officer is recovering right now after hundreds of children caused chaos last night in Center City Philadelphia now police and City officials Community leaders as well all trying to keep this from happening again CBS News Philadelphia reporter Kerry Corrado is outside of police headquarters with their possible solution to this kind of chaos Carrie Natasha every organization in the city is trying to do everything they can to try to keep these kids out of trouble police say there will be extra patr
ols on tonight our belief that Z juveniles were not down here to go to the movies or go to the mall and have fun they were here to be disorderly cell phone video captured crowds of teams running down Market Street Wednesday night police say there were hundreds of them causing problems and throwing rocks officers tried to disperse the crowds that made it to City Hall police say one officer injured his knee we have 170 rec centers in the city we have 26 pal centers in a city and we have numerous s
ports leagues and church groups throughout the city this is what the kids should be doing this is a parental issue police say this all started when officers noticed a 13 year old with a gun that gun was later determined to be an airsoft gun not long after more and more teens arrived police say the teens were riding SEPTA to get to different locations except a spokesperson said they worked with police to Monitor and control the crowds and make sure Riders were safe one of the many organizations t
rying to help is the Nomo Foundation which is an early intervention and prevention program for Youth and families in Philadelphia and they are holding Easter concert at the Met this weekend trying to help one teen at a time when you supplement idle time with structured activities then you know it puts our it puts our children in a better predicament I think the more positive things we do the better Outlook they have on their future police say they're also looking into how social media played a r
ole in all this they also say they are monitoring different apps we're live outside of police headquarters Carrie Toronto CBS News Philadelphia all right Carrie thank you very much
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These kids aren’t trying to hear about recreation centers and all the positive activities. I have two Black sons…one 18 and the other is 21. I staid in their business all through high school. And now they both have jobs and never been in trouble. It starts at home!!!
Dear God....midnight basketball is still their answer?
the fellas & lovely ladies been doing this for decades/generations
Positive male role models are the key, keep up the good work.
Philly should be a great city but sadly its the people who ruin it.
As soon as the polices shoot & kills one of those kids, their parents gonna start crying & saying my child was a good child. How was your child was a good child, when he or she was disobeying the law,
This keeps happening in probably the busiest, most high profile corridor in the city. No bueno.
They don't have a solution they have an idea
These kids today got to love them. This the way they are raised. Lov it.
They have to want change. They’re not babies. no matter how many programs are available,it’s not going to matter.
My nephew was in a free baseball league in Philly all you had to do was drop off your kids and guess what I went to one game and the next one was cancelled and I think after that it was done
parentless behavior
I live right down the street from a Rec center near Wagner middle school you can’t even go in to use the rest rooms the place is locked up and when you do go and ask for any programs they look at you like your crazy
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ARE NOT , MORE LIKE HUNDREDS OF NO GUILDENS TEENS , WHERE ARE THE PARENTS ...AND WHAT ABOUT A CURFEW UNDER 18 INDOOR UNLESS WITH ADULTS THAT WILL BE RESPONSSIBLES ...
Have they been keeping it a secret?
Maybe after the Crumbley charges, more parents will be charged for the actions of their children under their watch, and that might be a great thing, cause there are also good kids who deserve to have fun and don’t want to be lumped with those kids who don’t know how to behave. Wake up parents!
Blacktivity
A water cannon filled with stink water and dye would help. Also start holding people responsible.
Hundreds of Black "children".
It's just really hard to make people take accountability or responsibility for the actions when they see actors and musicians and politicians do things on purpose and break the law on purpose and don't take no accountability and walk away scot-free. Not just children but adults feel that same way 🤷🏿♂️ Treat everyone the same make everyone be held accountable and responsible for the actions they take. And maybe the people would do the same. Because right now in America is then shown and proven all depend on what you look like is how you going to be treated and what laws you need to follow. This is America 🤷🏿♂️