Eric Hoffman

I have always maintained a nonpartisan stance on efforts to reduce violent crime in Black neighborhoods across the country. It is unreasonable to keep asking Black America to support violence reduction initiatives that are not producing significant declines in violent crimes in black neighborhoods when we are disproportionately impacted and when our communities are most affected. Black Americans make up 13% of the population, yet for over six decades, they have accounted for more than 50% of homicide victims each year. Homicide is the leading cause of death for Black males aged 1-44. Black Americans deserve better. Whatever measures are being taken to lower these violent crime rates in Memphis, I applaud them. Black Americans deserve to live in peaceful and safe neighborhoods, not war zones.