Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Different Result

That is not a definition of sanity. Philly gets ready for back-to-school, amid surge in gun violence, with familiar tactics

Those violent guns. If only those inanimate objects would stop being so willful and violent.

The approach to the new school year, from a policing perspective, involves constant communication between school leaders and authorities whenever trouble arises, said [Philadelphia Police Department’s Deputy Commissioner for Operations Joel] Dales, but remains more or less the same.

“No, nothing, nothing’s new,” he said.

And the issue is a big one, because the rule of law in Philadelphia is breaking down.

As of Tuesday, 339 people have been murdered in the city, a 22% increase from the same time last year. According to a rough breakdown by the City Controller’s Office, about 290 homicides were fatal shootings. Of these, police say 27 children and teens under 18 were killed.

These numbers don’t include the more than 100 teens and children who have been shot and survived this year.

City leaders have $22 million to spend on anti-violence initiatives, but they are not talking to people in the community. (They are smarter than the people in the community. They know what the peasants need!) Is anyone expecting "more of the same" to work differently?

On the subject of offering help, Ernesto Sirolli said it best. Want To Help Someone? Shutup And Listen!