Erica Atwood on Curbing Gun Violence in Major Cities
CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV
English - February 02, 2022 14:03 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MB - ★★★ - 1 ratingGovernment News opinion bob herbert public affairs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With gun violence in America only going up during the pandemic, more than fifteen hundred boys and girls below the age of 18 were killed in homicides, suicides and accidental shootings in 2021. Bob talks with guest Erica Atwood, senior director of Philadelphia’s Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives for Criminal Justice and Public Safety, about some of the root causes of gun violence, and the steps that are being taken to prevent it.