--let me be the first to say that we should abandon this quagmire--
Good thing Philly has really tight gun laws, or this problem would be much worse...
</sarcasm>
"Cit of Brotherly Love" ping
Philly = hunting preserve
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Who would have ever thunk that Philly would become "another Vietnam."
A) A watch
B)Some weed
C) Some pu**y
Also the Hare Krishna's were out in full force.
The place was like the bar scene from Star Wars, all sorts of characters running around.
Wonder if she is related to Darrell Dawkins, who used to be a big name in town.
The local newspapers here rarely publish the races of both the murderers or the victims these days.
According to this site, 95% of the murderers were African American.
Now it happens that all the murder suspects sought by the Philadelphia Homicide Squad were, in fact, minorities. The Philadelpia/Camden Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, keeps a list of all the local dangerous suspects here. This list of 69 suspects includes just two (2) white men - an Italian-American wanted for violation of federal parole, and an unknown man wanted in a road rage killing. There is, of course, such a thing as white crime in Philadelphia. The city has a Mafia, which is being brought under control as its members assimilate and give up the Old Country idea of omerta. And statistics show that one in twenty alleged Philadelphia murderers is a non-Hispanic white. Most Philadelphia murder victims are black - but whites, who make up 5 percent of the alleged killers, make up 11 percent of the victims.
Most of the homicides I've looked up on Philly.com's "Murder Map" are young black males, and thought to be gang-related or just "turf wars."
Michael Orlando, aged 43!, was delivering a pizza...how very tragic. Prayers for his family this Christmas.
Mark
I do a lot of work in Philly neighborhoods, including some pretty bad ones. Never have a problem.
I always go in there armed and I only go in between 10:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
A friend of mine went to Temple University, students generally had to "evacuate" the area before sundown for risk of their lives.
We happened to find a court to play basketball in Philly one day, I was the only white player on the court, and unfortunately for me, the best player. Each time I scored, I was greeted with elbows, cheap shots, etc. the guys on my team had nothing to say. I sensed I was in big trouble, while running down the court I veered off the court with my friend and we made a hasty retreat in his car before I became another unreported by the media victim of black on white crime.
Slide rules for slide hammers?
I was born in and grew up in Philly - within walking distance of the Liberty Bell (no, I didn't crack it, silly).
While one had to be reasonably careful, it was possible to walk at night in comparative safety. I lived in West Philly - one of the very old neighborhoods and my mother and I walked at night with no fear.
Then I lived in NE Philly - same thing...reasonable care, but no fear.
I can remember waiting for the bus at night around City Hall - it was ok. Same on the subway/El.
Yes, it was many many years ago. One neighborhood I lived in was an immigrant neighborhood of struggling people, the others were lower middleclasss. The economics of the neighborhood had nothing to do with how safe - or clean - it was.
I went back to Philly to visit some of these neighborhoods in the late 1980's - and a couple of them resembled Berlin circa 1945. Toilets on the sidewalks, cabinets in the streets, light poles laying flat on the streets, some places looked fire bombed. My grandmother's street was a junk yard of torn houses - still being lived in, but completely torn up.
People lolling around, yelling, shouting, drunk, staggering around - and this was in the daylight. We didn't dare get out of the car and one Black lady very kindly told us to leave quickly. She meant it as good advice - not a threat. We took her advice.
Cry for the once fine city.
Sounds like New Orleans when I left back in 93...
City of Brotherly Love, NOT !
But the eagels won today and the mayor is a democrat so who cares?
how would we control baghdad
when we can’t control our own cities?