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Nutter Sets 9 PM Weekend Curfew For Minors In Center City, University City

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Mayor Michael Nutter today announced a tighter weekend curfew in the Center City and University City regions of the city, as he continues grappling with the threat of “flash mobs” in Philadelphia.

Nutter today described those engaging in flash mob rampages (see previous story) as “a tiny minority of ignorant, reckless fools.”

Then, flanked by dozens of law enforcement and community leaders, he spelled out a substantive (though temporary) change in the city’s curfew for two key areas — Center City and University City — on Friday and Saturday nights.

Anyone under 18 in those areas must now be off the streets by 9 PM.

And when parents come to pick up curfew violators, the mayor said, they’ll be told to keep track of the child.

“If you don’t even bother to pick up your child, we are immediately calling the Department of Human Services, and you can then be taken to court for other violations including neglect of your child,” he warned.

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curfew map Nutter Sets 9 PM Weekend Curfew For Minors In Center City, University City

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And Nutter asked for the public’s help.

“We need the community to be our eyes and ears on the ground,” he said. “This is not just a policing problem. This is not just a Philadelphia Police Department challenge. This is a challenge for all of us as community members and community leaders.”

In addition, Nutter said 20 city recreation centers will be open later — until 10 PM — on Friday and Saturday nights (see list below).

Twelve minors were cited for curfew violations this past weekend. The temporary 9 PM curfew, Nutter said, will be reevaluated when the school year starts.

Reported by KYW City Hall bureau chief Mike Dunn

             Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
             20 Sites for Extended Hours
Facility Address
Northern Liberties Recreation Center 321 Fairmount Avenue
Murphy Recreation Center 300 Shunk Street
Vare Recreation Center 2600 Morris Street
Myers Recreation Center 5800 Kingsessing Avenue
Christy Recreation Center 728 S. 55th Street
Kingsessing Recreation Center 5000 Chester Avenue
Shepard Recreation Center 5700 Haverford Avenue
Gustine Lake Recreation Center 4863 Ridge Avenue
Hank Gathers Recreation Center 2501-19 W. Diamond Street
Athletic Recreation Center 1401-27 North 27th Street
Vogt Recreation center 4131 Unruh Street
Samuel Recreation Center 3539 Gaul Street
McVeigh Recreation Center 400-64 D Street
Feltonville Recreation Center 231-31 E. Wyoming Avenue
Lonnie Young Recreation Center 1100 E. Chelten Avenue
Happy Hollow Recreation center 4740 Wayne Avenue
Olney Recreation Center 100 E. Godfrey Avenue
Lawncrest Recreation Center 6000 Rising Sun Avenue
Simons Recreation Center 7200 Woolston Street
Fox Chase Recreation Center 7901 Ridgeway Street

(List provided by City of Philadelphia)

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  • Spanky

    Time for a beer summit?

    • changomango

      A Colt 45 summit?

      • Armyof1

        IT’S ****MILLER**** TIME!!

      • Consultofactus

        I prefer my cut-down 20″ 12GA Remington 5 shot loaded: 00 buck- deer slug – 00 buck – deer slug – 00 buck. The buck shot knocks ‘em down, the deer slug keeps ‘em down. I am always sure to wear ear protection, that shortened barrel lets out a deafening blast. The .45ACP makes a nice back-up though.

  • rufus levin

    Detroit and Newark in 1967…..coming to Philadelphia….starts with New Black Panthers at polling places….and Eric Holder protecting these lawbreakers….makes the race baiters feel powerful….and if any police action sets them off, you are going to see looting, burning, murder, and beating at the hands of that racial group.

    • Lawrence D. Wood

      Only if the response is to let the rioters riot with impunity.
      We used to shoot rioters.
      We need to start shooting them again.
      Either the cops do the hard thing, or lose your city.

    • lauri

      I’d like to see any black panther try to keep me out of a voting place.

  • Estelle LaTour Tuggle Sago

    NOT CENTER CITY!!!!! I hope Donna is OK

  • Retired combat vet

    Carry a gun, use it in self defense. Problem will clear itself up after the other rioters realize dead is not a condition a dead rioter can weasel out of.

