China News Service, August 3, according to Fox News, the US police confirmed to Fox News on the 2nd local time that the number of shootings in New York City in 2020 has reached 777, exceeding the number of shootings in 2019. The sum of the number of events. "New York Post" data shows that in 2019, there were 776 shooting incidents in New York City throughout the year.
Data map: On June 1, local time, people in New York, the United States, marched on the streets of Manhattan to protest police violent law enforcement. On May 24, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, African-American Floyd was killed by police officers suspected of improper actions during law enforcement. This incident triggered a wave of demonstrations across the United States. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan
According to reports, on the evening of August 1, local time, a 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound and went to Lincoln Hospital for medical treatment. This means that the number of shootings in New York City increased to 777 in 2020. A police spokesperson told Fox News that there have been more shootings since the evening of August 1, but the police did not elaborate on this.
Mario Martinez, who has lived in the area where the shooting took place for more than half a century, said, "I have never seen it so bad here." "When I grew up here, the scariest weapon was a knife... I grew up like this. And then to the next generation. It was a gun."
The report pointed out that there are still a few months before the end of 2020, but many people are pessimistic that the situation will improve. Joseph Giacalone, a retired police officer of the New York Police Department and a professor of criminal justice at John Jay College, believes: "The situation will only get worse." "As the shooting continues, so will retaliation. This is A vicious circle."
Regarding the increase in violence, New York Mayor Bai Sihao and police officials believe that the reasons include the continuation of the new crown epidemic and the general rise in anti-police sentiment.