Brownsville?
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'The Uptick in Violence is so Massive Here': Inside Brownsville's Deadly Summer
Pointing at a big chart on her office wall inside Brooklyn's 73rd precinct, Lieutenant Barbara Fischer explained, “This sheet here is our 2020 nonfatal shootings. The whole thing is full."
Lieutenant Fischer is the commanding officer for the precinct's detective squad and keeps track of every shooting and murder in Brownsville and other neighborhoods covered by the precinct.
The lieutenant admits she’s stunned by the drastic increase in gun violence this summer after years of declines.
“The uptick in violence is so massive here it’s felt everywhere, every pocket, every corner," said Fischer.
“The bail problem, we lock somebody up and they’re out hours after, while we’re not even done with the paperwork. I think that’s very troubling,” explained Fischer.
