FBI Director Christopher Wray says the rise in crime in Atlanta is connected to the impact of COVID-19 including unemployment, inmate releases, and staffing challenges in police departments.
“I think the impact of COVID cannot be underestimated. Whether it’s trial backlogs, early inmate releases, unemployment, etc. You have more juveniles committing violent crime,” Wray said. “You have certain prosecution practices and decreased sentences, which put recidivists back out on the street more readily, and that adds to its challenge. You also have the prevalence of firearms including interstate trafficking, by that I mean firearms in the hands of those who are prohibited, legally prohibited, from having them.”
The FBI director called all the factors a “combustible mix.”
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