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As a Second Amendment supporter, I tend to believe that the answers to solving the issue of violence in our inner cities aren’t gun control. Obviously, I’m biased to a significant degree, but my bias is based on observation. After all, look at the 10 safest states and the 10 most dangerous states. You have gun-controlled states in both lists and you have gun-friendly states in both lists as well.
That suggests the issue is a bit more complicated than something that can be solved with a simplistic answer like gun control.
However, it also seems that popular gun violence reduction programs aren’t producing the long-term results proponents hope for.
Feb 16, 2021 / 07:12 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) News 8 has obtained the findings of a nonprofit’s study of how the city of Indianapolis has handled a surge in violent crime.
The city hired the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to prepare the report, which details what the group saw as the painful shortcomings in the city’s attempt to reduce the surging gun violence.
The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform is a nonprofit providing technical assistance, consulting, research and organizational development in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice, youth development and violence prevention and provides consultation, program development technical assistance and training to an array of organizations, including government agencies, nonprofits and philanthropic foundations, according to
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Then, an idea emerged.
Cagan, who had been apprehensive of attending regular rallies because of the COVID-19 pandemic, proceeded to organize a series of socially distanced vigils to support the Black Lives Matter, or BLM, movement.
“It seemed very clear from the beginning that there were a lot of people who were thinking the same way we were,” Cagan said.
In response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, among many others, Berkeley residents from every walk of life took action. While some attended vigils, others organized and marched in the streets, calling for an end to police violence.
Berkeley police reform work to ramp up in January
Officials are forging ahead with efforts to reimagine policing in Berkeley and voted unanimously Tuesday night to launch a new community task force focused on that work in January.
The Berkeley City Council, Dec. 15, 2020. Photo: COB/Berkeleyside
Officials are forging ahead with efforts to reimagine policing in Berkeley and voted unanimously Tuesday night to launch a new community task force focused on that work in January.
The Berkeley City Council also voted Tuesday to hire the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to oversee the upcoming community process, which is slated to last through June 2022, according to documents from the meeting. Officials approved the $270,000 contract on the consent calendar.