RVA 5x5 - October 21, 2022

Violence Is Spiraling Out Of Control; The City Is Shaming Itself; Gladiatorial Casino Combat; Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin!; Tax Debate and Best Practices.

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STORY #1 — 'Violence Is Spiraling Out Of Control'
On Wednesday, CBS6 Crime Insider Jon Burkett gave an interview to John Reid on WRVA about the rising and scary number of shootings happening all over the region, most of them in the City.

He noted (as of Wednesday morning) that there had been 12 shootings in the previous 7 days, and 10 just in the devious 5 days, with two murders.

He talks about how a lot of it is driven by feuds on social media and then gives a scary quote: “Credit the surgeons at VCU — if we didn’t have them, we’d be in really big trouble,” while also noting their job in the ER is the “equivalent to a combat surgeon.”

He goes into more detail and talks about one woman who was interviewed whose brother had been murdered and she wondered why he was even out on the street - he had 13 serious felonies on his record. Burkett also said he was threatened by someone in a passing car while he was conducting an …