It's sad to see people in a neighborhood I know very well arrested for expressing their very valid concerns over excessive political and police presence. I lived on Leland Street right before Nutter took office. The police attitude toward people in Philadelphia, the surrounding counties and throughout this country has become increasingly aggressive toward the people they have sworn to protect and serve. We lost the support of our politicians long ago and the muscle for those politicians, such as, the police, military and intelligence services have followed suit. This is only a sign of the things to come and shows that the rhetoric used by politicians is simply that and the true intentions of the actions they promote are concealed between their words not in them.
Philadelphians have some of the most rebellious and free thinking minds left in this country, especially those that have been disenfranchised by the system - of which there are many, and the politicians know this; hence the necessity to pacify those responsible for cultivating that free and critical thinking, rebellious mentality. There is too much emphasis on voting for a certain type of elected official because they share our values or they represent a popular view on an imaginary left to right scale and not enough emphasis on our community and neighbors who do the same. People have become so disconnected that they truly believe those in government, at any level, truly want to help us. The only person that will empower you and I is YOU AND I! Not Nutter, not the police commissioner, not the military, and certainly not Obama, Bush or McCain. YOU AND I thats it. You and I the common man and woman outnumber the elitist backward thinkers 20 to 1 or more. Stop putting Faith in false prophets and starting putting your faith and energy in protecting people like those arrested for no other reason than stressing these truths.