Philadelphia Police Throw In The Towel

[Judge Smails]

The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 black men to patrol the streets to reduce crime. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrHi0H81M2sAW8iu4Y1x-1KU4How)


Ronnie B. should consider moving back to his old haunts. This place sounds like it's ripe for a comic book style super-villain crime boss to take over and start running things.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q173/PHOTOSHOPMIKE/RONGANGSTER.jpg

[cupcakelove]

They should just use a bomb.

[DolaMight]

Train 10000 black men to use a sack full of doorknobs. The new Crime Free Philly.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Throw in the Towel

Like the Phillies Eagles and 76ers Every Year

Your City Stinks......

:king:

[Furtherman]

It stinks because of our corrupt mayor. It's a shame too. Beautiful city, but Street got elected by promising cops on every street corner that sold drugs. He was elected, and he did that, putting two, sometimes three cops on those corners. That lasted about 3 months until he pissed away the police budget and now they have no money to man those corners and the gangs came back two-fold.

[Soupy_Dreck]

Throw in the Towel

Like the Phillies Eagles and 76ers Every Year

Your City Stinks......

:king:

no wonder everyone loves Randy better!:thumbdown:

[Soupy_Dreck]

i don't think its 'throwing in the towel'. i think its actually trying something different. in the neighborhoods where most of the violence is out of control, victims and witnesses WILL NOT talk to police which leads to more violence. i think the commissioner is frustrated and disappointed that his 30+ year police career will be remembered as the time when the city turned on itself. its a shame because from what i heard, ol' sylvester johnson was a pretty decent cop.

[TooLowBrow]

It stinks because of our corrupt mayor. It's a shame too. Beautiful city, but Street got elected by promising cops on every street corner that sold drugs. He was elected, and he did that, putting two, sometimes three cops on those corners. That lasted about 3 months until he pissed away the police budget and now they have no money to man those corners and the gangs came back two-fold.i wish the cops around here sold drugs

[cupcakelove]

i wish the cops around here sold drugs

That's how I read it the first time too.

Why does it have to be 10,000 black men, why can't they just train capable 10,000 people.

[TooLowBrow]

The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 black men to patrol the streets to reduce crime. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrHi0H81M2sAW8iu4Y1x-1KU4How)


david sedaris has a story about how, in Europe, 10,000 black men are santa claus's elves.

[DolaMight]

That's how I read it the first time too.

Why does it have to be 10,000 black men, why can't they just train capable 10,000 people.

10000 undercover brothers is why, can you dig it

[AJDELAWARE]

They should just use a bomb.

Again?

[scottinnj]

They should just use a bomb.


They did, in 1985:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/1985_move_bombing.jpg




Things just got worse and worse after Mayor Goode left and Street took over.

[Furtherman]

Things just got worse and worse after Mayor Goode left and Street took over.

You forgot Mayor, and now governor, Ed Rendell, who I think did an excellent job for Philadephia in the 90's. It's been downhill since Street took over in 2000. Remember his acceptance speech had some of his people on stage yelling "Now we in charge!" Yea, nice work, dicks.

[AJDELAWARE]

They did, in 1985:


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/themarshal/1985_move_bombing.jpg






FREE MUMIMA?

[Furtherman]

FREE MUMIMA?

Totally different event. MOVE was with the Africa family / cult.

Mumia Abu-Jamal killed a cop in cold blood and has managed to fool a lot of people that he is innocent. I'm looking at you Beastie Boys!

[AJDELAWARE]

Totally different event. MOVE was with the Africa family / cult.

Mumia Abu-Jamal killed a cop in cold blood and has managed to fool a lot of people that he is innocent. I'm looking at you Beastie Boys!

Mumia was connected to MOVE, he was one of the main people responsible for getting them the exposure that they got, as well as predicting that the police were going to attack them.

* he was a journalist at the time, not a direct member of MOVE.

[Furtherman]

[QUOTE=AJDELAWARE;1460713] as well as predicting that the police were going to attack them.[QUOTE]

Anyone with eyes could see the police were going to attack them, especially after they killed a cop in 1978.

[AJDELAWARE]

Dont know their whole history, just Mumia's involvement.

[Team_Ramrod]

[QUOTE=Judge Smails;1458168]The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 black men to patrol the streets to reduce crime. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrHi0H81M2sAW8iu4Y1x-1KU4How)

If that isn't throwing fuel on the fire!

I assumed he wanted to reduce crime...






















(save it, I just gave myself the Annie Difranco)

[Death Metal Moe]

The city's embattled police chief, acknowledging that police alone cannot quell a run of deadly violence, has called on 10,000 black men to patrol the streets to reduce crime.



but they will all punch in and out according to B.P.T. So no one will start working until after 12 noon.

[Zorro]

but they will all punch in and out according to B.P.T. So no one will start working until after 12 noon.


Noon! That's like the crack of dawn in some neighborhoods

[scottinnj]

You forgot Mayor, and now governor, Ed Rendell, who I think did an excellent job for Philadephia in the 90's. It's been downhill since Street took over in 2000. Remember his acceptance speech had some of his people on stage yelling "Now we in charge!" Yea, nice work, dicks.



Rendell got a bunch of stuff going....yeah, I forgot about that. Philly wouldn't be the town it is now without Rendell. He brought a LOOOOOT of business into that town and it is better off because of him. Too bad he couldn't find time to abolish the City Wage Tax to really give Philadelphia a chance to compete with Cherry Hill, Marlton and Mt. Laurel, NJ.

[sailor]

It stinks because of our corrupt mayor. It's a shame too. Beautiful city, but Street got elected by promising cops on every street corner that sold drugs. He was elected, and he did that, putting two, sometimes three cops on those corners. That lasted about 3 months until he pissed away the police budget and now they have no money to man those corners and the gangs came back two-fold.

sounds more like bad budgeting than corruption. he DID do what he said, then just ran out of money. unless there's more you left out (i know NOTHING of philly).

[Furtherman]

sounds more like bad budgeting than corruption. he DID do what he said, then just ran out of money. unless there's more you left out (i know NOTHING of philly).

The FBI had practically the whole administration under survallience and found multiple counts of municipal corruption, with a lot of guys in his administration pleading guilty and going to jail. Street hasn't been charged with any crime. And considering he hasn't yet, he's probably just guilty of looking the other way while people in his administration abused their power. Like his brother, Milton Street, who was a hot dog vendor, but charged something like $20,000 a month as a consulting fee to outside city businesses looking to get city contracts!