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Vol. 71 No. 9 | Feb. 26, 2020 southphillyreview.com
Lorie-Lu Celebrating 50 Years By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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here’s a feeling of love inside the Lorie-Lu Studio of Dance on the cozy corner of 11th and Mountain streets in the East Passyunk neighborhood of South Philadelphia. Black and white photos of when owners Lorraine Speziale and Lucille Bunnion first fell in love with dance, and colorful memories of past dance recitals hang on the walls of the tight vestibule in the reception area. Inside, a small group of girls glance at their reflections pirouetting across a long wall of mirrors, the thuds of their footsteps amplified by the smooth hardwood floor. This narrow dance studio was carefully crafted decades ago by Speziale and Bunnion, who are South Philly sisters, about five years apart in age. Fifty years ago, they were still basically kids themselves, Bunnion was 21 and Speziale was just 16 when they caught their break. The owner of the studio they danced at told them it was closing. “I was taking lessons from a lady and I always asked her about opening a school,” Speziale said. “Then I get a phone call saying she was closing, and she asked me if she could refer all her students to me. And I’m thinking all we need is like $500. Three mirrors, bars and a record player and we’re done. Sure enough, that’s what happened.” See LORIE-LU, page 4>>
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Jacquelyn Shapson stretches before a ballet class at the Lorie-Lu School of Dance.
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LORIE-LU
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With a leap of faith, the Lorie-Lu School of Dance was born. The studio’s name, being a combination of Lorraine and Lucille’s own names, has lasted 50 years since they first opened for business in 1970. This summer, the girls from the studio will perform Lorie-Lu’s 50th recital at the Seaport Museum on Christopher Columbus Boulevard on June 26 at 6 p.m. Speziale and Bunnion can hardly believe it’s been that long since they decided to go into business together. “I don’t even know if we thought about it at the time,” Bunnion said. “Lorraine had danced professionally in Florida, and I was already getting married. When she came back, we opened a dance studio because that’s all we knew all our life, just dance.” And the risk was worth the reward. Speziale and Bunnion opened their original studio at 11th Street and Moyamensing Avenue and stayed there for 13 years before moving to their current location in 1983. As older students graduated from dance, they had a funny way of showing back up at the doorstep a few years later. “They came here and danced, got married, moved on, then had their kids and brought them back here,” Bunnion said. “It’s the greatest compliment you could get.” Gina Piermatteo is a former student and former assistant who now takes a long drive to bring her two girls Annabelle, 10, and Marisa, 3, to the studio three times a week for classes. “I actually live in New Jersey now so we drive about 40 minutes to dance because I’m not going to take them anywhere else,” she said. Piermatteo said the love and dedication that she personally experienced as a child at LorieLu can’t be replicated anywhere else. “It’s the love for their students,” Piermatteo said. “You can take your kids anywhere to dance, and they’ll just teach them. Here with Lorraine and Lucille, it’s very personal. They know the kids and they know the parents. It’s really special.” Family does mean everything. Speziale and Bunnion take turns as primary caretakers for their 99-year-old mother, who lives a few blocks from the dance studio. The sisters are perceived as family by students, and the younger kids want to follow in their parents’ footsteps by learning from the same teachers. “Now the kids are all excited, saying, ‘I’m
CRIME BRIEFS Police searching for robbery suspects along Broad Street Police are looking for robbery suspects who
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Lorraine Speziale instructs Annabelle Piermatteo during a ballet class at the Lorie-Lu School of Dance.
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Lucille Bunnion (left) and Lorraine Speziale are celebrating 50 years as owners and instructors of the Lorie-Lu Studio of Dance at 11th and Mountain streets. doing what my mom did,’ ” Speziale said. “Never in a million years did I think we’d still be doing this.” Speziale and Bunnion are still the only instructors at the studio. They started off by purchasing books, researching and even taking trips to New York to see how other teachers ran classes. It blossomed into an institution that still teaches ballet, tap, jazz, pointe and gym-
nastics to students 3 and up. Fifty years of passion in the arts. “We did it for love, certainly not for the love of money,” Speziale said with a laugh. Her sister agreed. “We’re very blessed that we did make it this long” Bunnion said. “But we’re still doing it and we’re doing it the best we can.” ••
unknown black males were captured on surveillance video stalking a 19-year-old victim on the 1500 block of S. Broad St. After turning onto the 1400 block of Tasker Street, the suspects attacked and robbed the victim, taking his wallet, which contained $200, police said. Two days later, at approximately 10:45 a.m.,
police say the two unknown males were captured on surveillance video stalking a 19-yearold male at the Ellsworth-Federal station of the subway. While waiting for the train, the suspects attacked and robbed the victim of his AirPods, police said. To view this video and more, visit The Phil-
Nikil Saval, a Democrat challenging state Sen. Larry Farnese in the primary, was endorsed by Sunrise Movement and Food and Water Watch Action. “Nikil will fight for a Green New Deal that will simultaneously revitalize local economies and take us off fossil fuels,” said Sam Bernhardt, deputy political director of Food and Water Watch Action. Saval, a journalist, has previously been endorsed by Teamsters BMWED, UNITE HERE Locals 274, 634 and 54, Reclaim Philadelphia, Second Generation and LILAC. “I am proud and honored to earn the endorsement of the Sunrise Movement and Food & Water Watch Action. Our movement must center the rights of workers and frontline communities as we progress towards a sustainable green economy that works for all of us,” he said. Meanwhile, the 1st Ward Democratic Committee also endorsed Saval. He had more than 90 percent of the vote. “I’m honored to receive the endorsement of the committee people of the 1st Ward,” Saval said. “The 1st Ward represents the best of the Democratic Party: its committee people build trust and continuous engagement among our neighbors for a better future for all of us.” Saval began organizing in the labor movement in 2009 as a volunteer with UNITE HERE, organizing customer boycotts to promote the rights of hotel workers. After serving as a local leader in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, Saval co-founded Reclaim Philadelphia, an organization that has fought to elect progressive candidates like Kendra Brooks, Larry Krasner, Elizabeth Fiedler, Helen Gym and Isaiah Thomas.
