Violent Attack on Baltimore Avenue last week - Page 5 - PhillyBlog

tenzo · #41 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LittleFatDog

i dont know if this counts as anecdotal - but a guy came to my door with a real sword last week. he wanted a job but i told him i didnt need any sword related work and that he probably shouldnt be walking around with a sword, so he threw it in my trash and left.

Darn, my dog keeps running loose and I was hoping to get some fencing done.

Gtown_teach · #42 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 04:55 PM

Wow, after reading the threads in this post, I wish people were up in arms about the kids in Germantown like this. The kids in Germantown are going to be as bad as the kids in UC in a year or two, and nobody gives a crap about it. At least there's a large population of professionals in UC that are up on starting a town watch. There's alot of prospective homebuyers who are scared out of Germantown because the teens roam the streets, and their parents don't care about where they are. While the teens don't attack people like they do in UC, I fear they will soon. I really think the city needs to rethink it's laws regarding curfew, loitering, and parental responsibility. These teens had to have come from somewhere, and they're usually the results of bad parenting, but in the end, the general public has to pay for it.

JillyS · #43 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Gtown_teach

Wow, after reading the threads in this post, I wish people were up in arms about the kids in Germantown like this. The kids in Germantown are going to be as bad as the kids in UC in a year or two, and nobody gives a crap about it. At least there's a large population of professionals in UC that are up on starting a town watch. There's alot of prospective homebuyers who are scared out of Germantown because the teens roam the streets, and their parents don't care about where they are. While the teens don't attack people like they do in UC, I fear they will soon. I really think the city needs to rethink it's laws regarding curfew, loitering, and parental responsibility. These teens had to have come from somewhere, and they're usually the results of bad parenting, but in the end, the general public has to pay for it.

There are curfews: 10:30 on a week night for kids under 17 and 12:00 on the weekend. Call me conservative, but I think they should be earlier. There's no reason for a kid to be "roaming" the streets at that time. There's also no reason not to let the police know if you see kids out after this time or if they are "loitering" in a way that disturbs the peace...

Gtown_teach · #44 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 06:16 PM

JillyS,

Yeah, I know about the curfew laws, and I agree that they should be set earlier. Kids under 16 or 17 shouldn't in the street after 9pm without parent supervision (maybe 10pm in the summer). I think it's crazy to have kids out so late. They just get into trouble when they're out that late. Loitering laws should also be updated to stop kids from just hanging out on corners. You might also get a decent by-product like stopping the homeless from hanging out on corners as well. But, aside from wishful thinking, even if the city did pass laws of that nature, the PPD would hardly enforce them. I mean, let's face it. The PPD is under-funded, poorly run, and only concerned with parking tickets and homocides. Everything else is just banter to them.

Malloy · #45 (**permalink**) 03-22-2006, 01:51 AM

Video of chuck

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jAc1G3u-hxs

Dave · #46 (**permalink**) 03-23-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by syrinx2112

I was just looking at that. I don't know why they didn't mention it. They should have.

Why would they mention it if nobody reported it?

syrinx2112 · #47 (**permalink**) 03-24-2006, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

Why would they mention it if nobody reported it?

My friends did report it.