CBSnews.com reported yesterday that the murder rate in the city of Philadelphia is currently averaging more than 1 per day this year, as it did last year. The story says that the murder rate in Philadelphia right now is higher than New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Philadelphia Mayor John Street had this to say...
"Well, I don't want to quarrel with you about the murder rate because for us, one homicide is too many. Just a few years ago homicides in our city was at a 17-year low. Well I mean there are a number of things that go into the homicide rate. There... this is... this is a social problem."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/01/eveningnews/main2635629.shtml
The extent of the problem is dramatically depicted in this Philadelphia Inquirer map...
http://inquirer.philly.com/graphics/shootings_map/
With the murder rate rising so rapidly and half the killings remaining unsolved, this is a police department problem in addition to a social problem. And, whatever the cause, it is an outrage.
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