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Stop and Frisk:
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Wrong, But Is It Racist?
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top and Frisk” laws are back in the news. The emergence of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency has helped put the controversial policy back in the national spotlight. Bloomberg recently disavowed “Stop and Frisk.” But until as recently as 2018, he’d been one of the policy’s most vociferous defenders. “Stop and Frisk” procedures, as they were applied in New York City when Bloomberg and his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani, were mayor, were eventually ruled unconstitutional by the courts. “Stop and Frisk” programs have now become equated with racial profiling. A limited form of “Stop and Frisk” is still used in Philadelphia and some other urban areas. But the policy … in any form … is seen as biased by most leaders in African American communities and by progressives. “Stop and Frisk” programs have become equated with racial profiling. But is “Stop and Frisk” inherently racist? “Stop and Frisk” can be defined as a police technique that involves stopping civilians on the street and at times searching for weapons. The national policy was included in the 1994 crime bill passed during President Bill Clinton’s first term in office. The bill included other elements that have also become controversial over time, including expansion of the death penalty, the “three strikes” provision and enhanced penalties, specifically for crack cocaine, which disproportionately affected minority communities. The 1994 crime bill was not the brainchild of right-wing zealots. It was written by moderates and liberals. There is no doubt that its enforcement often involved racial profiling and focused almost entirely on people of color in the inner cities. Seen through the prism of today’s environment, “Stop and Frisk” has become a symbol of a racist policy against African Americans and Latinos. But in 1994, when the bill was passed, the consensus was that “Stop and Frisk” was an imperfect but necessary solution to what was considered unbearable levels of violent urban crime. As such, the policy was supported by many black activists and political leaders. Those supporters included the first elected African American mayor of Baltimore, Kurt Schmoke, Congressman James Clyburn, the publisher of EBONY MAGAZINE and -- though he voiced some reservations about elements of the bill at the time — by the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Kweisi Mfume. White liberals in good standing today
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Bipartisan resistance needed toAsprevent election meddling recent headlines have demonstrated, Tom Cardella’s column last week {“Technophobia,” Feb. 19} could not have been more prescient. Tom laments the advances in technology that have enabled foreign hackers to enter our cyber systems and cause all kinds of damage. Most of us who have credit or debit cards have experienced such attempts to invade our accounts. The spam calls and emails are endless. I am constantly tearing up advertisements in the mail for such things as hearing aids. Privacy is dead. Now the latest news is that U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Russia {not Ukraine} is already engaged in interfering with the 2020 election by hacking emails, meddling in social media, and a foreign policy aimed at causing disunity. It is a repeat of the attacks on our 2016 election, only worse. As Tom points out, we already witnessed a mess in the Iowa caucuses, so we can surmise that it will only get messier. So, of course, the president is pushing back on
this news as he has since his inauguration. He obviously fears that the validity of his election {or reelection} will be questioned. Backlash has already begun by his supporters. One of those supporters, letter writer Rosary Casiello, already attacked Tom for his many anti-Trump columns, and especially his ethnically friendly comments about Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who ripped up her copy of the State of the Union speech {“Shame on Cardella and Pelosi,” Feb. 19}. We could, of course, criticize Pelosi’s decorum, but Casiello is mistaken about her violating the law. According to legal experts, the law that Casiello cites applies only to official government documents that have been filed with some government office like the National Archives. Pelosi’s copy of the speech was just that, a copy, and not an official document. Meanwhile, Russia has been meddling with our politics for years. For example, they stole Democratic Party emails in the 2016 campaign in order to damage Hillary Clinton. {I heard Trump, at one of his rallies, urge them to do exactly that.} As time passes, the technology gets more and more sophisticated and harder to stop. There should be a unified bipartisan resistance
to such sabotage. Our national security depends on it. Gloria C. Endres
