The spike in gun violence (Part I)

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🗓️ 29 July 2021

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The nation’s murder rate rose by almost 25 percent last year — the largest increase in at least 60 years. This year might be even worse. ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis reports on “The Great Regression.” Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. An earlier version of this episode inaccurately described the no-cash bail policies District Attorney Larry Krasner's office has pursued since the start of the pandemic. The episode previously stated that Krasner stopped requesting bail in many gun cases. After publication, the office said it has pursued high bail in almost all gun cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's today explained, I'm Sean Ramos from, we've made what feels like a million episodes
0:13.4	about the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:15.3	And while the show's been focused on that crisis, I kind of think we've neglected another
0:19.9	one.
0:20.9	One that, like COVID-19, has affected just about every corner of the country.
0:26.7	Gun violence.
0:27.7	Last year, the nation's murder rate rose by almost 25%.
0:31.9	The largest increase in at least 60 years.
0:34.6	And 2021 might be even worse.
0:37.5	Shootings are way up across the country.
0:39.8	A couple of weeks ago, three people were shot outside of a watchton nationals game here
0:44.0	in DC.
0:45.0	You could hear the shots if you were watching on TV.
0:48.1	Fans scrambled to leave the park.
0:49.6	It was total chaos.
0:51.3	This past weekend, 70 people were shot in Chicago.
0:54.9	12 died.
0:56.2	And Detroit, seven people were shot at a candlelight vigil.
1:00.4	Call it the Great Regression.
1:03.2	To make up for lost time on this issue, we're devoting two episodes to the problem and
1:08.0	to solutions this week.
1:09.3	And we're collaborating with pro-publica.
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