«Studies like this are particularly important right now, given the incidence
of gun violence in cities such as Chicago and the renewed attention to gang crime nationwide,» Berdychevsky said.
Dion McGill, education program manager at the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, says we can't underestimate how aware children are
of the gun violence in their city.
Not exact matches
While the vast majority
of firearms fatalities are still suicides, which make up about two - thirds
of gun deaths,
gun homicides ballooned from 9,600
in 2015 to 11,000
in 2016 due to increased
gun violence in Chicago and certain other
cities, according to the CDC.
The kids
in Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and other
cities who live through a siege
of gun violence EVERY DAY.
And it's true that the
city has fairly high levels
of gun violence (although also not the worst
in the US).
«Florida's safest
city» and one
of the
cities in America most affected by
gun violence came together to share stories, ideologies, and pizza.
His comments followed hundreds
of thousands
of people who protested
in cities across the country on Saturday to oppose
gun violence and call for change.
I'm far more concerned about the drug addicted babies born
in my
city or the incredible amount
of gun violence and the lack
of access to decent childcare for low income families.
If you are sick and tired
of reading, talking, watching, posting and tweeting about
gun violence in our
city and want to really do something about it, you can.
Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler said the
gun violence seen
in the
city is random
in nature and a result
of irrational thinking.
«That is why we set up the Tackling Gangs Action Programme last year to focus on
gun and gang
violence in the four
cities where over half
of gun crime occurs.»
(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against
Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun v
Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun v
Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission
of New York
City, the Coalition to Stop
Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun v
Violence, Everytown for
Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter
of Moms Demand Action for
Gun Sense
in America, and Prosecutors Against
Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun v
Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order
of protection to reduce
gun violenceviolence.
And while the event was not meant to solve poverty or
gun violence in the
city, it brought a very diverse community to stand together against any kind
of violence they may face next.
«The issue
of homelessness
in New York
City and housing
in Rochester,
gun violence in Brooklyn,
gun violence in Syracuse, the relief
of the opioid crisis on Staten Island, the relief
of the opioid crisis
in Cortland.
She spent a lot
of time talking about
gun violence in the
city, and particularly during her early years.
Democrats
in the Assembly won more funding for transportation and the New York
City Housing Authority, as well as a vote on a bill to take
guns from people accused
of domestic
violence.
In both
cities, the call from survivors
of the Parkland massacre last month is for Congress to pass stricter
gun control laws and to end
gun violence.
Elected officials, community leaders, victims and their family members will join Diaz Jr.
in an effort to draw attention to the impact
of gun violence on the public safety
in the Bronx and
in the
city.
That Harlem was the only stop the cyclists made
in New York
City was a fact not lost on those
in attendance, as the neighborhood knows well the scourge
of gun violence.
At 5 p.m., the Citizens Crime Commission
of New York
City hosts a panel discussion on the role social media plays
in gun violence, with New York University's Dr. Shabnam Javdani and others, John Jay College, Moot Court Room, 524 W. 59th St., Manhattan.
«It's certainly a matter
of pressing urgency,» said Gianaris, who says
gun violence in New York
City is up 12 % over last year.
«The vast majority
of our shootings and our
gun violence in the
city of Syracuse is attributed to gangs and
gun violence by groups,» Trudell said.
Crawley, a well - known local advocate against
gun violence, pleaded not guilty Friday
in Syracuse
City Court to charges
of obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.
Police Commissioner James O'Neill said officers will not let up on going after the criminals responsible for most
of the
violence in a few areas
of the
city — gang members and people who illegally possess
guns.
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly sat
in the front row
of a large hotel conference room on Wednesday morning, waiting for his turn to speak about New York
City's
gun violence.
This approach, which builds bridges between law enforcement and the community, has yielded positive results
in Albany, and it could help
in Troy, where
gun violence has flared
in parts
of the
city in recent months.
Many
of these stories were reported during the time I had proposed legislation
in the Common Council establishing a task force on
gun violence for the
city of Albany.
She says the program reduced
gun violence by 65 percent
in her home
city of Yonkers.
The death
of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was caught
in the crossfire between two gangs hours before New York
City's West Indian Day parade, should be a call to action to quell gun violence in the city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's fune
City's West Indian Day parade, should be a call to action to quell
gun violence in the
city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's fune
city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's funeral.
Syracuse TRUCE started two years ago, as a collaboration between police and community service organizations with the aim
of reducing
gun violence in the
city.
