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Nearly a year after thousands took to the streets of New York City for weeks-long protests against police brutality in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the issue remains front and center. During the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for Floyd’s death, Minnesota was rocked by yet another police killing of a Black man. During a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center, a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright. The officer said she mistook her gun for her taser. Other instances of police brutality keep cropping up across the nation, such as the pepper-spraying of a black and Latino Army officer during a routine stop in Virginia earlier this week.
Former NYC police commissioner Howard Safir joins Fox Report to discuss plans for police reform in the Big Apple
A concerned Brooklyn mother on Friday called into a radio interview with Mayor Bill de Blasio to ask what s being done to fight crime in New York City.
The mother, identified only as Nicole, said she lives near Prospect Park. She said she was outside with her 4-year-old son around 4 p.m. Tuesday when she heard shouting and gunshots. I know gun violence has increased in our area, the woman said on WNYC s The Brian Lehrer Show. This is in broad daylight, four in the afternoon, and . I want to know, what s being done? What s being done? There were 40 police officers or more who covered our block for hours.
Terrified mother phoned in to de Blasio s segment on WNYC on Friday
The woman, who identified herself as Nicole , described how gunmen opened fire in front of her four-year-old in broad daylight
Incident occurred on Tuesday just blocks from de Blasio s Park Slope home
He blames people who lost their jobs in pandemic but said things would reverse
De Blasio is facing backlash over rising gun crimes in New York City
Stray bullets have hit a Kansas tourist and five-year-old girl this week
Shootings are up 57% so far this year while murders have risen 20%
By Emily Ngo New York City PUBLISHED 7:53 PM ET Apr. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:53 PM EDT Apr. 07, 2021
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At the Bronx courthouse earlier this week, Eric Adams stood with anti-crime advocates who chanted: “Stop shooting! Start living!”
What You Need To Know
Adams stood with violence interrupters as new crime stats show spikes in shootings
Democrat spent 22 years with police force, rising to rank of captain
His plan to confront crime includes reconstituting the anti-crime unit as an anti-gun one
Rivals also have gun violence plans, though none have his lived experience
The Democrat is positioning himself as the candidate for mayor most uniquely qualified to address the surge in gun violence.
Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to walk back his fear comment on Thursday
On Wednesday, de Blasio claimed that New Yorkers were not living in fear amid the current surge in crime, which shows no signs of dwindling soon
But on Thursday he admitted there is fear but said New Yorkers fight back
Overall crime is up 2.4 percent from the same time last year
There is a 36 percent increase in murders and 35 percent hike in auto thefts
On Monday, a five-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet in a random shooting
A tourist from Kansas City was also recently grazed by a bullet in Times Square