Deaths in county up in 2021, but up the most for African Americans. //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
For African Americans, this year’s numbers represent a sharp increase in percentage of overall deaths, although it has been trending up for several years. Photo by Adam Carr/NNS.
The number of African Americans who die from drug overdoses in Milwaukee County continues to rise, with Black residents making up 45 percent of this year’s fatalities, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
This compares to 43 percent for whites, 6 percent for Hispanics, and 3 percent for Native Americans. Last year, whites represented 59 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the county, compared with 28 percent for Blacks.
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What sounds like community oriented policing will really expand the War on Drugs. By Paul Mozina - Dec 10th, 2020 04:23 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Police Administration Building, 951 N. James Lovell St. Photo by Christopher Hillard.
The Common Council must reject the $9.7 million Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant on December 15; otherwise, the Milwaukee Police Department will dedicate 27 veteran officers to Task Forces in the DOJ’s Operation Legend Initiative, and 3 to ATF Task Forces for the next 4 years. That would be a surge in the War on Drugs masquerading as Community Oriented Policing. Acceptance of the grant would require that 30 new officers be hired; and, apparently by virtue of simply becoming an MPD member, they would be doing Community Oriented Policing. Is the MPD doing Community Oriented Policing now?