3 Cities Avoided the Skyrocketing Murder Rate With Community Policing and Local Recruiting | Opinion Robert Cherry
, professor emeritus at Brooklyn College On 4/13/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
With George Floyd s trial entering its third week and being broadcast into the homes of millions of Americans, questions of police brutality are front of mind. To complicate matters, the trial is taking place on the heels of an unprecedented homicide spike; across urban America, murder rates throughout 2020 were up by one third, a staggering number. But not every major city saw such huge spikes: St. Paul s homicide increase was 13 percent compared to the 73 percent increase across the river in Minneapolis. St Petersburg s increase was five percent, in contrast to the 51 percent across the bay in Tampa; and in Newark, there was no increase while in nearby New York City, murder was up by 41 percent.
St. Petersburgâs Black community searches for answers after shootings
Activists ask what can be done to help a community reeling from a deadly November and a fatal police shooting.
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Family and friends of Dominique Harris react to the news that Harris had died after being involved in a shootout with police on Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 in St. Petersburg. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
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A St. Petersburg police officer and another person were wounded in a shooting that took place Wednesday. Officers can be seen here gathering at the scene of the shooting at in the 1400 block of 18th Avenue S. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]