City of Death: Philadelphia Murder Rate Highest in Nearly 20 Years

October 13th, 2007, posted by Stanley

“They just shoot at anything and everybody, without even looking.”
Over the past couple of years, Philadelphia’s murder rate reached highs not seen since the 1980s, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. So far this year, more than 315 people have been killed, a pace of well over a murder a day, police said. That’s a higher rate, according to FBI statistics, than much larger cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.

But Philadelphia’s situation is different today from years past in that more and more of the killers are teenagers, according to the Philadelphia Police Department and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office.

“They just shoot at anything and everybody, without even looking,” said Shawn Banks, a former drug dealer and gang member. Now in his 30s, he said the new generation that rules the streets is made up of kids who shoot first and never consider the consequences.

“They [are] not respecting themselves and they don’t have any value for human life,” he said.

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What do you expect, after

On October 15th, 2007 Anonymous said:

What do you expect, after decades of Democrats?

I’m going to respond,

On November 12th, 2007 Anonymous said:

I’m going to respond, pretending like your statement is even worthy of a response.

What other big cities, with low crime, have republican leaders?

NY, NY

On March 17th, 2008 Anonymous said:

When Rudy Guiliani was mayor of NY, crime (especially the murder rate) plummeted…He’s a Republican

Misguided

On March 6th, 2008 Anonymous said:

You are truly misguided if you believe this is the fault of any political party. Society set the standard, not democrats, republicans or whomever.

I’m sure you threw this comment up here just to start some conversation, but if by chance you really are the egostistical, selfrighteous bonehead you appear to be, John McCain has his hands full. I’m sure he would be proud to know that HE is the choice of the Chosen People and that HE must be the right choice since you make no mistakes. All is perfect when you are there. We are safe with at the wheel. Even the Son of God must bow when you enter the room.

more statistics

On March 6th, 2008 Anonymous said:

392 homicides in 2007 and 310 are black.
That is horrible news. Makes you wonder if there really is a God. I’m from Canada and I had no idea about this. I’m shocked. I was offered a job in Phily that pays 25k more than what I’m making now. Now I know why. I’ll stay where I am. I hope things get better there for everyone. Stop the killing.

True

On March 15th, 2008 Anonymous said:

Its not that bad living in philly i live there i havent got shot more than 2 times

Wake up USA. Looking up

On March 17th, 2008 Anonymous said:

Wake up USA. Looking up canada to know how things suppose to be…

Good luck Philly

Erick

On March 17th, 2008 Anonymous said:

Wake up USA. Looking up canada to know how things suppose to be…

Good luck Philly

CANADA

On March 21st, 2008 Anonymous said:

Toronto, Montreal being over two millian citizens and being the worlds most multicultural cities in the world but yet being one of the safest cities in the world, we tend to look at america sometimes and ask why are there so many killings? just ask a Canadian about the right to arm ourselves with any GUN!!!!!

Tell me, do Canadians walk

On March 21st, 2008 Anonymous said:

Tell me, do Canadians walk around armed? I really don’t know. Enlighten Please.

Yes they do

On March 24th, 2008 Anonymous said:

I just watched bowling for columbine yesterday and yes canadians do walk around armed. There are more than 7 million guns in canada and only about 100 gun murders a year compared to america where we have over 11,000. The reason there are so many murders in America is cuz were a scared nation. If we turn on the news all we see is, the war on terror, or murder and shit like that. The media feeds us fear, and in a nation full of scared people it is dumb to have so many guns cuz then we fucking all kill each other. And yes, it does have a lot to do with our government. A whole lot.

Closing Time

On April 9th, 2008 Anonymous said:

It appears it’s time to close this thread. The dialogue has become meaningless racist drivel.