Exhausted cities face another challenge: a surge in violence
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FILE - In this July 5, 2020, file photo, an officer investigates the scene of a shooting in Chicago. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)FILE - In this July 5, 2020, file photo a poster with photos are attached to a fence in the South Austin neighborhood of Chicago during a vigil for 7-year-old Natalie Wallace, who was shot and killed as her family gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)Chief of Department of the New York City Police, Terence Monahan, takes a knee with activists as protesters paused while walking in New York, Monday, June 1, 2020. Police officials in New York City and elsewhere say recent shootings has shown there are consequences to some police reforms they see as misguided. Emboldened criminals feel "that the cops cant do anything anymore, that no one likes the police, that they can get away with things, that its safe to carry a gun out on the street, Monahan said. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)FILE - In this May 30, 2020, file photo, police in riot gear stand in front of the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, outside the White House in Washington. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, protesters rally as Philadelphia Police officers and Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers look on in Philadelphia, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)FILE - In this July 4, 2020, file photo Chicago police investigate the scene where several people were shot in Chicago. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2020, file photo, an officer investigates the scene of a shooting in Chicago. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)
