Wake Up Family!!!
In Philly last year, 414 people were murdered. An analysis of Police Department data shows that:
Black men age 15 to 29 are being killed in Philadelphia at a rate more than 30 times the average for all Americans. Last year, 166 African Americans in that age group were murdered in the city - 40 percent of all victims. That works out to 241 per 100,000 people.
The murder rate for the other 95 percent of Philadelphians was 17 per 100,000. The national rate is about 8 per 100,000.
What's sad family about this story is that it was published in 1997!
Now, on to the show.