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Community Violence
We asked them to answer residents’ questions about the crisis that has taken more than 320 lives this year.
Les preguntamos a los residentes qué quieren que hagan sus funcionarios electos para mejorar la seguridad pública, varios nos dijeron que los candidatos necesitan trabajar para generar confianza en sus comunidades.
Commentary
Historically, juveniles are responsible for a small portion of shootings and homicides. That remains the case today, even as regressive rhetoric resurfaces in America’s most hallowed institutions.
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago’s gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city.
Residents tell us what they want city leaders to do to make them safer — but say earning their trust will be an uphill battle.
New York City’s most populous borough is using police and incarceration as a last resort — and seeing shootings decrease.
As city leaders double down on policing amid a spike in shootings, a new idea is gaining hold among experts: could less policing actually reduce gun violence?
Following a troubling surge in shootings, advocates worry the city's new administration is falling back on a "tough-on-crime" approach to reducing violence.
Carolyn Jones was shot leaving church in 1996. In BRIC TV’s latest documentary, she reflects on her decades-long recovery.
How We Fix This
A decade ago, two enemies put down their guns in a Michigan city halfway between Chicago and Detroit. They are still risking their lives, helping others disarm, and hoping for more support.
Nash Baker’s social media channels, known as A Million Hits, serve the communities in LA that are most affected by gun violence with on-the-ground coverage of crimes that are often ignored by local media.
BRIC TV embeds with a group of mothers who lost their children to gun violence, the second installment in a series with The Trace.
The first installment of a documentary series by BRIC TV, developed with The Trace, follows members of the Kings Against Violence Initiative as they work with shooting survivors.
Civil liberties advocates worry the NYPD is repeating the mistakes it made with its gangs list — and that innocent people are being tracked without even knowing it.
Dr. Gillian Naro was working a night shift when her hospital faced an active shooter. In an interview with The Trace, she discusses the experience, and how she hopes to prevent more violence.
