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A Vietnam veteran who lost his eye while serving his country was violently beaten during a random attack by a group of teens on a Philadelphia street earlier this week.
The attack happened shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of N. 5th Street in the citys Olney section.
These animals are specializing on our elderly people out here and a gentleman who served our country, Lt. George McClay said.
According to investigators, 64-year-old Edward Schaefer was walking to meet his wife at the bus stop when he was approached from behind by six males.
McClay said one of the suspects began the violent attack and the others joined in on the random beating.
I'm sure you are correct, but I read Phila. news daily (both my kids go to college there), and more often than not, it's a white or Asian victim, and black perps.
"Wilding" is the term used amongst the flash mob crowd there. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's growing like cancer.
I teach HS. I still believe that education is the only way out of the ghetto. But I can't imagine teaching in a Phila. public school. You couldn't pay me enough.
Chanel, you are correct! I can't believe more people don't exercise their right in Pa. Here are the rules.Believe it or not, PA is a CCL state. And it's still the murder capital of the country.
My older son lives in a bad neighborhood. I've thought about talking to him about getting a gun, but I don't think he'd go for it. He loves the city and is oblivious to what's going on there.
I still worry...
Works with nuclear armed societies, where as peace is established through strength, just break it down to handgun levels, and the peaceful outcome should be the exact same right? Just saying !I tried to post this as a reply to a poster named Mandy on a local news site. I guess I wasn't PC enough. Here's her post and my reply.
Mandy
Well, our society is tolerating this behavior. Our President does nothing, DOJ does nothing, the NAACP does nothing, Rev Sharpton does nothing, Rev Jackson does nothing. But let this behavior ever be reversed and the next thing we have is Hate Crime legislation pushed through our judicial system without a second thought as to implementing it fairly. The only way this seems that it will be resolved is more conceal carry which will results in violence erupting between races in our country. It appears the black community leaders are promoting this just like our President and DOJ and DNC are promoting the Occupy Wall Street protesters. People with a conscience should never want to be tied to the Democrat Party anymore.
Mandy I agree with 90% of your viewpoint, but we differ in that I don't see how citizens having a CCL will cause some type of race war. If anything it will bring back more civility than we currently have. Being a CCL holder as I am doesn't give one the right to call open season on thugs and miscreants. It does give one the right to defend ones self. And once the cockroaches, and I apply the term cockroaches equally to thugs of all races. Once they see the result of what a 45 ACP will do to their day in real life and not in some video game, mysteriously social graces would fall in line quickly. That's how and why you hear the term, "an armed society is a polite society". Once people, i.e., your legislature, realize that the police are not there to protect, but to fill out the incident report after the altercation and then attempt to make an arrest, maybe then they will empower the people with their God-Given right of lethal self defense. I'm so glad I live in a state where I can defend and not have to rely on the govt!
Not in Philly my friend, it's a black problem.I'm sure you are correct, but I read Phila. news daily (both my kids go to college there), and more often than not, it's a white or Asian victim, and black perps.
"Wilding" is the term used amongst the flash mob crowd there. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's growing like cancer.
I teach HS. I still believe that education is the only way out of the ghetto. But I can't imagine teaching in a Phila. public school. You couldn't pay me enough.
There is no denying that blacks are disproportionately represented as attackers. The Mayor of Philadelphia is trying to find a way to stop black young people from engaging in these attacks. But, they are not exclusively attacks by blacks. So something is going on other than saying it's a black problem.
Not in Philly my friend, it's a black problem.I'm sure you are correct, but I read Phila. news daily (both my kids go to college there), and more often than not, it's a white or Asian victim, and black perps.
"Wilding" is the term used amongst the flash mob crowd there. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's growing like cancer.
I teach HS. I still believe that education is the only way out of the ghetto. But I can't imagine teaching in a Phila. public school. You couldn't pay me enough.
There is no denying that blacks are disproportionately represented as attackers. The Mayor of Philadelphia is trying to find a way to stop black young people from engaging in these attacks. But, they are not exclusively attacks by blacks. So something is going on other than saying it's a black problem.
My friend, if you call these guy Middle Eastern , you should really take a relook at you map. I just call them North Philly ghetto trashNot in Philly my friend, it's a black problem.There is no denying that blacks are disproportionately represented as attackers. The Mayor of Philadelphia is trying to find a way to stop black young people from engaging in these attacks. But, they are not exclusively attacks by blacks. So something is going on other than saying it's a black problem.
Kevin Klass was beaten to death by four middle eastern men, the murder took place not far from the liberty bell.
SMSgt hit the issue squarely. This behavior is tolerated. The Mayor is begging, pleading. That isn't going to help. Mayor Nutter is appealing to parents to exercise parental authority. That's useless. If there was any kind of parental authority this would never happen.Do what Guliani did in New York, start at the very beginnings of behavior and withdraw permission and tolerance. Have the mother of all crackdowns on ALL anti social behavior. Start throwing guys in jail for wearing saggy pants. Crack down all along the line. Create armed neighborhood patrols with firearm training. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.
What you speak of here, is an emergency response to what undoubtedly has become a totally out of control situation up there in Philly, and yes in situations like this, the supension of many rights and freedoms by the Philly government or feds all depending, as to be found within the situation, may just be in order (i.e strict curfews and etc.), and this is for those people who abuse their rights & freedoms granted unto them by law in this nation, where as they instead use them to freely abuse another in a criminal way with.Not in Philly my friend, it's a black problem.There is no denying that blacks are disproportionately represented as attackers. The Mayor of Philadelphia is trying to find a way to stop black young people from engaging in these attacks. But, they are not exclusively attacks by blacks. So something is going on other than saying it's a black problem.
Kevin Klass was beaten to death by four middle eastern men, the murder took place not far from the liberty bell.
SMSgt hit the issue squarely. This behavior is tolerated. The Mayor is begging, pleading. That isn't going to help. Mayor Nutter is appealing to parents to exercise parental authority. That's useless. If there was any kind of parental authority this would never happen.
Do what Guliani did in New York, start at the very beginnings of behavior and withdraw permission and tolerance. Have the mother of all crackdowns on ALL anti social behavior. Start throwing guys in jail for wearing saggy pants. Crack down all along the line. Create armed neighborhood patrols with firearm training. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.
The call came into Homicide about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, just as the late news finished: A tipster was on the line with information in the Old City beating death of Kevin Kless.
A sergeant from the Special Investigations Unit picked up the receiver; he quickly realized the caller's details matched what was known about the Jan. 14 killing and gave police their first solid lead.
The tipster said that the night Kless was killed while hailing a cab near Independence Hall, Steven Ferguson, an off-duty hotel parking valet, was boasting with friends about beating up a "white kid" in Old City.