06/22/2021

Mayors See Few Options for Regaining Control as Homicides Soar Nationwide

The tools for fighting back are 'limited' without state and federal help

The killings rolled over the country like a fast-moving storm. From Savannah to Austin, from Chicago to Cleveland. In six hours one night this month, four mass-shooting attacks. And in their wake, a sober recognition from city leaders that they don’t have many options left for curbing a surge in homicides that is traumatizing communities nationwide.

The tools for fighting back are "limited" without state and federal help, said Austin Mayor Steve Adler (D).

"It's going to get worse," said Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (D).

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