On Wednesday night, I covered a prayer vigil held in memory of DeeAnna Riddle, a 25-year-old mother of two who was slain in North Philadelphia over the Fourth of July weekend. Her daughters (ages 3 and 7) were there. It…
Tag: philadelphia crime
Here’s Video Of A Wee-Hours Shooting Outside A Philly Strip Club
Per Philadelphia Police: On Saturday January 3, 2015, at 2:18 am, the complainant, a 22- and 26 year-old males, were in the front of The Gold Club located at 58 West Girard Avenue when they became involved in a physical…
Here’s The Police Report About Marvin Harrison Getting Shot At In Philly
Former Indianapolis Colt (and noteworthy Strawberry Mansion figure) Marvin Harrison got shot at in Philly the other night. You can read about it in David Gambacorta’s piece in the Daily News (linked here). For more specifics, you can read the…
Tale Of The Tape: Jocelyn ‘Bonnie’ Kirsch vs. Shayna ‘#TitsyCarThief’ Sykes
Yes, I know this is sexist. But whatever. When a local media trots out these convicts like pieces of meat whenever possible, how’s a young lad to react? Anyway, on the left up there, that’s Jocelyn Kirsch, Philly’s tabloid fixation…
Are White People Scared About Getting Hit In The Face With Bricks Wimps?
This may well be the pinnacle of Philadelphia trolling. Either that, or the city’s biggest jitbag made himself known yesterday. Traipsing on into the comments section of what may be the city’s last bastion of white intellectualism, PhillyMag.commenter “phlhui” made…
Girl-Pack Brick Attacks, Or Why Parents Don’t Want To Send Their Kids To College In Philly [UPDATED]
Philadelphia Police have released video of a — I don’t know how better to even describe them — savage pack of teenaged girls who attacked a 19-year-old Temple student with a brick the other day in North Philly. (And it…
Please Read My Latest Piece On NewsWorks
“Tomorrow, a Philadelphia man will be sentenced in Brown’s shooting. The question being raised by that man, Edward Sheed Jr., is whether he is really a second innocent victim of the 2011 incident. Sheed and his family claim the Philadelphia…
Sometimes Kids In Philly, Like Eddie Sheed Jr., Just Don’t Have A Chance
In 2007, I wrote a column for the City Paper with the headline “The Forgotten Hero.” I started it with a quote from Herman Wrice, a community leader in Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood. Here’s what he said: “Hopefully, down the road,…
When Coffee Companies Favorite Tweets About Coffee-Maker-Involved Robberies
With more than 9,000 Twitter followers, @illyUSA is the official Twitter page for the celebrated Italian espresso coffee. Which means that it has helped spread word about a troubled West Oak Lane 7-Eleven convenience store going through a run of…