I'm not sure what's "convenient" there (or, conversely, what's "inconvenient" about dismissing gang violence), but there has always been squabbling over MCIs.

I'm not sure what's "convenient" there (or, conversely, what's "inconvenient" about dismissing gang violence), but there has always been squabbling over MCIs. From Wikipedia: > A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI) describes an incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties.[1] For example, an incident where a two-person crew is responding to a motor vehicle collision with three severely injured people could be considered a mass casualty incident. The general public more commonly recognizes events such as building collapses, train and bus collisions, plane crashes, earthquakes and other large-scale emergencies as mass casualty incidents. It then goes on to discuss the other type of "MCI": > A multiple casualty incident is one in which there are multiple casualties. The key difference from a mass casualty incident is that in a multiple casualty incident the resources available are sufficient to manage the needs of the victims. The issue of resource availability is therefore critical to the understanding of these concepts. One crosses over from a multiple to a mass casualty incident when resources are exceeded and the systems are overwhelmed.