i mean, what do you do with this? well, we become desensitized to mass shootings in this country until they hit community. and here in san jose, we re a city of a million people, we have the lowest crime rates in the country among big cities. so this really is an epidemic which none of us are safe. we have to do more. to combat gun violence. congress needs to step up. i don t pretend any slaw going to stop mass shootings in the country. but we all need to do more starting with me and we re pushing forward with several more initiatives to reduce gun violence, to address some of the mental health issues and obviously we have to do more to at least reduce the risk those with guns may use them in this manner. you re speaking to this right now. i do want to play once again what governor newsome said yesterday. he spoke for a lot of people in
Assembly Majority Leader Greenwald on Legislation to Combat Gun Violence in New Jersey April 15, 2021, 2:28 pm | in
Assembly Majority Leader Greenwald on Legislation to Combat Gun Violence in New Jersey
(TRENTON) – On April 15
th, Governor Phil Murphy hosted an in-person event in Newark, focusing on various initiatives to combat gun violence. Along with the Governor, Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D-Burlington, Camden) spoke about continuing a path toward firearm safety measures for the residents of New Jersey.
Greenwald issued the following statement in regards to the press conference:
“Sadly, as we begin to return to ‘normal’, we are already seeing mass shootings back in our headlines and gun violence in our communities. In fact, in this last year we have seen more individuals killed by gun violence than we have in any year within the last two decades, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Cities in New Jersey followed
Family IDs suspect killed in police-involved shooting, disputes Philadelphia police accounts
Family identifies suspect killed in police-involved shooting in Logan
Family members have identified the suspect who was shot and killed by Philadelphia police during a traffic stop on Thursday as 24-year-old James Poppie Alexander.
LOGAN - The family of a man who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop turned gun battle in Logan on Wednesday said the man never fired at police and was trying to run away when he was gunned down.
FOX 29 s Steve Keeley spoke to family members who identified 24-year-old James Alexander as the man shot and killed by police on the 1500 block of West Somerville Avenue just before 7 p.m.
eye on the news
Under the Gun in Philly As murders mount and public pressure grows, city officials continue to look for answers in the wrong places.
Public safety
In Philadelphia, a 25-year-old Temple University grad was shot and killed last month while walking his dog in the evening. The next day, police apprehended his assailant during an attempted carjacking in another part of the city.
The victim, Milan Loncar, was a resident of Brewerytown, a formerly drug- and crime-ridden neighborhood transformed into another “go-to” spot by real estate investors over the last two decades. Loncar’s assailant, Josephus Davis, 20, also a Brewerytown resident, had a long criminal record and had gotten out of jail two weeks prior on reduced bail.
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