There's blood in the streets (There is no Peace)
Hello readers and followers. I have to forgo my normal greeting. The episodes of violence in the streets of Philadelphia is leaving them stained in blood. The blood of both adults and children. This brings me great sadness. Just as I mentioned in my May post The Killing Streets , the number of homicides are not properly recorded, which is a crime in itself. Officials are reducing the actual number of deaths by homicide released in official records vs. what is reported daily. There is a song called Peace Frog (Morrison, J, Krieger, R. 1969) recorded by legendary band The Doors. The lyrics have come to me as I read the daily reports of violent homicides, mostly by firearm. Despite the irony of the song title, the lyrics speak of no peace. You could change the name of the city mentioned to Philadelphia and it would easily describe what is happening in Philly now. " There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles, Blood in the...