Pierre the Great Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_...lphia_homicides Well not to be happy or anything but it looks like somebody is going to take over the worse city in the US mantle. We've only got 30 something homicides so far. New Orleans is at 70 I think. But Philly is running away with this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's a sad situation but not much concrete actions are done to solve the problem. There doesn't seem to be much effort given on it right now. Mayor Street's reign is over and I don't think he'll do something significant until the end of his mandate. The elections are coming soon. All the candidates are promising more cops in the streets and better police strategies. But it won't change the problem. The killers and victims are young blacks without jobs/education and living outside the support system. The city needs to find a way to reach to this new generation, give a better access to education and create jobs opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's a sad situation but not much concrete actions are done to solve the problem. There doesn't seem to be much effort given on it right now. Mayor Street's reign is over and I don't think he'll do something significant until the end of his mandate. The elections are coming soon. All the candidates are promising more cops in the streets and better police strategies. But it won't change the problem. The killers and victims are young blacks without jobs/education and living outside the support system. The city needs to find a way to reach to this new generation, give a better access to education and create jobs opportunities. That's pretty much every single major cities problem in america. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLP Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The killers and victims are young blacks without jobs/education and living outside the support system. The city needs to find a way to reach to this new generation, give a better access to education and create jobs opportunities. Lots of US blue collar jobs have been moved to Mexico, China and Malaysia -- leaving the young urban underclass with some old-fashioned opportunities and bold new work schemes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 who the heck wants to go into the army? lol Only people the Army folks are getting now are poor rural kids who's farm's are failing and have no choice. (Happened to 8 people I know down on the farm) My friend who happens to be black, tried to get into the army but failed the 'test' we lol'd and now he's at a junior college in Northern Illinois. He wants to be a chef. He's the same kid who grew up with no parents, mom was a druggie, grandma got killed in front of him when he was a kid. But overall the african american community is completely against this coalition of the killing, war of aggression. The Armed Forces used to rely heavily on black enlistment but why would a teenager put on a uniform and dodge bullets for bush when he does it on a daily basis at home? The army used to be an oasis for the black community to get away from the carnage of the city streets. lol have times changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 So, if we make projections based on the fact that their are 127 homicides in Chicago in only 4 months, then the annual tally will probably be around 390 homicides. That means that one US city accounts for the equivalent of nearly 2/3 of the whole of Canada's homicide rate. Last year there was 658 homicides in Canada; the highest tally ever. And what? Canada is arguably less racist, and bans hand guns. Could there be a connection? As an addendum, I'd like to suggest that the homicide rate in Canada would probably decrease if the US banned hand-guns, seeing as most hand-guns enter Canada from the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumpano21 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 From what I understand, roughly 90% of the wealth in America is held by about 10% of the population. If you look back through history, those are REVOLUTION numbers. If the black community or hispanic community ever gets organized, look out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Philly not Chicago Lets just take the biggest cities crime total from last year and see if it gets near 658. Top 10 cities by population- 2005 NYC - 593 murders LA- 489 murders Chicago- 598 murders Houston- 334 murders Philly- 377 murders Phoenix- 220 murders San Antonio- 86 murders San Diego- 51 murders Dallas- 202 murders Tuscon- 55 murders From what I understand, roughly 90% of the wealth in America is held by about 10% of the population. If you look back through history, those are REVOLUTION numbers. If the black community or hispanic community ever gets organized, look out..... Yup, Florida is the best example of this. Plus the 'official' economic policy of this country is 'trickle down economics' which is a total crock and a joke. We did have some sort of 'revolution' it was the end of apartheid in this country with the civil rights movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Philly not Chicago Lets just take the biggest cities crime total from last year and see if it gets near 658. Top 10 cities by population- 2005 NYC - 593 murders LA- 489 murders Chicago- 598 murders Houston- 334 murders Philly- 377 murders The thing with Philadelphia is that they aren't 8M habitants. In 2005 they averaged 4X more death by murder/population than NYC. There were 406 murders (up 7%) last year in Philly and this year it's on pace for around the same number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 well new york is considered super safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 well new york is considered super safe. Yeah it's way better than it was in NYC. Philly should take lessons. Some parts of the city here in Philadelphia are so deprivate (dark streets, broken windows, abandoned cars..) it's almost an incitatation to commit a crime. Clean the streets, put lights. Then maybe convenience stores will open in the area, there will be more activity, people walking, watching.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Yeah it's way better than it was in NYC. Philly should take lessons. Some parts of the city here in Philadelphia are so deprivate (dark streets, broken windows, abandoned cars..) it's almost an incitatation to commit a crime. Clean the streets, put lights. Then maybe convenience stores will open in the area, there will be more activity, people walking, watching.. if only it were that easy. Oh and NYC has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. Enacted by a republican btw, who happens to be running for president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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