Gloria, Planned Parenthood is about more than abortion Regarding Ms. Endres’ recent letter, “This Dem doesn’t like Gov. Tom Wolf’s abortion funding,” I am surprised that a former educator is unaware of the fact that a large portion of funds provided to Planned Parenthood and other women’s health care clinics are used for health care and reproductive education. Only 3% of abortions take place at these facilities. Without these services, unwanted pregnancies would undoubtedly be much higher. All of us pay taxes that are allocated for services we neither utilize nor approve of. Unless conservatives like yourself manage to outlaw abortion, you have to accept the fact that the procedure is legal. Leslie McLaughlin See LETTERS, page 8>>
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with people of color supported the 1994 crime bill. Among them are then-Sen. Joe Biden, the Clintons and progressives’ favorite presidential candidate, then-Congressman Bernie Sanders. It seems to me that in order to believe “Stop and Frisk” is racist, you would have to believe all these folks are racists, too. “Stop and Frisk” policies wound up having terrible consequences in the communities they were intended to help. The overwhelming number of stops resulted, not in weapons being confiscated or arrests, but in harassment of young black and Latino males. The problem was most often in the way “Stop and Frisk” policy was implemented -- on the basis of age and race -- in other words, “racial profiling.” But stops were originally supposed to be based on probable cause. Prior to the 1994 crime bill, police had to have a warrant to stop suspicious civilians and for obvious reasons, the necessity for having a warrant in such cases often meant no stop
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at all. “Stop and Frisk,” as included in the 1994 crime bill, was supposed to provide a practical way to stop crime before it was committed. Some observers still defend the racial profiling aspect of “Stop and Frisk” policy. “But it worked to reduce violent crime,” they claim. They point to statistics that show that between 1994 and 2017, violent crimes fell by 46% nationally. But the causes of violent crime are much too complicated to show such a simple cause-and-effect relationship. For instance, violent crime is often related to poor economic conditions. The 1994 crime bill, in fact, included some elements that likely had a positive effect on reducing violent crime. An example is the increased funding for community-oriented police. Even if you still believe that racial profiling in the inner city helped reduce violent crime, it’s hard to justify the immense toll it took on thousands of lives. Relations between police and people of color were rubbed raw by “Stop and Frisk.” None of us who are parents would want our sons subjected to being shoved up against a wall and frisked merely because of their age and skin color. Much too often, those stops increased the chances of police-citizens confrontations that resulted in otherwise innocent people being arrested. In the New York City of Michael Bloomberg, stops went
down from the hundreds of thousands to 10,000 to 12,000 a year. And perhaps more importantly, violent crime did NOT increase. Should political and community leaders be demonized for supporting “Stop and Frisk” policy? Were they racists or well-intentioned people, both black and white, who failed to foresee the unintended consequences on minorities? Is it important? Misguided charges of racism only serve to feed the cynicism that is so prevalent today. In the case of “Stop and Frisk,” not understanding how that policy would ultimately be implemented caused horrific damage to youthful minorities — damage that can’t be undone. Those who supported “Stop and Frisk” should rightfully be held to account for, at least, short-sightedness. But in most cases, they are not racists. Many of today’s critics of “Stop and Frisk” were not around in 1994. Context is important to understanding. Understanding is important in avoiding repeating our past mistakes. And calling people racists, after the fact, hurts reputations and solves nothing. •• Follow Tom Cardella on Facebook
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Philadelphia International Unity Cup information sessions Residents can learn how to have their nationalities represented at the 2020 Philadelphia International Unity Cup Tournament. The fifth annual World Cup-style soccer tournament is held over several months in Philadelphia, and information sessions will be held throughout the city over the next few months. The soccer tournament is open to men and women ages 18 and older, with a limit of 22 players per team. South Philly residents can learn about how to register a team on March 3 at the Murphy Recreation Center at 300 W. Shunk St. All information sessions begin at 7 p.m. Other sessions include March 25 at the Feltonville Recreation Center at 221 E. Wyoming Ave.
