August 16, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Murderdelphia

Murders are growing so commonplace in Philadelphia that they sometimes go virtually unnoticed outside of the police and those closest to the individuals involved.
Such was the case about two weeks ago in Crescentville, neighbors say, when nobody seemed to pay much attention to a fatal shooting on the 5800 block of Colgate St.
No TV cameras showed up and no peace rallies were held in response to the midnight shooting.
Nonetheless, while loved ones of the victim, 35-year-old Jerome Boyer, of the 500 block of Alcott St., were left to grieve, police were left to sort out minimal clues in the case. And neighbors who have grown accustomed to guns and drugs on their corners were left to ponder, "Who’s next?"
It took them less than five days to get an answer . . .

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EDITORIAL

Do what it takes

Who among us doesn’t long for the good days when a murder in the Great Northeast was the exception, not the rule, in this safe haven of the big mean city?
The brutal slaying of a grocery store owner in Crescentville last week, just the latest pebble in a wave of crime that’s rocking our safe and secure world, is stark evidence that while the City of Brotherly Love suffers, the folks with the power to do something do nothing.
Why must Philadelphia wait until . . .

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