Gunfire and Crashing Cars: In Struggling Neighborhoods, ‘We’re Losing Our Grip’

By artappraiser on Sat, 01/02/2021 - 2:44pm |

“Sometimes, it feels like we’re losing our grip on civilization.”

Parts of Cleveland were struggling long before the pandemic, but a new surge of violence and destruction has left the Midwestern city reeling. https://t.co/z5RaedNoSi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 2, 2021

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/crime-poverty-pandemic-cleveland.html?smid=tw-share

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+141% rise in carjackings over same period last year

Spike in auto thefts, many of them violent, worries D.C.-area police https://t.co/ZPkqnz64iR
— skepticalifornia (@skepticaliblog) January 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:34am

The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades, statistics released by police revealed. https://t.co/rsaL3HnVvM
— ABC News (@ABC) January 2, 2021

At least four people have been killed and 22 others wounded in shootings across Chicago so far this holiday weekend, according to police. https://t.co/XpxFsLY12i
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) January 4, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:37am

push to arm park rangers in L.A. because of rise in crime:

38 homicides, 167 shootings, 267 rapes, 1,844 assaults with a deadly weapon, and 1,050 robberies were reported in the 450 Los Angeles parks in the last four years.
https://t.co/lA4FzNIdG4
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) December 30, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:42am

In the first six months of 2020, Florida's overall crime rate fell, except for the number of murders which went up. https://t.co/gIC7XrkGOK
— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) January 1, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:48am

New Dallas police chief:

He said his main priority will be reducing violent crime in the city, which has had 245 homicides this year to date. This year will be on track for the most murders in 16 years. https://t.co/caxLmPejFy
— WFAA (@wfaa) December 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:51am

Homicides go unsolved as killings in Minneapolis rise https://t.co/vfpfYwSNKC
— Raymond E. Foster (@policeofficer) December 29, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:54am

2020 ends with a dramatic increase in homicides, shootings and carjackings in NOLA https://t.co/87GUn5NnKZ
— atasteofcreole (@atasteofcreole) January 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:56am

Gunfire and Crashing Cars: In Struggling Neighborhoods, ‘We’re Losing Our Grip’

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