Last weekend three were killed and 11 injured in a Saturday-night gunfight on one of Philadelphia’s busiest nightlife streets. Now, the truth is no longer something that can be spun or ignored: Philadelphia is one of America’s most dangerous big cities. While many outside the area bemoan the recent rise in violent crime, it’s nothing new to the Philadelphians who’ve been forced to endure it for the last half decade, despite bearing the highest individual tax burden in the United States.
But with national attention comes questions about whether such violence could have been prevented, and if not, what leaders are doing to address the issue and stop the carnage on our streets. In Philadelphia, these questions rarely get answered – based on the political unwillingness to enforce the law by a district attorney, mayor, and police commissioner who are in lock-step with “woke” ideologies and involved in corruption scandals.
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