    Oh, and charge the parent of the dead rioter with the price of the body wagon used to haul his body away.

    Honestly, coddling rioters never works, coddling rioters because of skin color is criminal and I hope some of the injured set on by the rioters sues the city to bankruptcy.

    • changomango

      You protect yourself and/or your property against these “po-folks” will get you in a lot of trouble with Boorat Hooinsane Osama and his attorney general, Erot Scolder.

    • Brandon

      Philadelphia you have the right to carry…..hasnt done anything to stop the crime rate.

      • Lawrence D. Wood

        Then fix the ‘castle doctrine’ to cover any assault wherever you might be. Alaska did that this last legislative session.
        Sounds like law abiding citizens who carry are in the right places, and not where there is high crime.
        Too, carry is good, but in a crowded downtown area?
        Carry, yes, but also carry pepper spray and a stun gun.

      • cb

        Because they don’t have the balls to use their guns!!

      • cb

        pepper spray my ass! that won’t STOP them.

      • SteveT

        That’s because in Philly, the victim will be prosecuted for defending himself. It’s all fine and good to have carry rights, but when you know that you will be further victimized for excersizing those rights it has a somewhat dampening effect.

  • CW

    Ya, this is going to help because the parental control of the black kids that are doing this is so apparent. And yes I said of the black kids doing this. Truth is not equal to racism.

    • changomango

      @otheranony–Flash mobs, assaults, murders, rapes, burglaries, etc….etc…etc…aren’t much of a problem in Des Moines or Bismark, and if it is, it’s probably cause by a black interloper.

  • http://plusonemore.wordpress.com plusonemore

    I question the effectiveness of calling DHS if a parent fails to pick up their child who is caught out after curfew. Does that really qualify as “neglect”? What purpose will it serve other than overburdening an already-barely-effective DHS?

  • TrueColours

    Why not cut to the chase and declare Marshall Law on just this particular “community” that buries it’s collective head in the sand every time their “youth” go on a rampage. Why should the rest of society suffer?

    • Lou

      Martial Law.

      • joewest666

        Marital law?

      • Mikey

        Martian Law?

  • The ‘other’ Annonymous

    Re-open Eastern State Pen. Make more room for trouble makers. They say there’s no room in the prison system. Clean up and re-open Eastern State Pen. There’s plenty of room. Re-open those closed prisons. We need them again.

  • sickandtired

    Lets just start to cut off a finger for every violation, eventually they will be mobbing with stubbs

    • ladysforest

      hehehehehe……oh, sorry. Ahem, I meant to say, Shame On You For Saying Such A Thing!

  • forthechildren

    Amish flash-mobs?

    • StaticKlingon

      Amish rake fight!!!! It’s on!!!!!

  • jmclmc

    The article fails to describe the race of the small minority guilty of the criminal acts. Racial problems are increasing and the minority groups should be concerned. Send in the National Guard. Look what is happening at the Wisconsin State Fair – black on white attacks.

    • StanSki

      WHITES are the minority in Philthy now, right?

  • LibwithIQ

    Implement a CHL permit for citizens there. The punks will think twice of beating up someone who can blow them away.

    • rufus levin

      not if they are carrying assault rifles…

  • phillysmart

    While I applaud the mayors action the steps tken do not address the problem because innocent kids (which is the majority) will be forced to live in a virtual police state. Why do we have a problem addressing the real source of issues. the problem is large numbers of African American teen agers are breaking the law and beating people up, destroying property and causin mayham just for the fun of it. Our actions should address that problem. Unfortunately many innocent kids will find themselves in court because they happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.This city is totally done

    • sickandtired

      He’s not gonna beat down his own peeps…wake up!

  • Earl Lutz

    Its NOT a “Flash MOB” — its JUST a RIOT

  • Auric Maston

    But a curfew that only addresses the age of these rioting “youths” seems inappropriate since the time of night isn’t the common factor in these various attacks.

