Re: [UC] So much for "family fun" (from today's DN)

[Glenn moyer]

One of the bloggers stated that the police have a 10PM weekend curfew for a 
certain radius around campus. (link Ray provided)

Can anyone confirm this and give details of the profiling?


I thought I saw something like this a year or two ago, during the summer, at 
the 40th St. el stop.  As I got off, it seemed like a large group of peaceful 
students were being herded on.  It seemed like an odd display of force since I 
hadn't heard of any specific trouble the next day. (I didn't feel threatened by 
the teens, but the cops looked intimidating.) 

Is this latest incident a reaction to an ongoing police policy around Penn?  

I hope some real journalists can talk to some of these teens who were peaceful 
members of this so called flash mob.  I know many schools for poor students are 
now treating teens like pre-convicts.

During the teen years, poor kids first become painfully aware of their place 
and future in society.  A ring of riot police around campus may be like 
gasoline on the fire.  Our upscale shopping district may be directly in the 
middle.

Glenn, left of center brand


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>Subject: Re: [UC] So much for "family fun" (from today's DN)
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>> *Boy, 14, shot during fight in University City * By
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>http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/juveniles-assault-students-near-campus
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>> Juveniles assault students near campus
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>> No DPS alerts were sent out to the Penn community 
>> Saturday night
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>> by Laura Francis | Monday, January 24, 2011 at 12:43 am
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>> Assaults near Penn’s campus filled Saturday night with
>> more than fraternity bids.
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>> Several aggressive incidents, ranging from 40th and
>> Walnut to 42nd and Pine streets, are currently under
>> investigation, according to spokeswoman for the Division
>> of Public Safety Stef Cella.
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>> An eyewitness and College sophomore, who requested
>> anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said
>> that a Penn student was attacked that night. Around 42nd
>> and Pine Streets, between 10 and 11 p.m, “there was a
>> group of about 30 or 40 late middle-school, early
>> high-school kids walking in the opposite direction,” he
>> said. Without provocation, one of them “sucker-punched”
>> his friend, an Engineering sophomore, in the face.
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>> “The kid screamed ‘black power’ after it happened,” the
>> College student said. Then, “they kept walking, and we
>> kept walking” in opposite directions, he added.
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>> Similar events were reported that evening, though it’s
>> still unclear how or if any of them are connected. Cella
>> declined to comment specifically since the investigations
>> are still active.
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>> Philadelphia Police Department’s 18th District did
>> confirm that a “simple assault” occurred on the 4200
>> block of Pine Street. The victim, unknown at this time,
>> was “punched and kicked” by a group of 10 juveniles at
>> about 10:15 p.m.
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>> An alert released by the University of the Sciences in
>> Philadelphia to its students at 10:27 p.m. stated that
>> “10 black juveniles assaulted a Drexel student” in the
>> same area. USP is bounded mostly by Chester Avenue, 42nd
>> and 43rd streets and the Schuylkill River. A second USP
>> alert at 10:42 p.m. advised students to “use caution when
>> traveling.”
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>> No DPS e-mails or text alerts were sent out to the Penn
>> community.
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>> Students also reported seeing a small mob on 40th and
>> Walnut streets near Fresh Grocer and McDonald’s.
>> 
>> “I was on my way to Capogiro with my friends … around
>> 10,” said College freshman and Under the Button associate
>> editor Sandra Rubinchik. “There was a huge crowd of high
>> schoolers at Mickey D’s and a bunch of police.”
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Re: [UC] So much for "family fun" (from today's DN)

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krf...@aol.com wrote:

*Boy, 14, shot during fight in University City * By
STEPHANIE FARR Philadelphia Daily News




from today's dp (front page headline story):

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/article/juveniles-assault-students-near-campus



Juveniles assault students near campus

No DPS alerts were sent out to the Penn community 
Saturday night


by Laura Francis | Monday, January 24, 2011 at 12:43 am

Assaults near Penn’s campus filled Saturday night with
more than fraternity bids.

Several aggressive incidents, ranging from 40th and
Walnut to 42nd and Pine streets, are currently under
investigation, according to spokeswoman for the Division
of Public Safety Stef Cella.

An eyewitness and College sophomore, who requested
anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said
that a Penn student was attacked that night. Around 42nd
and Pine Streets, between 10 and 11 p.m, “there was a
group of about 30 or 40 late middle-school, early
high-school kids walking in the opposite direction,” he
said. Without provocation, one of them “sucker-punched”
his friend, an Engineering sophomore, in the face.

