//Mississippi mayor says pandemic is partly to blame for spike in city's homicides

Mississippi mayor says pandemic is partly to blame for spike in city's homicides

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba released a video statement Friday about the number of homicides in the city.”The recent spike in violence, where friends and family are turning anger into violence and harming each other, when even a 6-year-old child is a shooting victim, are signs that our community is in crisis. Additionally, the impact of the coronavirus on jobs and mental health has heightened