Dec 18, 2013

Whatever Happened to the 2007 "Call to Action" in Philadelphia?

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Asking 10,000 Black Men to Patrol the Streets to Combat Black Crime?


Attorney Sharif Street, eldest son of then-Philadelphia Mayor John Street, said then that the portrayal would make life tougher for every young African American male in Philadelphia. “I’m not so much focused on the text of the story but more on the imagery of the front cover,” said Street, who was 28. “It damages the quality of life for the average male my age because it portrays us as the enemy of society.”
This quotation comes from the infamous Philadelphia Daily News cover story from 2002, when the paper dared to publish the most wanted criminals at large in Philadelphia society; all were non-white. . . . Read more

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