http://brendancalling.com/2008/02/26/philadelphia-shootings/ "living in an alternative universe of permanent outrage and relentless negativity fostered and fueled by the blogosphere." Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:18:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://brendancalling.com/2008/02/26/philadelphia-shootings/comment-page-1/#comment-12316 Brendan Calling » Blog Archive » HOW MUCH DOES THE MAYOR’S PRETEND CRIME EMERGENCY COST? Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:25:46 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/2008/02/26/philadelphia-shootings/#comment-12316 [...] Time to fire up the ol’ time machine and take a look at the mayor’s “crime emergency”. You’ll recall that there was quite a bit of criticism about placing more cops in neighborhoods like Chestnut Hill and University City, both afflicted with “problems” like wealth and a private police force provided by UPenn, as opposed to “actual high crime”: Conversely, six districts that reported some of the worst violent-crime rates last year did not make the commissioner’s list: the Sixth District, which includes eastern Center City and North Philadelphia; the 16th District, including Mantua and Powelton in West Philadelphia; the 23d District in North Philadelphia; the 24th and 26th Districts, encompassing Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond; and the 17th. [...] [...] Time to fire up the ol’ time machine and take a look at the mayor’s “crime emergency”. You’ll recall that there was quite a bit of criticism about placing more cops in neighborhoods like Chestnut Hill and University City, both afflicted with “problems” like wealth and a private police force provided by UPenn, as opposed to “actual high crime”: Conversely, six districts that reported some of the worst violent-crime rates last year did not make the commissioner’s list: the Sixth District, which includes eastern Center City and North Philadelphia; the 16th District, including Mantua and Powelton in West Philadelphia; the 23d District in North Philadelphia; the 24th and 26th Districts, encompassing Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond; and the 17th. [...]

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