Posted on 03/16/2005 11:52:30 AM PST by llevrok
District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham vowed that her office will protect witnesses, even if it means sending a moving van to their home to take them to safety the day they come forward.
“We cannot only move you out of the city, we can move you out of the state; we can move you across the country,” Abraham said.
Within the past eight days there have been 21 homicides in Philadelphia, including three in the late-night and early morning hours after the prosecutor made her appeal Monday.
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We're trying to work out a deal to get UN peacekeepers, but all children will have to leave first.
Quagmire! Pull our law enforcement out of there! :)
OOOh I thoughtb this was the city of brotherly love?
I understand your point, but that is like sayting I smash my thumb 365 times a year because I did it once on saturday.
Maybe taking last years overall statistic might be a better approach.
They have bullet-proof moving vans?
Do we know what section of Philly the majority of these have happened in? Could it the Democrat areas? Will PA be in play now with less blue voters? LOL
They should start by firing the police department, everyone in the DA's office, and all of the judges and starting over from scratch. Sure, there would be some collateral damage to some innocent folks, but that is the only way to root out the endemic corruption in a place like Philly.
Maybe you should consider doing that to the PERPETRATORS, not the witnesses...
1) Over 50% of African-American males in Baltimore are either in jail or on probation.
Over 69% of African-American babies are born illegitimately.
The statements were born out of the topic the Kwaze Infume, former head of the NAACP, the declared MD. Senate candidate has FIVE sons born out of wedlock.
Does anyone know how many of these killings were because of gamblers who didn't pay off their unfortunate bets on Philly in the Super Bowl?
"People should not be authorized to carry weapons on the streets of Philadelphia unless they have a good reason to do so," he (the mayor) said.
Sounds like a real standup, pro-second amendment kind of guy (sarcasm).
PA's Abu Ghraib
Police investigate allegations of sex abuse in team hazing
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/09/12/long.island.hazing/
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Pennsylvania police and prosecutors are investigating a reported hazing incident in their state involving alleged sexual abuse by members of a Long Island, New York, high school varsity football team against younger, junior varsity players.
Mayor John Street has a Plan: he wants a moratorium on the issuing of Gun Permits within the city! LMAO! Sure John, that'll work!
Yes, we need an immediate exit strategy from Philly. It's clearly a quagmire.
/sarcasm
Can he do that (implement a moratorium on permits), given that Pennsylvania is "shall issue" (?)
May I ask? What political party is in charge of Philly and has been in charge of Philly for as long as you can remember?
Do you think the MSM would be shouting from the roof tops if the Republicans held the political power in Philly?
IIRC, last year's overall Philly murder statistic was cited in the local (Philly) press as comparable to US troop deaths in Iraq at that time.
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