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From pulpit, Nutter throws book at roving mobs of black teens
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Aug 08, 2011 01:49pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | STEPHANIE FARR |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Monday, August 8, 2011 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "ADDRESSING the "butthead" youths who've been mobbing Center City and the "sperm donors" who've passed for their fathers, Mayor Nutter thundered from the pulpit of his church yesterday in uncharacteristically fiery remarks.
"You've damaged yourself, you've damaged another person, you've damaged your peers and, quite honestly, you've damaged your own race," he said. "You damaged your own race.
"If you want . . . anybody else to respect you and not be afraid when they see you walking down the street, then leave the innocent people who are walking down the street minding their own damn business. Leave them alone."
Nutter's 30-minute sermon in front of a white-robed choir invoked rousing applause from the packed house at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, in West Philadelphia, where he's been a member for 25 years.
The only problem was that the median age of the congregation appeared about four times that of the 11- to 19-year-olds who have randomly accosted Center City pedestrians this summer in large groups of mostly black youths.
"He might be preaching to the choir," said church member Carol Lee, 59, of Upper Darby, "but I hope his message gets out."
Nutter said later that "even the choir likes a good sermon," and he hoped that those who heard him would share his message with friends, neighbors and children." |
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