Comments on: Philly's New Top Cop Ramsey http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/ a new city. a new life. here's my two sense. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:49:40 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: philly » Blog Archive » 339 v 428 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/comment-page-1/#comment-53215 philly » Blog Archive » 339 v 428 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:42:48 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/#comment-53215 [...] Mayor-elect Michael Nutter has a crime plan which he calls Safety Now which would enact an immediate and targeted crime emergency (Philly also has 648 shootings through May). His appointment of a guy who had his force beat up on protesters and a journalist and received some serious criticism from the Human Rights Watch sends the message that Nutter may go Giuliani on Philly. During Giuliani's reign, murders dropped to about a third from when he took office. Nutter will come into office with the last 6 years' murder count averaging 343/year. If he leaves office in 2016 with a murder count of 114, will the centerpiece of his legacy be crime reduction? [...] [...] Mayor-elect Michael Nutter has a crime plan which he calls Safety Now which would enact an immediate and targeted crime emergency (Philly also has 648 shootings through May). His appointment of a guy who had his force beat up on protesters and a journalist and received some serious criticism from the Human Rights Watch sends the message that Nutter may go Giuliani on Philly. During Giuliani's reign, murders dropped to about a third from when he took office. Nutter will come into office with the last 6 years' murder count averaging 343/year. If he leaves office in 2016 with a murder count of 114, will the centerpiece of his legacy be crime reduction? [...]

]]> By: Karl http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/comment-page-1/#comment-50721 Karl Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:37:49 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/#comment-50721 Unbelievable. You definitely should pass this along. Unbelievable. You definitely should pass this along.

]]> By: Frank http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/comment-page-1/#comment-50699 Frank Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:24:49 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/#comment-50699 Brilliant stuff, man...and a cautionary tale. You should send this to Dan Rubin...wow. Brilliant stuff, man…and a cautionary tale. You should send this to Dan Rubin…wow.

]]> By: BrianR http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/comment-page-1/#comment-50546 BrianR Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:27:22 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/#comment-50546 Great post! I hope you don't have to say I told you so and link to this post in the future... Great post! I hope you don't have to say I told you so and link to this post in the future…

]]> By: Fables of the reconstruction http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/comment-page-1/#comment-50488 Fables of the reconstruction Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:30:43 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/11/15/phillys-new-top-cop-ramsey/#comment-50488 <strong>Local Programming: Nutter's New Police Chief...</strong> Mayor-Elect Mike Nutter, progressive's darling, has announced that he has selected former D.C. police chief Charles Ramsey to be Philly's next police superintendent. Albert Yee has some experience being on the receiving end of Ramsey's riot police:I... Local Programming: Nutter's New Police Chief…

Mayor-Elect Mike Nutter, progressive's darling, has announced that he has selected former D.C. police chief Charles Ramsey to be Philly's next police superintendent. Albert Yee has some experience being on the receiving end of Ramsey's riot police:I…

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