The calendar turned to spring and violence erupted. In a single weekend, the U.S. experienced its largest scale of mass shootings in more than two years, and there were numerous other shooting incidents with victims who didn't have to die.
“Last couple of years there has been a very strong anti-police sentiment and I think that police departments have pulled back in fear of becoming the criminals themselves for doing their jobs and I think that’s emboldened a certain few people in this country to commit violent crimes," Booth said.
Less involvement with at-risk children equals more opportunity for them to get involved with criminal behaviors, experts say. President Joe Biden released his budget, which includes significant increases in programs for community violence and youth violence intervention.“We need to invest younger in terms of helping kids both address the impacts of violence or trauma that they may have witnessed or experienced," Stewart said.
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