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Philadelphia students 'scared to go to school' as gun violence escalates
ABC News ^ | 24 October 2021 | Abby Cruz andKasim Kabbara

Posted on 10/24/2021 9:17:01 PM PDT by blueplum

Joshua Corneilius, 17, should be enjoying his senior year of high school, but instead, he is constantly worried about the violence occurring both inside and outside of his North Philadelphia school.

In the last year, nine kids at Simon Gratz High School were shot to death -- three of them just last month, the school's principal, Leyondo Dunn, told ABC News....

...Since 2015, more than 10,000 people have been shot in Philadelphia, and of those, three out of four were Black males. More than 80% of homicide victims in the city over the las year were Black males, according to city data.

Black boys also made up 96% of victims in child homicides in the city, and most of the killings occurred in North Philadelphia, according to Action News data....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abbycruz; alecbaldwin; arth; fatherlesschildren; gangviolence; generationalgangs; kasimkabbara; leyondodunn; pennsylvania; philadelphia; schoolviolence; simongratzhigh
when gangs take the place of dads in gangs
1 posted on 10/24/2021 9:17:01 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Tribal identity.


2 posted on 10/24/2021 9:18:09 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the l

3 posted on 10/24/2021 9:18:48 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: blueplum

“Since 2015, more than 10,000 people have been shot in Philadelphia, and of those, three out of four were Black males.”

Don’t care.

Not sorry.

L


4 posted on 10/24/2021 9:20:52 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: blueplum

Simple solution being implemented in Louisiana:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4006316/posts


5 posted on 10/24/2021 9:23:50 PM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: blueplum

There was a study done in NYC in the 1970’s that stated that a black urban male had a 5% chance of dying a violent death by age 45. It did not take into account drug related deaths. Suspect the number would be higher if that study were done today in a non biased manner. Social pathology kills.


6 posted on 10/24/2021 9:24:15 PM PDT by allendale
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To: blueplum

Is it worse than communist propaganda disguised as education? 🤪


7 posted on 10/24/2021 9:24:50 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: blueplum

This principal is 29? The female principal in the clip looked young, as well.


8 posted on 10/24/2021 9:37:31 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: blueplum

There are youtube videos dedicated only to drives around North Philadelphia neighborhoods. Yeah, its a shytehole.


9 posted on 10/24/2021 9:54:14 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: blueplum

Great take away by the reporter. Redlining by white guys is responsible for blacks killing each other.


10 posted on 10/24/2021 10:13:39 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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...Since 2015, more than 10,000 people have been shot in Philadelphia, and of those, three out of four were Black males. More than 80% of homicide victims in the city over the las year were Black males, according to city data. Black boys also made up 96% of victims in child homicides in the city, and most of the killings occurred in North Philadelphia...
Why, those ****ing white supremacist bastards! Were all the shooters wearing MAGA hats? /s

11 posted on 10/24/2021 10:32:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (...and make sure none of the gangs run out of ammo...)
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To: blueplum

1952 lived nearby. older brother graduated from Gratz. I moved away and went to a prep school which now plays Gratz in football. Carried a knife when I walked to school in 3rd grade. google street pictures show my old neighborhood is shit.


12 posted on 10/25/2021 3:58:39 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: blueplum

Rape is not penis violence.

Assault is not fist violence.

Being shot is NOT gun violence.

STOP CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.


13 posted on 10/25/2021 4:28:48 AM PDT by GOPJ (Military suicide deaths last year: 580 - by COVID:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48)
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To: blueplum

The left created this situation and wants it to continue. It will provide the justification for confiscating guns from NON-VIOLENT citizens while leaving them, deliberately, in the hands of violent criminals.


14 posted on 10/25/2021 5:08:03 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Buy a Let's Go Brandon! sticker. Show your disdain for the maniac in the White House. I did.)
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Philadelphia needs to ban all guns, so blacks can feel safe to go to school... 🤓

They need gun laws, to support conceal carry, so the THUGS don't know who the good guys are...

15 posted on 10/25/2021 5:08:33 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: I want the USA back

If one has to sacrifice Constitutional rights for the greater good, the place to start is stop and frisk, not vaccines.


16 posted on 10/25/2021 5:09:30 AM PDT by anton
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To: blueplum
Black boys also made up 96% of victims in child homicides in the city, and most of the killings occurred in North Philadelphia, according to Action News data.

Author fails to mention that other black boys are the ones doing the shooting.

17 posted on 10/25/2021 6:44:14 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: blueplum

“gun violence”?

According to the media, the violence is caused by the ‘gun’ and not by the perp.


18 posted on 10/25/2021 7:36:17 AM PDT by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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Author fails to mention that other black boys are the ones doing the shooting.

Exactly, it's not gun violence, it's violent young Black boys.

19 posted on 10/25/2021 7:39:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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20 posted on 10/25/2021 4:17:53 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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