Homicide rates in cities like Chicago are down and some credit the reduction to an increased police presence and a renewed focus on public safety in recent months.
Yet in other cities, police actions didn’t seem to prevent gun violence but to worsen it.
On March 9, two undercover New York Police officers shot and killed Kimani “Kiki” Gray, a 16-year-old boy in Brooklyn, claiming he had pointed a .38-caliber Rohm revolver in their direction. Some witnesses say Gray was simply adjusting his belt when the officers opened fire. Gray’s family, friends and hundreds of others in the community took to the streets to protest of the shooting over several nights last week.
With tensions running high, some of the demonstrations over Gray’s death have escalated into confrontations with police.









