Gun Violence

Gun violence is occurring more and more over the course of the pandemic, and individuals are scared for their safety, not just in some countries, but in countries from around the world. In understanding to Pastor Donovan Price “I just want to sit on the side of the curb, and shake my head and cry.” Pastor Price and numerous other citizens state that the issue of gun violence has been overlooked for so long and this is the ideal opportunity that the cops should help with gun violence now more than ever. Cops are giving a valiant effort to protect citizens from harm, but the police are at their “breaking point” as mentioned by Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch. “How can we keep doing our job in this environment?" Lynch said in a statement. Consequently the crime percentages of gun violence and homicides are irregular and are expanding. The cops are doing all they can in a time where we live in fear.

Chicago is among several major US cities experiencing this crazy amount of homicides and shootings as yet this year. Gun violence has come when a lot of stress is happening when events like the pandemic and all the wildfires are happening as well. In Philadelphia the percentage of shootings are 57% from last year, the station reported. Homicides are at 24% on Monday and in New York Has seen a 44% spike so far this year, according to the police. Other countries are facing the same or greater percentages of frightening homicides and shootings. New York is handling their take on it by Mayor Bill de Blasio distracting hundreds more officers than they had in past years to deal with gun violence. "We're not going back to the bad old days when there was so much violence in the city, nor are we going back to the bad old days where policing was done the wrong way and, in too many cases, police and community could never connect and find that mutual respect," de Blasio told reporters last week.

Police Officers have found that there is more gun violence and homicides because of the corona virus stay-at-home orders and people are getting restless. In New York a group of people threw glass bottles at police vehicles and they tried to shoot,but there were no injuries and no arrests were made. As it came to April and May the homicides percentages decreased, but authorities think that it will increase again this year. “We are deeply concerned that in the months ahead we may see more violence in the future," as stated by Thomas Abt, a senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice.