This gang js determined to cut all Federal and Stare funding to
Philadelphia a Sanctuary City, while continuing to collect heavy
taxes. Sanctuary strongly supported by US's 2nd largest Puerto-Rican
community. Prior
to this rural Pennsylvanians put several
Philly politicians in jail with one informer admitting he was told
only to target Democrats. Rural PA oppose public transit funds, nervous about Philly's gay nightlife and traditionally fight with Philadelphia over gun laws.
Gun issues is one issue Philly can compromise on without destroying its soul. I think it is ironic that Philly Mayor Kenny points out Immigration Crackdowns make usually quiet mostly law obeying people avoid, even when necessary, calling the police but this is also true with otherwise law obeying people possessing an undocumented gun, or a registered gun missing when the chief suspect is a relative or neighbor they are afraid of and thus afraid to report,
Gun issues is one issue Philly can compromise on without destroying its soul. I think it is ironic that Philly Mayor Kenny points out Immigration Crackdowns make usually quiet mostly law obeying people avoid, even when necessary, calling the police but this is also true with otherwise law obeying people possessing an undocumented gun, or a registered gun missing when the chief suspect is a relative or neighbor they are afraid of and thus afraid to report,
Gang of
Three on the March Against Philly
Strangely people who don't know English hired by a shady work gang are OK for Trump. Ans Toomey made most of his fortune investing in the cheapest labor. Rural Pennsylvanians expect to be rewarded by Trump with rural infrastructure as they traditionally fight city public transit, are unhappy about Philly's gay nightlife and fight with Philly over gun issues. Philly's priceless historic treasures likely seen as problem documents in the way of efficient Trump style government.
To not overstate the bad news locally of the doom and gloom ahead for Philadelphia there is touch of good news, Pittsburgh has just become the latest Sanctuary City So all the traditional anger downstate at Philadelphia will get spread at least.
Mayor Jim Kenney calls Philadelphia a 4th Amendment City instead of a Sanctuary City which would appeal to Libertarians and Libertarian leaning Republicans if Kenney wasn't so anti-gun. Kenney rightly cries crime will skyrocket in immigrant neighborhoods if victims are afraid to call the police. A store turning over a thief to the police may discover one of their guards also being detained due to immigrant violations. Using corporeal punishment instead on shoplifters could make things escalate.
Somehow Mayor Kenney and other both pro-sanctuary and pro-heavy sentence gun control advocates never note that someone brandishing an undocumented (called by Kenney illegal) gun at a robber or mugger can't, like undocumented immigrants, call the police for help. And when it comes to throwing the book at those making a straw purchases Erika Kulp was terrorized by her boyfriend into buying two guns one supposedly for herself then later finally called to police to stop being beaten thus is considered a criminal along with her boyfriend. Someone terrorized into participation of an illegal act is somehow no longer considered a victim, but a partner in crime. The Battered Woman’s Movement has pity for one forced into prostitution but not into making a straw purchase.
Michael Coard has an oldie but goody article about how too much punishment also spreads gun crime.
"Not everyone with an illegal gun deserves jail time"
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2012/04/12/illegal-gun-possession-philly-jail/#rqlmozb21qawd5kl.99
Trump is a master of divide and conquer. if we could master bringing people together. Donald Trump would lose some of his bite. Even Donald Trump improve a little.
I suggest an only $10 fee not the current up to $2000 fine for carrying a gun in a Philly park, $50 for reporting it after the fact like right after brandishing it in self-defense and thus reporting it first, and $250 if discovered unreported, if stopped for another reason, wouldn't spread crime and bring more money to the city than the sugar and cigarette taxes.
When looking at Michael Coard's writings you might find his heavy Mumia articles a turn-off. When the Salvation Army Thrift Shop collapsed, the usually trying to be honest chief inspector Ronald Wagenhoffer mysteriously committed suicide which prevented less honest people at License and Inspection from going to jail. In the early 1980's the one reported to be honest cop in the totally corrupt 39th District Corruption Scandal of the Philadelphia Police Department was supposedly murdered by Mumia rather than testifying in the pending investigation of the most corrupt police district in the country. They would ave gone to jail sooner and perhaps more if Officer Trump didn't die first. While Mumia abu Jamal was bringing federal attention to police corrupt Philadelphia his brother Billy and brother Billy's partner's Kennith Freeman's corrupt newsstand was servicing corrupt police. Honest public officials refuse to participate in corruption especially police officers may be in particular danger in the corrupt years to come.
When a police official is shot without warning in a routine traffic stop, the fine print is often that the suspect was facing many years in jail for Parole and/or Probation violation. Violators, perhaps preferring to die rather than spend the rest of their life in jail. If violating parole would lead to a last chance with camera and 24 hour tracking device, police work would be suddenly safer, maybe noticeably safer even before Inaugural Day.
Philadelphia must compromise somewhere if not guns than where? I am hoping that Philadelphia's desperate corner will lead to a creative response, Rather than the end lesson being, “When in a corner Trump must be obeyed”.
I have a lot of trouble getting my material out except far from Philadelphia Ground Zero such as ReaderSupportedNews. Please help me spread this badly needed discussion locally
Everyone remind Philadelphians living near upper Roosevelt Blvd170 House District that if Rep. White destroys Philadelphia you will suffer too
http://www.readersupportednews.org/pm-section/419-gun-control-/17355-time-to-rethink-guns-pot-and-gay-marriage-in-light-of-the-success-with-seat-belts-and-cut-backs-in-tobacco-use
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