Detroit experiences rise in gun violence, domestic abuse during COVID-19 pandemic
By Fox 2 Staff
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more crime in Detroit.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit saw a rise in crime, including gun violence and domestic abuse, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police Chief James Craig and the department’s board of commissioners discussed crime rates during a roundtable Thursday. A focus was on how the pandemic impacted crime and the department’s ability to fight it. At one point during 2020, we were ravaged by COVID, Craig said. We had, at one point, roughly 650 members of our department that were quarantined.
We Have A History
Composer Matthew Head draws on personal experience to score a docuseries about the impact of the Black church in America.
Ny MaGee The church was the safest place for African slaves to be at one point in time, and a lot of things were trying to disrupt that, says Emmy-winning composer Matthew Head.
His own childhood experiences growing up in the Black church served as his inspiration for scoring the PBS and WETA docuseries
The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song.
From executive producer, writer, and host Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the two-part documentary chronicles the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, and how gospel music served as a secret code that allowed African Americans to continue to move forward and have faith.
One local Bryan woman has been serving her community for 32 years
One African-American woman has inspired many in the Bryan area with her constant acts of service. She supports her community, helps those in need, and uplifts everyone around her. Gloria Kennard is the definition of true inspiration.
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BRAZOS VALLEY, TX â One African American woman has inspired many in the Bryan area with her constant acts of service. She supports her community, helps those in need, and uplifts everyone around her. Gloria Kennard is the definition of true inspiration.
Kennard has a passion to serve her community, she was inspired by her faith to make a difference and help others.
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For over two decades, Emma Jones has committed to three practices: every Monday she sits where her son Malik Jones was shot and killed by police. On the fourteenth of every month she engages in an action in support of a victim of police violence, and every year she holds an event on the anniversary of Malik’s murder.
Everything changed for the Jones family on April 14, 1997, when 21-year-old Malik Jones was brutally gunned down by East Haven, Conn., police officer Robert Flodquist. “I said very clearly when Malik was murdered, that but for racial profiling, Malik would be alive today,” Jones said in a conversation with