The Stand
September 14th, 2007 at 5:02 pm . by nuke
Things are bad in Philly.
Gangs, guns, prostitution, drugs: Sylvester Johnson has seen enough. Three months before his retirement as Chief of Police, Johnson has called for 10,000 black men to take to the streets to protect the vulnerable and reduce the wave of crime.
Sylvester Johnson, who is black, says black men have a duty to protect more vulnerable residents. He wants each volunteer to pledge to work three hours a day for at least 90 days.
“It’s time for African-American men to stand up,” Johnson told the Philadelphia Daily News, which first reported the story Wednesday. “We have an obligation to protect our women, our children and our elderly. We’re going to put men on the street. We’re going to train them in conflict resolution.” source
I was thinking this was a great idea — and it may be. One of the backers is Dennis Mohamed, formerly of the Nation of Islam, who will be conducting “sensitivity training,” whatever the heck that means. Frankly, I am not impressed with NOI’s history of sensitivity towards anyone or anything.
This is the (extra-sensitive) World Famous Friday Open Thread — A Free-Speech Zone. Comments, links and trackbacks are welcome.
WFFOT: Because a thread is a terrible thing to waste.
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Uhhh….he’s seen enough, now that he is ready to retire?
Pardon me, but far too little far too late. Philly had nearly five hundred murders last year, and some expect they will exceed that number this year. Also, sensitivity-training(whatever that is) is not what is needed here. Law and Order, administered fairly and firmly is what they need.
His recommendation and outrage, seems to follow very closely to an article Thomas Sowell wrote a few weeks ago, that I linked to.
Conflict resolution? Just another meaningless sound bite. All those men would be doing far better for the community by being responsible family members instead of MIA.
Linkage dump for WFFOT:
The Enemy Is Losing.
The Swiss Do Health Care.
What Kind of Person Calls Himself ‘Progressive’?
Anbar Province government dedicates success vs. Al Qaeda to 9/11 victims.
USF “students” were definitely up to no good.
PVC pipe filled with homemade “low-grade explosive mixture” and a videotape instruction for turning a remote-controlled toy car into a detonator were among the items found in the car driven by two University of South Florida students arrested in South Carolina and now facing federal explosives charges, according to a federal prosecutor.
A judge set bail at $200,000 for one of the defendants, Youssef Megahed, but the government immediately appealed, which means Megahed will remain in custody.
Earlier in the court hearing Friday, an assistant U.S attorney outlined the evidence confiscated from the car driven by Megahed and another suspended USF student — describing a container and three pipes filled with a low-grade explosive mixture.
The list also included a videotape that instructs viewers on how to convert a toy electric car into a detonator. Defendant Ahmed Mohamed has admitted making the tape, and in it he says he intended the instruction “to save one who wants to be a martyr for another battle,” said federal prosecutor Jay Hoffer. Click here for complete coverage of the case.
panic in clintonvile?
ANDREA MITCHELL, NBC NEWS:
“Up until now, Bill Clinton has been a complete plus among Democratic primary voters for Hillary Clinton. But now, with the Norman Hsu money-raising controversy, for the first time there’s a real concern in the Clinton camp that this is real baggage from the Clinton White House years. There’s a lot of stress, a lot of damage control, a lot of finger-pointing — and in fact, stress is so high that there was a shouting match observed among Clinton staffers in public last week.”
Yeah, we knew they were up to no good when the story first broke.
/Round ‘em up and ship ‘em out.
Panic in Clintonville?
Why does this a$$h*le get to keep doing things like this?
Simpson named suspect in armed robbery
Has anybody heard of the Knife to the Gunfight theory?
I dunno RobertD.
I think he may have pushed it a little too far this time.
Course, I thought the same thing last time
ooboy–TroyState is puttin’ a whoopin’ on OKState.
12 illegal immigrants found working at Fort Bliss
It’s hard to kill ants. They get into everything.
NFL Game 2, 2007…
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Grin. Izzat all? I believe there were more illegals working there when I was stationed there back when the glaciers were melting.
This is a small example of a larger problem with the AP:
OTA Link:
http://potbellystove.blogspot.com/2007/09/associated-press-disservice.html
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