it is so bad that when you look at the recent numbers, more people are dying of gun violence than of covid. somebody said to me on july 4th weekend, those weren t fireworks you were hearing, those were gunfires. all right. let s dig deeper with the former new york police commissioner and los angeles police chief, by the way, bill bratten. he s the author of a very timely new book the profession, a mémoire of community, race and the ark of policing in america. thank you so much for joining us. congratulations on this excellent new book. first of all, do you agree with governor cuomo s assessment? is gun violence here in the united states a new epidemic? it s not new. it s been basically paralleling the coronavirus epidemic. but now that that epidemic is subsiding, thank god, the parallel epidemic is now rising to the surface. so this epidemic has been underway for a couple of years, but nobody is paying much
the country, they say, they need to hone in on the guns on the streets but it s also going to take more than police and it s why a lot of cities are trying to incorporate community groups and others to try and send this trend in the opposite direction as we head into what is historically the most violent parts of the year. jim, poppy? omar jimenez, thanks so much. joining me to discuss all of this is bill bratton, former commissioner for the nypd and the los angeles police chief. he s also author of a new book the profession: a memoir of community, race and the arc of policing in america gets at a lot of these issues cities are facing today. commissioner bratton, thanks for joining us. great to be with you. i was out with the nypd on patrol last night in the south bronx. we ll go out again tonight. they are seeing crime rates in the city like they report is seen since the 90s. this is happening in a number of st cities across the country. marked rises in violent crime.
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