Philadelphia Inquirer: Kensington's killing streets:
L.B. and her husband bought their rowhouse in Kensington, near her childhood home, because they thought it would be safer than their former street in Frankford. There, they said, a man had killed a woman and ignited her and the car she was in."In my days there was drugs and stuff, too, but if you owed a drug dealer money, he didn't shoot you. He just wouldn't give you drugs," L.B. said. "Now they walk in like it's nothing. It's so pointless."
Another neighbor, Jose Cruz, 42, said he and his two children - age 8 and 12 - live in virtual captivity.
"I drive the kids to school, bring them back, and they go to their rooms and watch TV," he said. "You hear knocking at the door, you don't open it. We don't go out no more."
Antiviolence rallies are commonly held in the area, L.B. said. But she's afraid to go.
"Nobody goes," she said. "I want to, but I don't want people to see me, then shoot me while I'm walking my kids to school."
Commissioner Johnson Must Go
While there are a lot of factors that contribute to crime, there are policies and technologies that can be employed to combat it effectively. Commissioner Johnson has failed to identify these strategies and mechanisms and should be replaced with a more competant, visionary Commissioner with a greater sense of urgency about our City's surging crime rate.
Omg
i was in a car and my mommy and daddy and grammy was with me in my car and this guy got in front of our car and had a water gun and acted like he was shooting us! i was terrified! i have dreams about it almost everyday omg i am about to cry this is soo disturbing! please call 1-800-wedocare to stop this terible violence in these streets.
you have to be a complete
you have to be a complete moron to move from frankford to kensington. Or maybe been in a coma for the last 20 years.Not that the Frankford sect. is nice anymore.The kensos moving into Frankford (and from other "oh so nice" areas have destroyed Frankford, PortRichmond, castor gardens ,etc. .Next is Mayfair and the rest of the Northeast!!!