Homicides in Philadelphia for 2012 are ahead of every year since 2007.
Many people are quick to criticize Frank Rizzo who was Police Commissioner from 1967 to 1971, but One of the most well-known actions taken by Rizzo's police officers were the raids on the Philadelphia offices of
the Black Panther Party on August 31, 1970.
For that he was,of course, called what else ? RACIST.
In many respects, Rizzo was not a typical commissioner. He sometimes quarreled with the city's mayor, James H. J. Tate. He was boisterous and brooding, particularly to media. A biography of Rizzo, with an introduction written by future police commissioner John Timoney, recounted: "Of one group of anti-police demonstrators, he is reported to have said, 'When I'm finished with them, I'll make Attila the Hun look like a fag.'" A female reporter who covered the Rizzo years, Andrea Mitchell (now of NBC News), recounted routine brutish behavior as part of a broad pattern of bravado.[6]
So it is quite clear to me the democrats have a "soft spot" for criminals, and we are stuck with the results.
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