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Local violence can be cut with drug trade crackdown: Bucshon
Washington,
January 2, 2017
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"Probably a high percentage of these are going to be drug- and gang-related, even in Evansville," said 8th District Rep. Bucshon. "I think if you have more economic opportunity in different neighborhoods, then some of that will get better.”
Cracking down on the flow of drugs from Mexico can help reduce crimes like Evansville's recent spate of killings, Rep. Larry Bucshon said Tuesday. Making his way from table to table at Penny Lane Coffee House in Downtown Evansville, the Republican congressman said he has been closely following news of the local violence. He said the killings in Evansville, like violent crime in Chicago, are likely "related to lack of economic activity, poverty, drugs." "Probably a high percentage of these are going to be drug- and gang-related, even in Evansville," said 8th District Rep. Bucshon. "I think if you have more economic opportunity in different neighborhoods, then some of that will get better.” Much of the economic activity to counter street-level violence must come from local and state officials, Bucshon said. He praised city officials who have stressed revitalizing Downtown Evansville. "I think the local leadership in the city of Evansville is doing a lot for Evansville, with the prosperity downtown and other things happening," Bucshon said. "A lot of it has to be local and state-driven, not necessarily federally driven, to create opportunity locally for people." |