Now, Green, who leads the state Division
of Criminal Justice Services, is helping fight
gun violence in the 17 counties that experience 83 percent
of the state's violent crime, excluding New York
City.
LaPierre said that
in the past, he had worked with Democrats who wanted to work to reduce
gun violence, but that leaders now only cared about exploiting tragedy for political gain, calling them a «tidal wave
of new European socialists»
in charge
of the party and name - checking Sen. Kamala Harris, D - Calif.; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass.; New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Sen. Cory Booker, D - N.J.; Sen. Christopher Murphy, D - Conn.; and Rep. Keith Ellison, D - Minn., to boos
in the crowd.
Discussing the spate
of gun violence — some
of it
in her district,
City Councilmember Letitia James said, «There is a crisis in the city of New York that needs to be addressed but not at the expense of our civil rights.&ra
City Councilmember Letitia James said, «There is a crisis
in the
city of New York that needs to be addressed but not at the expense of our civil rights.&ra
city of New York that needs to be addressed but not at the expense
of our civil rights.»
Inspired by students from the targeted Florida high school, as many as 500,000 people are expected to rally against
gun violence and
in favor
of stricter
gun laws on March 24
in Washington, D.C., with sister marches taking place
in cities across the world.
«Given a
city like Philadelphia's prior experience with
gun violence, the 29 percent reduction
in crime reported
in this trial could translate into hundreds
of fewer shootings each year if the vacant land interventions tested here were scaled beyond just the locations
of the study,» said Branas.
«Reduce crime and
gun violence and stabilize neighborhoods: A randomized controlled study: As much as a 29 percent reduction
in gun violence in poor neighborhoods could translate into hundreds
of fewer shootings every year for
cities affected by blighted spaces.»
Maybe urban
gun violence is just too predictable to hold our attention: It is extraordinarily concentrated — «hypersegregated»
in Macdonald's phrase — with a handful
of neighborhoods
in the 10 largest
cities accounting for 30 percent
of all
gun homicides nationwide.
If there was one bona fide trend at Park
City it was
of film - makers taking on
gun violence and
gun control
in creative ways.
Hundreds
of thousands
of students, teachers, and parents packed streets near the White House and the U.S. Capitol and marched
in cities around the globe on Saturday to demand more - restrictive
gun laws and decry
gun violence, the latest
in a series
of massive demonstrations sparked by the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed 17 people last month.
Students at High Tech High
in Chula Vista, California created a successful Kickstarter campaign to address
gun violence, and my journalism students created documentaries to tackle the struggles
of former gang members
in Los Angeles and how the lack
of affordable housing affects people
in large
cities.
Carrying crosses emblazoned with photos and names
of the
city's victims
of gun violence, high school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march
in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest
gun violence, on March 14.
A wave
of shootings
in the Irish Channel that may be connected to an attack on a school bus last month and another outbreak
of gun violence in the Central
City area led to a joint operation
of more than 40 officers being deployed to find the shooters and suppress the gunfire, authorities said this week.
This is especially true
of Chicago, a
city that absorbed tens
of thousands
of freed slaves during the Great Migration, who then suffered unprecedented housing and employment discrimination, and whose great - grandchildren live today under a regime
of de facto segregation,
in Southside slums rife with
gun violence.
Spearheaded by Stoneman Douglas student activists, the town halls aim to keep the issue
of gun violence at the forefront after hundreds
of thousands
of people marched last month
in Washington and other
cities, demanding stricter regulations on weapons.
Following a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds
of thousands
of protesters rallied
in major U.S.
cities and across the world to protest
gun violence and call for political action from Congressional leaders.
The national event came a week after hundreds
of Baltimore students left school to march to
City Hall to call for an end to gun violence in schools and on the city's stre
City Hall to call for an end to
gun violence in schools and on the
city's stre
city's streets.
(Newser)-- As hundreds
of thousands march Saturday
in cities around the US
in support
of gun control, the editorial staff
of the Eagle Eye — the school newspaper at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
in Parkland, where 17 people were killed
in a shooting
in February — are pushing nine changes to fight
gun violence in the US.
The students organized a massive protest
in Washington and other
cities dubbed the «March for Our Lives» earlier this month and now plan a series
of town halls on the subject
of gun violence.
Wade was personally affected by
gun violence when his cousin, Nykea Aldridge was killed
in the streets
of Chicago just a week after he moved back to the
city to play with the Chicago Bulls.
When I was a student
in New York
City schools, there was no threat
of gun violence in schools.