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We need new approach to reducing gun violence in Orange County | Commentary
I’ve been trying for years to get Orange County leaders to adopt solutions that have helped reduce shootings by 30-60% in cities throughout the country. I lead the violence reduction initiatives for Live Free USA, a national organization that helps support proven solutions for reducing gun violence. In 2018, the county made a partial attempt at the Live Free USA strategies in Pine Hills which quickly fizzled.
Gun Violence: Public Health Crisis Demands Public Health Solutions
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Protestors take part in a rally of Moms against gun violence calling for Federal Background Checks on August 18, 2019, in New York City. | Source: JOHANNES EISELE / Getty Over the last year, President Joe Biden has taken a number of measures to address the scourge of gun violence in our country.
Gun Violence: Public Health Crisis Demands Public Health Solutions
CLOSE Over the last year, President Joe Biden has taken a number of measures to address the scourge of gun violence in our country.
McBRIDE/CEDIEL: When It Comes to Crime, Politicians Should Not Fail Black Americans Again
It should come as no surprise that in America language precedes policy. Prior to many policy changes, there is a campaign of persuasion using vivid words and images that portray what will happen if a given law or loophole isn’t enacted or changed. Many people justify their position through words that inspire hope, dread, or fear. This should come as no surprise as language was used to justify slavery by painting a picture of persons of African descent as subhuman.
Funding peace: Orange County should use rescue funds to combat gun violence | Commentary
By Derrick McRae, Subhash Kateel and Antonio Cediel Guest Columnist | May 11, 2021 at 5:30 AM Gun violence has been on the rise over the last several years in Orange County. Since 2017, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has recorded a 64% increase in annual homicides, with 2020 being a particularly bad year.
Community policing could cut Orange’s high homicide rate | Commentary
Over the last two years, murders under the Orange County Sheriff Office’s jurisdiction have increased by 38%. During last year’s budget workshop, Sheriff John Mina was asked about the increase in murders and why there was nothing in the proposed budget to address it.
Separating families at the border isn't new. We've been doing it for centuries.
Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in the last six weeks. But this is hardly a new practice in the United States. Much of the country is justifiably outraged about the Trump administration’s practice of separating undocumented children from their parents. According to Homeland Security figures, about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in just six weeks and many are now being placed in tent camps in the desert.
Separating families at the border isn't new. We've been doing it for centuries.
Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in the last six weeks. But this is hardly a new practice in the United States. Much of the country is justifiably outraged about the Trump administration’s practice of separating undocumented children from their parents. According to Homeland Security figures, about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in just six weeks, and many are being placed in tent camps in the desert.
Why Is Our Government Soft on White Domestic Terrorism?
Tyra Hemans, 19, left, and Logan Locke, 17, right, students who survived the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, wait to board buses in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018.Photo: Gerald Herbert (Associated Press)For all our national bluster about waging a “war on terror,” the main sources of terror in our country go largely unacknowledged by our political leaders.
Opinion | Why Do We Ignore Initiatives That Reduce Gun Violence?
Op-Ed Contributor By Antonio Cediel, Amber Goodwin, Michael Mcbride and Ciera Walker Oct. 6, 2017 The police at the scene of a murder in Chicago laast year. In the wake of this week’s devastation in Las Vegas, it is important to remember that this kind of headline-grabbing mass shooting constitutes only a tiny fraction of the gun murders in our country.
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