A change of DA is not going to solve the underlying gun violence epidemic.
Even though crime as a whole is down, gun offenses are still through the roof. While I agree Krasner's lax stance at first was an issue he's at least made an effort to crack down on illegal firearms. Philly had 500 bodies last year and 5x as many covid deaths. Is it him or did Covid/the summer crime wave just accelerate underlying problems with the city?
The streets north of Girard and west of 38th are littered with trash, and in Fishtown needles. We don't have potholes, we have craters going down 34th street from Girard off the Schuylkill. For god's sake, the El had to be closed down at Kenzo and Somerset because of all the urine and needles clogging up the elevators. Our schools are a disaster. I'll be voting in the primary at my parents' out in the burbs because that's where I'm registered, and am glad because neither candidate can control the s---y situation they're in.
Imo, this is a place where there needs to be coordination with the state, and feds to address gun trafficking. PPD clearly can't handle it.
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