The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/violence/)
During a surge of shootings in many cities, the Trump presidential campaign says “violent crime has EXPLODED.” Biden supporters say the Trump approach is a distraction from mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency and authorized the activation of up to 1,000 National Guard troops after a weekend of violence in Atlanta left five people dead, including an 8-year-old girl.
The Minneapolis City Council has advanced a measure to ask voters in November for a change to the city charter allowing the city to replace its police department with an agency focused on safety and violence prevention.
Although mass shootings are down sharply, other non-suicidal gun deaths are on pace to exceed last year, says the Gun Violence Archive. Some police are warning of a deadly summer.
Crime is down elsewhere, but Chicago recorded its bloodiest Memorial Day weekend in five years with 10 deaths and 38 woundings.
The city of Richmond, CA has seen at least 15 shooting incidents during the stay-at-home orders in the coronavirus outbreak. Workers who deal with violence-prone youth say it’s hard to work with them remotely.
Lockdowns in more than 150 countries have caused sharp declines in violent crime since the coronavirus swept across the globe. That has produced an opportunity for research into the factors that prevent violence—or stoke further conflict once the crisis eases, says a paper commissioned by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
Mayor Eric Johnson has demanded a comprehensive anticrime plan from Police Chief U. Reneé Hall. Hall has pitched the violent crime deterrence program Operation Ceasefire as a key strategy for 2020.
Robert Dear has been found incompetent to stand trial in Colorado for attacking a Planned Parenthood clinic. Now he has been indicted on federal charges that could result in a death penalty.
After 13,000 attempts to enroll at-risk young Baltimore men into therapy, classes and employment services, a program called Roca says it has signed up 95 and hopes to raise the total to 175 next year.