- “President Biden will continue to do everything in his power to reduce gun violence, including by calling on Congress to increase community violence intervention funding,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “Enough is enough. Gun violence in this country is an epidemic that will not end with thoughts and prayers alone … It’s past time we turn our pain into purpose.”
- “We need to fully implement a community violence intervention plan,” Louisville mayor-elect Craig Greenberg said. “We must reach out and identify those who have already gotten into a life of violent crime or are most at risk of turning to that life. And working with them to have new opportunities in life.”
- “They have the ability to communicate and build relationships in a way that us, the police, we just can’t. It just is not possible,” That’s Commander Andre Parham, Chicago Police Department, praising the Institute for Non-Violence Chicago, which runs a community violence intervention program in the city.
