GREENVILLE – A story in Wednesday’s New York Times examined violence in The Delta and the efforts underway in Greenville to get a handle on crime.
The report from Audra Burch looked at the origins of Greenville’s recently-enacted curfew and the dramatic impact it’s had on street crimes and random shootings.
The Times article also made reference to the Leland mass shooting and the different ways small towns are taking matters into their own hands, while bigger cities are seeing deployment of the national guard.
Finally the report mentions the impact on late-night businesses, but overwhelmingly the article centered on the ways the curfew has slowed the rate of killings in Greenville.
As one person told The Times, “A whole city should not be held hostage by juveniles”.