as a kid growing up at 60th and Kingsessing. The closest patch of grass to my house, Myers was the place to go play, so close that I could go there without asking permission from my mom.It was the community backyard — a humble place to release...WW…