The city of Milwaukee is battling back against the plague of violent crime and now, community groups are stepping forward to help reverse the trend.
In the first week of August, according to the City of Milwaukee, police responded to 20 shootings, eight of which resulted in deaths.
Barbara Notestein, executive director of Safe & Sound, said that the conditions that many people face clear the way for violence to occur.
“People in our community and cities across the country live in environments of tremendous stress. There may be no job, there may be no decent source of income, there...