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Many factors are playing a role in the recent rash of shootings that resulted in the death of one woman and injuries to 19 people in Winston-Salem, several members of the Winston-Salem City Council said Tuesday.
In addition, a man died from injuries received May 5 after police returned gunfire at a home during a standoff in Ardmore.
âItâs a myriad of things,â Council Member Denise âD.D.â Adams said. âIt goes further back than COVID.â
Problems such as poverty, hunger, unemployment, drug abuse, poor education, crime, mental illness, and health-care disparities plagued neighborhoods before the pandemic, Adams said.
The pandemic magnified those problems, and has played a role in increasing numbers of shootings nationwide and in Winston-Salem, Adams said.
Forsyth County Commissioner Don Martin, a Republican, says he canât see voting in favor of a resolution apologizing for past discrimination of Black people, nor supporting the concept of reparations.
Democratic County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin likes the idea, and thinks one form reparations could take locally might be support for scholarships to Forsyth Technical Community College or Winston-Salem State University.
Both commissioners talked about the topic in the wake of last weekâs passage by the Winston-Salem City Council of a resolution apologizing for the cityâs role in discrimination against Black people.
The idea has not come before the county board of commissioners, but if it does, Martin and El-Amin still might find some mutual ground despite the distance between their positions: Martin said he can support helping people who are disadvantaged with educational needs.
Forsyth County Commissioner Don Martin, a Republican, says he canât see voting in favor of a resolution apologizing for past discrimination of Black people, nor supporting the concept of reparations.
Democratic County Commissioner Fleming El-Amin likes the idea, and thinks one form reparations could take locally might be support for scholarships to Forsyth Technical Community College or Winston-Salem State University.
Both commissioners talked about the topic in the wake of last weekâs passage by the Winston-Salem City Council of a resolution apologizing for the cityâs role in discrimination against Black people.
The idea has not come before the county board of commissioners, but if it does, Martin and El-Amin still might find some mutual ground despite the distance between their positions: Martin said he can support helping people who are disadvantaged with educational needs.