Merlino... I'm not disagreeing with you. North Philadelphia they can't change over night they've slowly but steadily fixed up certain parts over the years.(Northern Libs/Fairmount/WestGirard.
But just like you said about the wire is true, except we have more police corruption in Philadelphia. I'm not trying to be a racist but its been documented by journalists on tv ( American Gangster Philadelphia Black Mafia) The investigative reporter before George Anastasia says Black on Black crime is/was a "Cheap Story" and that it was hard for a black person to get their obituary in the paper back then. Mayor Nutter said he had a vision of making North Board look like North Boardway of something corny like that. I agree this is a gambling case it sells papers, provides income for law enforcement, journalists, and sells books (to people like ourselves.) I don't think they should be hit this hard but after wasting all the time and resources they had to do something, they probably thought they'd get something big (like a murde) and so far they haven't.

but then again .... Fall is Coming