FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said last week that children who were shut out of schools during the pandemic and who have yet to go back to the classroom are factors in America’s “violent crime crisis.”
He said juveniles have added to the brew of drugs, gangs and illegal guns that are fueling the crime spree.
“We are seeing, and I hear this from chiefs and sheriffs all the time, as well as our own agents, an alarming uptick in the incidence of juveniles engaging in violence, often graduating from carjackings to even worse violence,” Mr. Wray said.