    Why should white and Asian young people have to suffer because this law is overly broad and singles them out for a restriction in rights that truly deserves to be placed on a more specific subset of the population.

  • DWH

    Do what they do in Chicago—fine the parents. Hit them in the pocketbook.

    • JeromeFJ

      Dude…whatever they claim to be doing in Chicago, it doesn’t work. The filthy maggots do the same things here.

  • truth

    here comes the police state. Problem, Reaction, Sollution. You will never see freedom in those neighbor hoods again. Then it will move to all Areas of the city. then everyone will be locked down. As soon as some of these flash mob people get blasted it will all stop.

    • Pauli

      Obama’s army is forming to create anarchy in cities while our troops are gone rather then on the border. Yuri Bezmenov on YouTube lectures on the destabilization techniques that are used.

  • Justha Truth

    Three Letters: T N B

  • Old White Guy

    Based on the local news “coverage” I guess the flash mobs must be composed of old white tea party members. D–n troublemakers!

    • Earl Lutz

      Yeah its that G’ DAMN TEAPARTY!

      • http://threechoices.wordpress.com threechoices

        I do find it ironic that a liberal survey found that teaparty types are by and large more informed than the rest of the population. They also have been shown to clean the area they are gathering in. They speak well and are very considerate. They are dangerous, folks. (If by dangerous you mean articulate, thoughtful, and well groomed)

  • SailorV

    A band-aid on a cancer.

  • Carolyn

    School will be starting in September, so why even change the curfew back to what the curfew was while school was in attendance!!! No child needs to be outside, when school reopens for the school year, they need to study their school work, otherwise, if they have a JOB after school, so be it…that’s it!!!

  • CJ

    Should be 5pm

  • JustMe

    There needs to be a ‘city wide’ curfew, not just a ‘center city’ curfew. What’s the matter with that NutterButter Mayor? There used to be a curfew where children under 18 had to be either in the house, or on their steps/porch WITH adult supervision. The city was much safer then than it is now. But, people don’t control their kids like they used to, and I can’t help but believe the ‘non-disciplinary law’ has a lot to do with it. You can’t spank, hit, or even ground your children without being threatened with a lawsuit. So, it’s no wonder these kids can just run amok (sp.?) like they do. Bring back the CITY WIDE CURFEW and bring back PARENTAL DISCIPLINE/CORPORAL PUNISHMENT and there could be some positive things happening with these kids. It’s not too late for the much younger children who are still able to be molded and shaped into positive citizens. But, the older ones need to be dealt with, and with harshness because they are not only hurting people, they are killing people.

  • Samuel A. Maffei

    “But, you are free to rape and pillage the other neighborhoods at any hour…”

    • Earl Lutz

      or THAT neighborhood any OTHER hour.

      Maybe the problem is the PRISON in that area is EMPTY and a tourist attraction

  • charW

    Great plan!!!!!

  • Abner Hale

    Here’s a hint for you and your lame-ass self-published “book,” you moron: If you can buy it, it’s NOT BANNED.

  • The ‘other’ Annonymous

    Guess what: There are also WHITE BABY MAMAS out there. So now what?

  • ladysforest

    That’s more often “grandmother”, less frequently – “grandparents”, as even the single moms often don’t have a hand in raising these kids.

    So different than when I was a kid.

  • CW

    Thank you “Annonymous” (spelled incorrectly) for adding to the intelligence of the conversation. Black mothers are three times more likely to have a child out of wedlock than a white mother. I can see you are of the mentality that because someone else may do or has done something wrong you now have the right to do the same thing without having any responsibility for your actions. That’s great, just great.

  • rufus levin

    annonnymouswho cannot spell thinks that it is Justified because of Cheney and Bush.

  • Art

    It will be robbing Peter to pay Paul. Where do you suppose the “parents” (is Daddy there at all?) get their money? It’s all welfare money, which we, the working taxpayers, are giving to them via our elected officials. It’s time to clean house, folks!

