‘It’s slow-motion mass murder’: Milwaukee grapples with years-long gun violence uptick



Milwaukee has faced a record-breaking increase in gun violence deaths over the past three years, with the city outpacing Chicago in murder rates last year. NBC News Correspondent Anne Thompson speaks with residents directly impacted by the violence about its devastating toll on victims’ families and communities.

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19 comments

  1. I was shot on my 17th bday… i got more than 20 shots, it was 2 buck shots from a 16 gauge, and i only have 1 lung left… learn from Asian cultures, if u gave every Japanese or Korean or Chinese or Indian man a gun, there would be like 1/1000th the amount of murders….

  2. It’s the current black youth culture unfortunately and I don’t know how you can change that

  3. Milwaukee used to be a predominantly German city known for it's beer.Those days are gone 😡🤔

  4. "In the Name of GOD—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
    All praise is for GOD—Lord of all worlds,
    the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
    Master of the Day of Judgment.
    You ˹alone˺ we worship and You ˹alone˺ we ask for help.
    Guide us along the Straight Path,
    the Path of those You have blessed—not those You are displeased with, or those who are astray.
    Amen."

    Please pray these words now, pray them as you read them if you cannot look and remember them 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  5. Hopefully God’s love is a comfort to this grieving mom and any of the grieving families impacted by the increase in violence/violent crime. An unfortunate time of such things, too much going on, too many things, too much tragedy. Community connection, through strength, hope faith and love.

  6. The story of most of the world, enough of the world, really.

  7. It’s a failed city. Garbage town. 🤮🤢.

  8. America doesn’t have a Monopoly on Single Moms /Morons / Mental Illness . But they on Guns .

  9. Access to guns is the common denominator .

  10. So her son was a homebody and she pushed him out into the streets?? 🤦🏽‍♀️ My condolences to her but that was just stupid. There's nothing wrong with your kids staying in the house. Everybody's on demon time out there. A lot of parents can't compete with the negative influences and mind control that comes from "the streets". Keep your kids in the house and try your hardest to move out of those bad environments

  11. Praying for the kids 🙏❤️ so Sad😢

  12. Born raised north side lived south side a while after an unsuccessful carjacking i left. Milwaukee is a mess so are a lot of cities in America-lost youth

  13. I'll be interested on who are the suspects committing the murder and who are the victims, it'll tell a bigger picture of this. Seems to be POC oriented.

  14. And over 80% of it is caused by 14% of the population. So start there. Cowards.

  15. I left 7 years ago, after living there 35 years. I refuse to not at least try and give my only son a better life

  16. KARMA,,KEEP ENABLING TRUMP, THAT REPRESENTS THE WORSE OF SOCIETY, HE IS A CRIMINAL, IGNORANCE ALSO ENABLES EVIL, HYPOCRISY, 70 MILLION VOTED FOR THAT DISGUSTING CRIMINAL, PAYBACK TIME SAYS KARMA

  17. Same in jamaica right now

  18. HANDS UP IF YOU ARE BORED OF STUPID AMERICANS SHOOTING EACH OTHER EVERY DAY……….D

    1 in 5 American children die from gunshots. More US mass shootings than days in the year.

    Guns are number one killer of children in America – Biden.

    Thank God I'm not American.