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Where was the outrage when Obama lessened drug sentences? Roger Stone was recently sentenced to 40 months for lying to Congress and witness tampering. Fake News expressed concern, stating President Trump influenced the sentencing. How come, when Obama dramatically reduced the prison time of convicted drug lords, there was no concern? These poison peddlers kill and destroy millions of lives. Where were those crack reporters then? Carlo Gonnella
Sports Hall of Famers being honored at Cannstatter’s The City All Star Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 29th annual awards banquet on Tuesday, April 14, at Cannstatter’s, 9130 Academy Road. The inductees will be Mike Koplove, a South Philadelphia native who pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Indians; former La Salle University basketball player Craig Conlin; coach and youth league organizer Lou DeCree; retired longtime women’s college basketball official Dennis DeMayo; former Father Judge basketball coach Bill Fox; Division I football official Joe Griesser; Joe Hand, a leading TV distributor of closed-circuit and pay-per-view boxing; Mike Hawkins, the PIAA District 12 chairman and former football coach and athletic director at Germantown High School; Steve Kane, the longtime former boys basketball coach at University City who led the Jaguars to the 1995 Public League title; Kathy Lonergan, a Division I women’s basketball referee; Dave Mastropietro, a baseball star at La Salle University; and Dr. Anthony Salem, a former minor league baseball player. Tickets cost $60 in advance and $65 at the door. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Call Mike Polin at 215-601-7045 or email John McArdle at jmcardle@comcast.net. ••
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Crime is a hot topic in South Philly, but is Krasner the cause? Here’s what the data says
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South Philly residents packed St. Monica gym for an “emergency meeting” to address crime in the neighborhood. By TOM BECK SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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t was at the end of last month when South Philly hit a boiling point with District Attorney Larry Krasner. On Jan. 29, the gym at St. Monica School in Girard Estates hosted an “emergency meeting” put on by Girard Estate Area Residents to address the “rash of increasing crime in our area,” according to the official flier for the event. The meeting was so well attended that it was difficult to move about in the gym, and the anger over the perceived rising crime was palpable, to put it mildly. But if there was one statement that got the loudest applause of the night, it was one made by attorney George Bochetto. “With all the recommendations and suggestions that have been made tonight so far about how to improve the safety of our communities, one big one has been overlooked that hasn’t been mentioned,” he said. “We must get rid of Larry Krasner.” The packed gym roared with both antagonism and glee, thrilled that its concerns regarding Krasner’s progressive
policies were validated by a community leader. Those progressive policies include eliminating cash bail for nonviolent crimes, telling prosecutors to seek lighter sentences, dropping all marijuana possession charges and instructing his assistant district attorneys not to charge for prostitution if the alleged offender has fewer than two convictions. Furthermore, in the aftermath of a double stabbing that happened outside of the Packer Avenue Chickie’s & Pete’s Feb. 9, dozens of residents gathered in Marconi Park the following day to further protest a “rampant” increase in crime, the event’s organizer, Anthony Giordano, told 6ABC. Jody Della Barba, president of GEAR, pins the perceived spike in crime squarely on the shoulders of Krasner. “His idea of criminal justice reform is to ignore the laws on the books before someone goes to jail,” she told SPR. “The crimes in South Philly have gone up 10 times, at least.” Before Krasner took office, Della Barba said, you’d see “isolated incidents” of crime. “Now it’s every other day,” she said. “I’m afraid to walk over to my daugh-
ter’s house around the corner.” Della Barba said she believes Krasner’s policies have made criminals commit more crimes because they don’t believe they’ll be punished by the DA’s office for doing so. “They call him Uncle Larry,” she said. Some media outlets have fanned the flames. “Dozens of residents gathered in South Philadelphia to stand up against a crime spike plaguing the city,” read the lede to the 6ABC story about the Marconi Plaza demonstration. “South Philadelphia has experienced its fair share of violence in 2020,” reads a CBS3 story about the same incident without giving specific numbers. Of course, it’s each person’s right to voice their worries about crime if they feel unsafe in their community. But all too often, data that can help paint a clearer picture of the city’s crime woes gets left out of the conversation. So let’s get to it. It’s true that violent and nonviolent crime did increase from 2018 to 2019, but not by much. During that span, crime statistics from the Philadelphia Police Department show the total num-
ber of violent crimes rising less than 6 percent and nonviolent crimes rising by a mere 1.6 percent. But when the numbers are fleshed out, it becomes clear they’re not the perceived “rampant” increase in crime some are claiming it to be. In reality, it appears to be more akin to a minor blip within the normal realm of variation - at least for now. For perspective, look at how the nonviolent crime rate rose all three years from 2009 to 2011, just like it did from 2017 to 2019. If we were having this discussion in 2011, we might feel that we were in the midst of a crime spike. But alas, the crime totals subsequently proceeded to decrease each year from 2012 to 2017 (see the adjacent ‘Reported Total Nonviolent Crimes in Philadelphia’ graph), showing that the 2009-2011 “spike” was really just a relatively inconsequential uptick in an otherwise overwhelmingly downward trend from 2008 to 2017. The same could very well be happening now. These data phenomena can result in what’s called endpoint bias, something that oftentimes causes people to misconstrue data to fit their political and psychological biases. Of course, it might turn out that the recent minor blip could turn out to be the beginning of an actual spike, but it’s likely far too early to come to that conclusion just yet. In fact, the police department’s data shows that last year’s violent crime total is down about 28 percent since 2007. Nonviolent crime shows a similar pattern. Last year’s nonviolent crime total was 19 percent less than 2007. Furthermore, nonviolent crimes have remained largely flat since 2015. In each year, nonviolent crimes fell within the realm of 48,000 to 50,000. Additionally, Krasner’s spokesperson, Jane Roh, said that the DA’s office created the DAO Public Data Dashboard for reasons like these. “As the data show, our office prosecutes nearly every criminal case referred to us by the police,” Roh said in an email to SPR. “There is absolutely no basis for the concern that the policies of this office have a causal effect on crime.” She added that “all crimes affecting people’s sense of safety are a priority we share with law enforcement.” It’s also important to note that Krasner’s been in office for only two years,
