Violence crosses borders. So must our response

Violence crosses borders. So must our response

As mayor of Ferguson, I have stood with families in some of their darkest moments. I have listened to the grief, the anger and the confusion that follows acts of violence in public spaces no community should have to endure — shootings inside a funeral home, outside a food truck and at a children’s outdoor track meet. These tragedies happened in Ferguson, but the perpetrators came from neighborhoods across the region. Violence does not stop at a …