“The kid screamed ‘black power’ after it happened,” the
College student said. Then, “they kept walking, and we
kept walking” in opposite directions, he added.

Similar events were reported that evening, though it’s
still unclear how or if any of them are connected. Cella
declined to comment specifically since the investigations
are still active.

Philadelphia Police Department’s 18th District did
confirm that a “simple assault” occurred on the 4200
block of Pine Street. The victim, unknown at this time,
was “punched and kicked” by a group of 10 juveniles at
about 10:15 p.m.

An alert released by the University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia to its students at 10:27 p.m. stated that
“10 black juveniles assaulted a Drexel student” in the
same area. USP is bounded mostly by Chester Avenue, 42nd
and 43rd streets and the Schuylkill River. A second USP
alert at 10:42 p.m. advised students to “use caution when
traveling.”

No DPS e-mails or text alerts were sent out to the Penn
community.

Students also reported seeing a small mob on 40th and
Walnut streets near Fresh Grocer and McDonald’s.

“I was on my way to Capogiro with my friends … around
10,” said College freshman and Under the Button associate
editor Sandra Rubinchik. “There was a huge crowd of high
schoolers at Mickey D’s and a bunch of police.”




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also: read comments by student bloggers (along with a crime 
map):


http://underthebutton.com/2011/01/the-flash-mobs-are-back




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Re: [UC] So much for "family fun" (from today's DN)

[Glenn moyer]

Things like this can happen anywhere, but;
 
We need good public schools, public parks, recreation centers, and libraries with responsible adult interactions.  We do not need more cameras to fool upscale consumers.
 
Glenn
-Original Message- From: krf...@aol.com Sent: Jan 24, 2011 9:32 AM To: UnivCity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] So much for "family fun" (from today's DN) 
Boy, 14, shot during fight in University City
By STEPHANIE FARRPhiladelphia Daily News
 
A 14-year-old boy was critically wounded this weekend when a fight that started inside an arcade ended with real gunfire on the streets of University City.
 
About 11:10 p.m. Saturday, cops were called to the University Family Fun Center, at 40th and Spruce streets, for a report of a fist fight among young men there, Southwest Detectives Lt. John Walker said.
 
It's not clear what started the fight, but cops were able to get the 20 to 30 kids, ranging in age from 12 to 17, out of the arcade and disperse them, Walker said.
 
But shortly after, at 40th and Market streets, as the kids were walking toward public transportation, another fight broke out, and someone pulled a gun and started shooting, Walker said.
 
Cops nearby heard four or five gunshots, and a 14-year-old boy, whose identity has not been released, approached a uniformed officer and told him he'd been shot in the arm, police said.
 
Cops could see blood running down the boy's sleeve, but it wasn't until he was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania that it was discovered that he'd been shot twice in the arm and that one of those bullets entered his side and collapsed his lung, Walker said.
 
He was taken into surgery immediately and remained in critical condition yesterday. Police have been unable to speak with the victim because he has been sedated, Walker said.
 
Police said that there are a lot of surveillance cameras in the area and that they are going through the tapes looking for what sparked the second fight and who fired the shots that hit the teen.

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Boy, 14, shot during fight in University  City

By STEPHANIE FARR
Philadelphia Daily News
 
A 14-year-old boy was critically wounded this weekend when a fight that  
started inside an arcade ended with real gunfire on the streets of University  
City.
 
About 11:10 p.m. Saturday, cops were called to the University Family Fun  
Center, at 40th and Spruce streets, for a report of a fist fight among young 
men  there, Southwest Detectives Lt. John Walker said.
 
It's not clear what started the fight, but cops were able to get the 20 to  
30 kids, ranging in age from 12 to 17, out of the arcade and disperse them, 
 Walker said.
 
But shortly after, at 40th and Market streets, as the kids were walking  
toward public transportation, another fight broke out, and someone pulled a 
gun  and started shooting, Walker said.
 
Cops nearby heard four or five gunshots, and a 14-year-old boy, whose  
identity has not been released, approached a uniformed officer and told him 
he'd 
 been shot in the arm, police said.
 
Cops could see blood running down the boy's sleeve, but it wasn't until he  
was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania that it was  
discovered that he'd been shot twice in the arm and that one of those bullets  
entered his side and collapsed his lung, Walker said.
 
He was taken into surgery immediately and remained in critical condition  
yesterday. Police have been unable to speak with the victim because he has 
been  sedated, Walker said.
 
Police said that there are a lot of surveillance cameras in the area and  
that they are going through the tapes looking for what sparked the second 
fight  and who fired the shots that hit the teen.