which means that the sample size of data isn’t nearly enough to come to a full conclusion about his effect on crime rates. Anthony Voci, the DA office’s Homicide Unit Supervisor, cautioned against a groupthink mentality and urged residents to think for themselves. “Just because 1,000 people or 500 people decide to show up and complain about something doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s true,” he told SPR in a phone interview, referring to the GEAR rally. “I think in this world where information travels at lightning speed and we have social media, somebody puts something out there and then all the sudden everybody grabs on to it and just takes it as a base assumption and moves from there. But the reality is that violent crime and crime generally in the city of Philadelphia over the past two years - which happens to be the timespan of the Krasner administration - is relatively flat.” Generally speaking, Roh said, Krasner’s relationship with the community has been more positive than negative. “The DA has conversations with community leaders throughout the city of Philadelphia on a regular basis, whether at community events, visits with anti-violence organizations, safety walks, and more,” she said. “The reception he receives is overwhelmingly respectful, because most community leaders are genuinely interested in working toward public safety solutions -- not just screaming and yelling for the benefit of TV cameras.” There is a caveat to the downward trend in crimes though, which lies with homicides. Last year, there were 355 of them in the city of Philadelphia - the most since 2007, according to the data provided by the PPD to the Review. At the current time of writing, there’s been 55 homicides in Philadelphia since the beginning of 2020. That’s up 28 percent since last year’s 43 homicides at this point last year. That’s certainly a problem - a big problem - and residents have a right to be upset. But pinning it squarely on the shoulders of Krasner is problematic when you take into account that those numbers have been trending upward since 2013, five years before See CRIME, page 12>>
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At the St. Monica meeting, residents singled out District Attorney Larry Krasner for what many considered to be a rise in crime in their neighborhoods.
CRIME: Krasner to blame? <<Continued from page 10 Krasner assumed office. Richard Berk, a professor of criminology and statistics at the University of Pennsylvania, said there is simply “no way to tell” if Krasner’s policies have caused an increase in crime in the city, he told SPR in an email. “His practices may be contributing or they may not be contributing [to the rise in homicides],” said Berk. “I suppose some could argue that the number of homicides would be even greater were it not for his practices. So the answer for me is ‘can’t tell.’ ” Voci, who started out as a prosecutor for the city nearly 30 years ago, said the rise in homicides isn’t all that unusual if you look at the historical data. “I saw the ebbs and flows and peaks and valleys where we would go from the 200s to the 300s to the 400s and to the 500s once upon a time, and then it went back down,” he said. “Now it’s on a slow, gradual increase over the past few years. But to suggest somehow that the Krasner administration is responsible for that I just think is not only unfair, but I think it’s also unprovable if you look at the numbers.” When Councilman Kenyatta John-
son was asked about a link between crime rates and DA Krasner’s policies, he left the door open to the possibility of it but didn’t come down straightforwardly on either side of the argument.
acceptable levels, no doubt.” “So are overdose deaths and drug trafficking, which is a major driver of gun violence,” she added. “In addition, economic inequality is historically high, and there is a direct line from poverty to gun violence.” The link between economic inequality and homicides has been studied extensively by Martin Daly, a professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McMaster University in Ontario, who authored a book on the subject, entitled Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide. Daly’s research has shown that economic inequality predicts murder rates better than any other variable. This is the problem with mass incarceration, Roh argued in an email sent to SPR. It renders people unemployable thanks to having criminal records and a general lack of work experience, which perpetuates poverty and ergo crime. “It is too early to declare, but we believe in the near future researchers will learn that decades of mass incarceration is one of the causes of the cycle of violence we are currently experiencing,” she said. “There is also no question that if we had sensible regulations on firearms, these murders would literally not have happened. You don’t see this level of violence in nations that do have the political will to control and regulate firearms – when you make it easy to end a life with less than a second’s thought, these totally avoidable tragedies become inevitable.” Voci said that unlike the Krasner administration, previous district attorneys didn’t focus on mass incarceration. “I think it was something that they
seeking lighter sentences, which saves the city money on incarceration costs. The goal is to take the money that would’ve been spent on incarceration and instead use it for community projects and social services that will eventually lead to less crime. The lighter sentences make sense, he said, when you consider that research shows people who commit violent crime typically “age out” at some point, usually in their mid-40s. “So if you have a very young person in their early 20s who commits a crime, rather than send them to prison for the rest of their natural life...let’s put them in prison for 20, 25 years,” he said. Instead of having that person who has aged out of violent crime in prison for an additional 10 or 15 years and paying $45,000 a year to incarcerate them, that money can be put back into the community in ways that prevent crime. “Let’s take the $450,000, redirect it into the community and do something positive with that money instead of just paying for three hots and a cot for a guy who doesn’t need to be incarcerated anymore,” he said. Most of the gun violence, Voci said, stems from either drugs or trivial arguments. “I’m just stunned at the inability of people in our city to resolve what seems to be extremely minor, meaningless beefs, grudges, slights and insults that somehow are responded to [with gun violence],” he said. “And drugs is a big net that you would cast over a lot of these murders. It’s a killing over drug territory, it’s a killing over drug debt, it’s a killing because somebody was under the influence of drugs and made a very
al average for each of the last 15 years, according to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer last month. Couple that with a 2018 New York Times report, which includes Philadelphia among 10 major cities studied for the correlation between temperature and murder rates. According to the report, warmer days tend to result in more murders. The data says there were 2.6 shooting victims per day on average when it was under under 50 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.4 on “pleasant” days when it was between 50 and 84 degrees Fahrenheit, and 4.4 on days that were warmer than 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The effect was similar among all the other cities (San Francisco being the only exception), but was especially high among northern cities like Philly, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and Milwaukee. Furthermore, the New York Times report argues that the rise in violence during warmer weather can mostly be attributed to people being outside more. In Philadelphia, the report says, outdoor gun violence rises as temperatures increase. Indoor gun violence stays roughly the same no matter the temperature. As you can see, when the entirety of the data is taken into consideration, it paints a clearer picture. The rising levels of homicides in the city pose a threat to the safety of Philadelphians not just in South Philly, but across the city. While it’s certainly possible Krasner’s policies have caused an uptick in crime, the data suggests that it would be presumptuous to single out the city’s top prosecutor for being the sole reason, or even a reason, behind the city’s homicide trend. “Everyone deserves a reasonable ex-
Data provided by the Philadelphia Police Department
“We need to review all city agency policies when they come to making sure that those who are perpetrators of crime are held accountable,” he said. “For me, everything is up for review and we’ll be taking a look at all the quality of life crimes and how they’re being addressed from all agencies of law enforcement.” Roh said that “homicides are at un-
just accepted as the norm,” he said. “What Mr. Krasner did is he took a good look at the social science as it related to incarceration, crime in the city and in this country, and what he found was that the old system wasn’t working...so let’s see if there’s a different approach that we can take.” That different approach includes
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Byrd helps Neumann-Goretti win PCL, now it’s on to states By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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akim Byrd isn’t going to be affected by the bright lights or the big stage. The Neumann-Goretti senior guard is quite accustomed to the spotlight and leading his team through the grueling Philadelphia Catholic League schedule. And while his team calmly waited for the Roman Catholic-Archbishop Wood semifinal to wind down, he patiently waited to take the court in the second part of the doubleheader last week. No nerves. No problem. “No, I don’t get butterflies,” he said with a smile following a PCL semifinal win over Archbishop Ryan. “I just like to calm down and play our game like we usually do. I just prepare the same way.” With thousands of screaming fans and under the bright lights of the historic Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, Byrd was all business as Neumann-Goretti topped Archbishop Ryan, 51-41, in the PCL semifinal. The Saints advanced to the championship game back at the Palestra on Monday,
where they defeated Roman Catholic 66-58. Neumann-Goretti will next set its sights on the PIAA District 12 playoffs, and quite possibly a run in the state tournament. Coach Carl Arrigale will lean even more on Byrd, who has bravely fought through injuries this season. “He’s the heart and soul,” Arrigale said. “He’s our guy. He’s our closer. Everybody likes playing with him. He’s never had a problem playing with anybody. I lean on him because he can keep it all together. We got some guys in the locker room that are great, great kids but they’re different. I tell them I can’t do it alone and I need your help. And we went at this thing together, and this is where we wanted to be.” Byrd recently committed to play Division I basketball in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for Marist College in New York. He was the fourth player from Neumann-Goretti’s current roster to commit to a D1 program after Che Evans (San Diego State), Jordan Hall (St. Joseph’s University) and Cameron Young (Bowling Green). Byrd has been slowed by an injury that prevented him from playing in a pair of earlyseason games as well as a few more down the home stretch. Arrigale has been cautious with his young star despite the temptation to push
harder as the team plays crucial games. “He gets hollered at more when he’s not playing,” Arrigale joked. “I’m sure he’d rather be out there instead of sitting near me.” Byrd shared a similar stance. He said he was able to take a step back and let his talented team take over. “I’m not really 100 percent yet so it’s been frustrating,” Byrd said. “I try to trust my teammates and see what they could do without me. At the end, it’s about winning.” Neumann-Goretti has certainly done its fair share of that during Byrd’s four years in the program. The Saints are 21-4 this season and are 89-25 over the last four years. Byrd was part of the team that won PIAA Class 3A state championships during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Last year, they fell short. It’s something that didn’t sit well with Byrd and his teammates. He looks forward to another chance to perform under the big lights. No nerves. No problem. “Just win a championship,” Byrd said. “That’s all I came here for, was to win. It’s just to play in moments like these. We love each other and we’re trying to go out with a bang. Winning a championship is what it’s all about.”
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Neumann-Goretti senior guard Hakim Byrd has been fighting through injuries but is heavily depended on as the Saints attempt to win a championship.
Flyers shake up roster with pair of trades at deadline By Mark Zimmaro SOUTH PHILLY REVIEW
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he Flyers didn’t sit still on Monday as the NHL trade deadline came and went. The Flyers bolstered their roster with two acquisitions, bringing in a pair of journeymen forwards in 29-yearold Derek Grant and 35-year-old Nate Thompson. Grant was traded for Kyle Criscuolo and a 2020 fourth-round pick. Thompson arrives in exchange for a 2021 fifthround pick. Those acquisitions by management sent a message to the players that they believe. Exactly what they believe in is a little trickier to dissect. On one hand, it appears general manager Chuck Fletcher believes the Flyers can make some noise in the playoffs, and made these depth moves to gear up for what he hopes is a long run. On the other hand, the moves signify that the Flyers forward group wasn’t as strong as the other top teams in the East-
ern Conference, despite overachieving for most of the season. “We liked our team before today,” Fletcher said. “Our players have earned the right not only to have some additions at the trade deadline but also to keep their roles. We weren’t looking to overhaul our team. We weren’t looking to make dramatic changes … This was more about depth, character, experience and specific roles.” Rewarding a team by bringing in reinforcements is one way of looking at it. Breaking up the chemistry of a tight-knit team without the addition of a superstar is another. Flyers coach Alain Vigneault leans to the former. “I believe we are helping the chemistry,” Vigneault said after practice on Monday. “This is a move that, a lot of the guys have been here for a while have wanted the organization to step forward and show confidence and show faith and that’s definitely what we’re doing.” Both Thompson and Grant are on expiring contracts, and cheap ones at
that. Thompson carries a $1 million cap hit while Grant makes the veteran minimum at $700,000. In 49 games this year with Anaheim, Grant scored 14 goals and added six assists, accounting for nearly a third of his career points (65), which was accumulated over 257 games. He will join his seventh NHL team once he suits up for a game for the Flyers. He has played in just four career playoff games. Projected to center the fourth line, Thompson will join his eighth NHL team upon joining the Flyers. He scored four of his 62 career goals with the Montreal Canadiens this year and has suited up for 62 career playoff games since his debut in the 2006-07 season. He has reached the conference finals three times in his career, twice with the Ducks and once with the Tampa Bay Lightning. “I think we’re pretty comfortable with the group we have,” Flyers forward Sean Couturier said. “But bringing in some experience always helps. You
can’t have enough experience down the road. Thompson has been around for quite a bit and he’s a good face-off guy, strong, and pretty disciplined in the way he plays. Grant is pretty similar, too. They’re two guys who will definitely help us down the road, and it’s nice to see the confidence from management and it’s up to us to go out there and do our job and keep winning games, keep pushing to be the best we can be.” With two guys coming in, two must head out. Connor Bunnaman and Joel Farabee were sent down to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms after practice on Monday. Bunnaman was an unfortunate odd man out after performing well on the fourth line with Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Michael Raffl. “Connor has been a real good player for us,” Vigneault said. “He’s played hard. He’s just a young player, just scratching the surface. As far as potential, he needs to put it all together but he’s definitely got the size and the skating ability and with more games, he’ll
only get better.” Farabee, the Flyers’ 2018 first-round pick, has seven goals and 13 assists in 49 games this season. Fletcher believes more seasoning with the Phantoms will help grow Farabee’s game. “I just want to make sure we’re giving Joel every opportunity to be the player he can become,” Fletcher said. “He’s played fine and I have no doubt he will be part of our group again, maybe even in the near future … We can’t forget, he’s 19 years old. Joel has been a real big part of our team this year and he’s even a bigger part of our future.” The decisions are tough, but overall, the Flyers are in a much more envious position than they were a year ago, when they traded Wayne Simmonds to the Nashville Predators. “Overall, it’s a way better feeling when you’re winning and everybody enjoys it a little more,” Raffl said. “It’s way more fun. It means you have a better chance of winning, and that’s the ultimate goal of everybody in here is a chance to win. It’s exciting times.”
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CALENDAR FEBRUARY 26 Speak My Name – Peer-to-peer grief support group for those who have lost a loved one to addiction/substance abuse. Share stories and emotions. Passyunk Community Center, 1025-33 Mifflin St. 7 to 8 p.m. Fourth Wednesday of every month. Mary Grace McHale, (215) 350-0005 or marygracemchale@gmail.com.
FEBRUARY 27 Concert – The Jazz Sanctuary. Free. 7:30 p.m. Jazz ‘n Joe, Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church, 916 S. Swanson St. (215) 389-1513. Zine Workshop – Whitman Library, 200 Snyder Ave. 4 p.m. Collage, craft and create your own self-published magazine or mini comic.
FEBRUARY 28
Free Tax Help – Fumo Family Library, 2437 S. Broad St. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Assistance provided by AARP volunteers. Register: (215) 8036402. Free Food Box for Seniors – For low-income seniors. February pickup at Rep. Fiedler’s office, 2400 S. 9th St. 11 a.m. to noon. Call the office if you might qualify to have a box reserved at (215) 271-9190.
FEBRUARY 29 Philadelphia Flower Show – Pennsylvania Convention Center, 11th and Arch streets. The environmental summit presented by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, new educational and gardening experiences, the new Bloomin’ Brunch, the revitalized Home Gardener’s Hub, Flowers After Hours, and PHS’s continued mission-based work in the region. Continues through March 8.
MARCH 1
Free Neighborhood Chamber Concert – 3 p.m. NovaCare Complex, 1 NovaCare Way. Games and giveaways at 1:30 p.m. Spring Fever Toy Train Show and Sale Sponsored by the Train Collectors Association Atlantic Division – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Penns Landing Caterers (Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall), 1301 S. Columbus Blvd. There will be 140 tables with vintage toy trains and repair parts for sale, test track, operating toy train layouts, kids activities and
door prizes for adults and children. $5 per attendee or per family of two adults and all children 12 and under. Food available. Free parking. www.ADTCA.com or (610) 872-3309. South of South Neighborhood Association – Neighbor meet and greet. Dock Street Brewery, 2118 Washington Ave. 2-4 p.m. Light snacks.
MARCH 2
Friends of Whitman Library Monthly Meeting – Whitman Library, 200 Snyder Ave. 6:30 p.m.
MARCH 6
Small Favors XV: Expanding the Field – The Clay Studio, 139 N. 2nd St. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Continues through April 26. (215) 9253453 or https://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/small-favors-xexpanding-the-field. Joshua Hebbert: Stargazing – The Clay Studio, 137-39 N. 2nd St. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Continues through April 26. (215) 925-3453 or https:// www.theclaystudio.org/exhibitions/stargazing-joshua-hebbert.
MARCH 7
Philly Craft Beer Festival – Navy Yard campus, 611 warehouse building, 4747 S. Broad St. VIP session from 12:30 to 5 p.m. General session from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Complimentary shuttle bus service will be provided from the Broad and Pattison SEPTA station to the festival. 21-plus event. Portion of ticket and raffle sale proceeds directed to Committee to Benefit the Children, which will be collecting toiletries. Tickets and information: www.PhillyCraftBeerFest.com.
MARCH 8
Designer Bag Bingo – Sponsored by St. Hubert High School Alumnae Association. 1 to 4 p.m. in the school cafeteria, Torresdale and Cottman avenues. Doors open at noon. Tickets cost $35 and must be purchased in advance. One genuine designer bag will be awarded per round. People must be 18 or older to attend. For tickets and information, email SHAACoachBingo@gmail.com or call Charlene at (215) 624-6840, ext. 1531.
MARCH 10
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and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.
MARCH 11 Rep. Fiedler Mobile Office Hours – South Philly Library, 1700 S. Broad St. 1-4 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing. Staff from U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans’ office will be there.
MARCH 12 Film Festival – After Nightfall Film Festival. Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center, 7 Lock St., Manayunk. Free. UltraGirl by Chris R. Notarile, Saturday the 14th by Zay Rodriguez, The Flower People by Charles A. Christman III. Red Carpet 6 to 7 p.m. Screening 7:15 p.m. Meet and greet with cast and crew to follow. https://www.facebook.com/events/s/philadelphia-after-nightfall/633609910779396/.
MARCH 16 Read to a PAWS Therapy Dog – Whitman Library, 200 Snyder Ave. 6 p.m. Bella the French bulldog will be on hand. Register: (215) 6851754. Real Estate Tax Workshop – Sponsored by South of South Neighborhood Association. 6:30 p.m. 1901 Christian St. A city Department of Revenue official will discuss real estate tax and water bill assistance.
MARCH 17 Rep. Fiedler Mobile Office Hours – Fumo Family Library, 2437 S. Broad St. 3-5 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.
MARCH 20 Rep. Fiedler Mobile Office Hours – Whitman Council, 2455 S. 3rd St. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get assistance with state-level issues and concerns, including Senior SEPTA ID card processing.
MARCH 22 Chopin Concert – Sponsored by Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia. 2:30 p.m. Settlement Music School, 6128 Germantown Ave. $30, or $20 for students. Light reception to follow. (215) 627-1391 or dziecko2@comcast.net.
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