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| https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-recommends-addressing-gun-violence-safer-streets-act | Congressman Cohen Recommends Addressing Gun Violence with Safer Streets Act | 2019-09-26 | 2019 | 2019-09 | Democrat | House | TN | Steve Cohen | C001068 | cohen.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today questioned witnesses at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Securing examining Community Responses to Violence in Our Cities, noting that Memphis isaffectedby poverty and violent crime.CongressmanCohen also described hisH.R. 3738,the Safer Streets Act, which would provide grants to communities with twice the national rate, or higher rates, of violent crime. See his questioning of witness Reggie Moore, director of the Office of Violence Prevention, City of Milwaukee Health Department here. A recentstudy conductedby the Violence Policy CenterindicatesTennessee has one of thehighest African American homicideratesin the nationandAfrican Americans are disproportionately reported as victims of homicide.Of the323 African Americanhomicide victims in 2016,87 percent were killed by gunshot wounds.Nationwide in 2016, although African Americans represented only 13percentof the population, homicides of African Americansmade up 51percentof all reports. Congressman Cohen said, It is devastating for a community to hear of another senseless death of a promising young person.In describing the Safer Streets Act,hesaid, I think it makes sense to put the money where the problem is. Congressman Cohen alsosubmitted into the hearing record a Daily Memphianthree-part series articleon the impact of the stress and trauma of gun violence,a Commercial Appeal article about the Tennessee homicide rate, and a study published by the Violence Policy Center. The articles and study can be seen here: Daily Memphian https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/special-projects/article/6910/memphis-brainpower-counters-attacks-of-trauma TheCommercial Appeal https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/31/tennessee-homicide-rate-statewide-national-average-ranking-high-rising/1290957001/ TheViolence Policy Center http://vpc.org/studies/blackhomicide19.pdf | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |