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Police tape marks off a Chicago street as officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the city's South Side on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. An argument in a house erupted into gunfire early Tuesday, police said. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

4 dead, 4 critically injured in Chicago shooting

A total of eight people were shot, four fatally, in a mass shooting incident in Chicago. Among the four people who were pronounced dead at the scene, four suffered critical injuries and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 04: New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton attends a press conference after witnessing police being retrained with new guidelines at the Police Academy on December 4, 2014 in the College Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of in New York City. The new police guidelines come on the heels of numerous national incidences where white police officers have killed black men. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Fmr. commissioner condemns defund the police movement

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton referred to law enforcement as essential medicine amid the movement to defund the police. In an interview on Sunday, he argued being a cop in America these days is tougher than any other time in history.