  • sean patriot

    BS

  • Alfred

    What are you talking about!!!!! Black mobs are rampaging and attacking whites all over the USA I have literally seen hundreds of videos attesting to this.
    Black on white crime absolutely dwarfs any white on black violence.

  • Osamas Pajamas

    Absolute baloney — the vastly overwhelming majority of violent acts committed against blacks is by blacks — and “not” by whiites..Idiot. Fool. Jrkoff.

  • searreigh

    These aren’t true statistics. They are a total lie. The truth is the opposite.

  • Jane Ayers

    Lies!! According to the Color of Crime which uses DOJ and FBI stats:

    Crime Rates

    *Blacks are seven times more likely than people of other races to commit murder, and eight times more likely to commit robbery.

    *When blacks commit crimes of violence, they are nearly three times more likely than non-blacks to use a gun, and more than twice as likely to use a knife.

    *The single best indicator of violent crime levels in an area is the percentage of the population that is black and Hispanic.

    *Of the nearly 770,000 violent interracial crimes committed every year involving
    blacks and whites, blacks commit 85 percent and whites commit 15 percent.

    *Blacks commit more violent crime against whites than against blacks. Fortyfive
    percent of their victims are white, 43 percent are black, and 10 percent are
    Hispanic. When whites commit violent crime, only three percent of their victims are
    black.

    * Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime against
    a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.

    * Blacks are 2.25 times more likely to commit officially-designated hate crimes
    against whites than vice versa.

    http://www.colorofcrime.com/colorofcrime2005.pdf

    Read it and tell everyone you know

  • fedup

    Where did you get those stats? The Eric Holder “those are my people” justice dept? How about the Barack Hussein Obama “the police acted stupidly”white house. Not buying it!

  • Spanky

    Maybe they should have a crack or meth summit?

  • rufus levin

    he wants to CASTRATE diversity first maybe…good plan!

  • TheBellCurve

    Plato made judgements about people.(Good/bad)? Must not have been a liberal. Thanks.

  • Jane Smith

    that would do it……

  • Jane Smith

    Unfortunately, that idea is about 146 years too late. Lincoln wanted to repatriate the freed blacks back to Africa, but it never transpired.

  • JeromeFJ

    No one wants to unnecessarily limit personal freedoms, so Philly should consider applying the curfew only to blacks aged 13 to 23. That would seem to be the target audience for lawlessness and criminality.

  • Daddyo

    You are in bad need of a history lesson. In order to qualify for “relief” in those days one had to divest all holdings in real property. They had to sell any car they had and cash in life insurance policies before they could be considered eligible. Today, females just get pregnant, their “man” brings in cash from dope sales or thefts and they roll in expensive cars, plasma TVs, iPhones, tatoos, hair pieces and fancy manacures. Its the same old, tired story. They buy what they want then beg what they need.

  • Navin Johnson

    The only thing that keeps you down is you. You embrace everything the Dems claim you must have and blame the white man for everything you don’t. Everything you have embraced has destroyed you. Slavery still exists, its just a different overseer, one that looks like you, and his whip is handouts. Recent history should’ve convinced you, but you’d rather convienently blame it on Whitey. It rationalizes everything for you, so you don’t have to take responsibility. Clearly you seldom read or study history.

  • Jess

    LMAO at future Chimp-O-Ramas. Oh God, that’s funny as hell.

  • DSFL

    Always exceptions to the rule.

  • anon513

    That won’t work, Jerome. One of the flash mobbers was 11 years old. And 23? Come on. What happens if this ’23′ year old has a job, say, from 6pm – 2am? I say minor children up to 18 is sufficient. 18 is the age of concent so we can’t do anything about that.

  • dontpokeagrizzly

    Governments don’t create a culture of dependency. People accept a culture of dependency.

    Responsibility: dead since…?

  • Hazel Burke

    That one made even Mr. B laugh.

  • marot

    The police should sweep all juvies off the street load then onto buses take them to a high school stadium and hold them till their momas claim their little darlings. There all good boys they just hate white people. My advise buy a glock.

