MINI TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: Unofficial start of summer starts with officer-involved shootings

About this episode

The episode discusses the increase in crime during summer, focusing on recent officer-involved shootings in Buffalo and Pennsylvania.

Memorial Day kicked off the unofficial start of summer last weekend, and with warming temperatures, some communities have reported that crime is heating up. According to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more crimes do tend to happen in the summer. In this episode, we’ll check in with some responses to a recent crime uptick including two officer-involved cases in Buffalo, New York. In another case out of Pennsylvania, a man with an extensive criminal record allegedly tried to kill a police officer before authorities fatally shot him. Featuring audio from Marty Griffin of KDKA in Pittsburgh, WBEN News and Talk in Buffalo and WBBM Newsradio in Chicago.

Topics covered

• officer-involved shootings
• crime uptick
• summer crime trends
• law enforcement
• community responses

Keywords

• officer-involved shooting
• crime statistics
• summer crime
• Buffalo
• Pennsylvania

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bureau of Justice Statistics, KDKA, WBEN News and Talk, WBBM Newsradio

Places: Buffalo, New York, Pennsylvania

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