500 Murders in Chicago just in 2012 alone. But this inner-city murder story just isn’t exclusive to Chicago.  All over the country inner cities are being plagued with violence, murder and drugs; most of which are teenagers and young adults. According to the Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia’s homicide rate is the highest it’s been since 2007. In 2012 Philadelphia […]

Philadelphia has seen its share of violent crimes in 2012, and the murder rate is no exception. To date, Philadelphia has had 252 murders as of Sept 13th. Thats 14% more murders than Sept 13th of 2011. City officials have tried their best to create initiatives for combating such high homicide rates. Mayor Nutter even put a bounty on the […]

The violence in Philadelphia seems to get worse and worse every time we turn on the news. A city named after it’s brotherly love has amassed over 60 murders as of March 5th 2012, and doesn’t look to be slowing down one bit. For the past 5 years the city of Philadelphia has averaged about […]

Former Municipal Court Judge Jimmie Moore thinks the city of Philadelphia should look more like Baghdad. He believes the only way to remedy the current rising murder rate in the city is to station the National Guard in low income neighborhood to help police in the cities crime fighting efforts. He compares the efforts to […]

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has taken crime fighting to a whole new level. At a press conference at Strawberry Mansion High School, the mayor had harsh words for criminals that torment the city. “We are not going to be held hostage by these domestic terrorists in our city any longer. We’re just not going to […]