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Philadelphia Homicide Rate Breaks 300
KYW.COM ^
Posted on 10/04/2006 8:37:31 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Philadelphia Homicide Rate Breaks 300
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Police said the death of a four-month-old baby marked the 300th murder in the city of Philadelphia.
Authorities said the baby was severely beaten inside a home on the 5400 block of Sharswood Street in West Philadelphia Sunday night.
The infant was pronounced dead at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Tuesday night.
Police arrested 35-year-old William Nurse, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, on October 1. He was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and other related charges.
Officials have not said if his charges will be upgraded.
The city's murder rate continued to climb following a series of separate overnight shootings Tuesday that left three people dead.
Authorities said a female in her 30's was shot near 60th and Kingsessing Streets around 5 p.m.
The woman apparently drove herself to 58th and Springfield Streets before collapsing, police said. She was taken to an area hospital where she later was pronounced dead.
Several hours later, police discovered a 19-year-old male shot once in the head on the 2200 block of S. Hemberger Street in South Philadelphia.
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the city that loves you back.........
To: Sub-Driver
35-year-old William Nurse, the boyfriend of the child’s mother
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:39:14 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Sub-Driver
The city of brotherly love?
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:40:28 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business] (...and his head is so tiny...))
To: Sub-Driver
Philly was once a great place to live .. now many parts are a hell hole
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:41:00 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC - BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR)
To: Tax-chick
To: manic4organic
Probably not - usually it's the next man through that kills the previous man's baby.
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:42:32 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Sub-Driver
Police said the death of a four-month-old baby marked the 300th murder of a potential Democratic voter in the city of Philadelphia. There.
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:47:32 AM PDT
by
harwood
(Ann Coulter: Future SCOTUS nominee!)
To: Sub-Driver
It's quagmire! How many more taxdollars are going to be wasted on this mess? We need to pull out of Philadelphia.
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:50:01 AM PDT
by
bobjam
To: harwood
Since when is death a real impediment to voting for the Evil Donkey?
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:50:05 AM PDT
by
AngryJawa
({NRA}{IDPA} Proud Infidel Since 1968)
To: harwood
Are your sure she won't vote. Democrats routinely have dead people voting.
To: Sub-Driver
Can no one write English anymore? Since when is a total number a "rate"?
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posted on
10/04/2006 8:51:28 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("We have always been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France"--Wellington)
To: Sub-Driver
The mayor once hugged a convicted drug-dealer on the steps of his "legit business" while praising drug-dealers, in general, for their "natural entrepreneurial spirit".
The police commissioner is concerned whether the punishemnt handed down to criminals may be too harsh.
Calls for more gun laws, a couple cande le-light vigils and some singing of Kumbaya should straighten the problem out post haste.
To: Sub-Driver
More Americans died violently in Philadelphia this year than in Iraq............
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posted on
10/04/2006 9:05:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro DEAD YET?........)
To: threeleftsmakearight
Wasn't Philadelphia where someone was selling t-shirts that said, "Don't be a snitch!" or something similar?
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posted on
10/04/2006 9:06:41 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There's nowhere to go and you've got all day to get there ... on some beach, somewhere.")
To: Sub-Driver
Gee, could it have anything to do with drugs?
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posted on
10/04/2006 9:14:35 AM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(Matthew 5:37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no)
To: bobjam
Why is Philadelphia such a dangerous place? What is the reason for the huge murder toll?
To: harwood
You're funny, just because their dead does not mean they can't vote.
4 month old to 18 year old, they sure grow up fast.
/s
To: vox_freedom
Nah, it's all the legally owned firearms that the citizens own. If you take them all away, there will be no crime.
/s
To: Mo1
No fear, the brothers and sisteres are in charge.
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posted on
10/04/2006 9:26:07 AM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: abovethefray
Why is Philadelphia such a dangerous place? What is the reason for the huge murder toll?
Here's a partial explanation:
- A century of one-party (i.e. Democrat) political machine rule, with the attendant blight and corruption;
- Confiscatory taxes (wage tax, business 'privilege' tax, property taxes) that drive businesses and productive members of society out of the city;
- Political hacks in high-level positions in the police department and elsewhere who are more interested in preventing racial profiling than stopping crime.
Philadelphia is essentially the Third World at this point and the downward spiral is accelerating. I live 20 miles away, and I rarely go there for any reason besides the 2 or so times a month my job requires it.
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