A hunt for stolen goods has put citizens and business owners in the center of a debate about policing and a growing, sometimes violent, problem with crime.
The fatal shooting of Hussein Mubarak on Burlington's Luck Street and the arrest of Abdiaziz Abdhikadir revealed a largely unseen dimension of Burlington’s escalating gun violence problem. Amid the unprecedented spike in gunfire, families that came to Vermont to escape conflicts abroad are now losing children to violence in its endemic American form.
Burlington’s mayor and police chief along with the Chittenden County State’s Attorney held a briefing today on the increasing number of shootings in the city this year now up to a dozen.