  • Michael R.

    A civilizied society can not tolerate wilding, black male juveniles attacking innocent whites based upon race. This must be stopped by all means. If the parents can not control their childern then the state must. This is animal behavior.

  • roughman

    This is simplified. The American Black family was destroyed by the Democrats and their social policies, notably beginning with LBJ’s “War on Poverty” and other programs.

    Or should I say “Pogroms?”

  • anon513

    You need some serious speech therapy. And your attempt at ‘ebonics’ is horific. Go get some help.

  • SteveThomas

    LOL. Sounds more like Jar Jar Binks than a boy from the hood.

  • bob

    You have an interesting notion of causality.

  • R U Serious

    Adolf, is that you?

  • rmsbl4

    horrific

  • StaticKlingon

    Um. I believe they tried it in Liberia. Within a generation the blacks we sent there had enslaved the locals. Go figure.

  • Kestrel

    So the point you are making is that it is a skin color thing? You are an idiot. There are other factors in play here that have nothing to do with race.

  • StaticKlingon

    If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. Who gives a $hit what color the feathers are?

  • Brian

    As the Mayor said, Pull down those hoodies, pull ap your pants ang get a belt, attend to your appearance, and the 50% unemployment rate may just fo down

  • phillly

    Blacks…

  • StaticKlingon

    Exactly right. No sensible person objects to a level, fair playing field, but subsidizing irresponsibility and foolishness should never have been part of the package. It was a vote-buying scheme calculated to keep a particular party in power at the expense of taxpayers. Cynical, corrupt, unconstitutional and doomed
    to create division. Here we are. Enjoy the bitter harvest.

  • laurib

    absolutly right. LBJ had a heart of good intentions, as have many in the federal goverment with imposed gov. regulations and programs that make “blacks” special. But when you treat any race as if they are not really equal and couldn’t possibly ever be equal so that they need special handicapped gains, what else could happen but that they think that about themselves and that others think that way about them. It is the absolute worst thing for blacks and Hispanics. When Obama appointed Sonia Betancourt to the Supreme Court, all of the academic magazines and intellectuals were snickering. One black man was reading one fo the articles and said to me, ‘why would they say that about someone from Princeton? ‘ I didn’t have the heart to point out that most whites and asians see blacks and hispanics in those institutions as receipients of affirmative action, not of merit. Pre-1965, if a Black man or Hispanic man went to Harvard, you knew he or she was brilliant. Now, people just assume he’s not unless he turns out to be otherwise. It’s not good for blacks and it’s not good for the nation. And you can see it on the tv political news shows. Each has a “black” person on a panel, they let him talk, but noone really listens to him. Blacks have to toss off their “special needs” categories and show they are just as smart as asians and whites in a equal race with no handicap for their color.

  • golferson

    LOL!

  • Vic Livingston

    Thank you for showing what you are — a cyber-terrorist. I don’t believe in extrajudicial targeting — but in your case, perhaps an exception should be made (especially if your comment was made on the public’s dime).

  • derdagian1

    Good man! I’ll know that the libs are getting closer when you start plinking. nozzler bullets with ballistic tips are pretty nice!

  • Anon

    Vic, you need to go out tonight and get laid.

  • Kahne O

    You are weak. it is coming a time when we will all be forced to use our guns to protect ourselves. Those who have no guns, will perish.

  • StaticKlingon

    It’s basically a star chamber. The extra-judicial targeting. It’s mind-boggling. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. but take it one step further. Keep your enemies’ friends even closer than that. It’s gone beyond disinformation. It’s now dis-disinformation against dis-dis-disinformation. We’re keeping score and we’re not fooled. Count on it.

  • dj

    I am right with you on that.

  • Jeff Stoops

    In Florida they would not, its called self defense.

  • Jeff Stoops

    None, but cause this is Black on White crime you do not see or hear this on the TV … The national media will not mention it.
    Now if it was the other way around then is would be on every stations rotatory 24 / 7

  • Keep Honkin I’m Reloading

    1965

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