re: Five major cities already on pace to pass steep 2021 homicide totals halfway through 2022

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Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of incarceration of Black men in the nation, and has the widest achievement gap between Black and white students.

Milwaukee ranks near the bottom of the nation's cities for percentage of Black residents earning $40,000 or more a year.

We have been labeled as one of the worst places to raise a Black child.

26% of Black residents live in neighborhoods defined as having concentrated poverty.

Only 27.8% of Black residents own their own homes, which is worse than 50 years ago.

Homicides hit a record in 2020 and the violence has continued this year.

Car thefts are up 193% for the year, and we have already passed 2020’s total.

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