
Uptick in NYC Gun Violence Spurs More Questions than Answers

Daryl Khan, the New York bureau chief of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and an adjunct professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Derrick Haynes, a Harlem community advocate, discuss the uptick in gun violence in New York City this year and what the NYPD's scaled back stop-and-frisk policy, gangs and other factors have to do with this surge.
Derrick Haynes (L) and @JJIEnews' Daryl Khan (R) in the studio: pic.twitter.com/vuqCVs8l67
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If you're going to go into communities & raid & arrest people, you need to put programs in place to help who's left, says Derrick Haynes.
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Police officer says crime is going up because police are afraid to be wrong. defends @NYPDnews @BrianLehrer http://t.co/Prddv1Mlau
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People used to know officers' names, officers knew residents' names. Now, it's not like that. "There's a fear factor." --Derrick Haynes.
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Police now walk through our neighborhoods like they're part of an army brigade, says caller Trey from The Bronx.
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