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CommunityGun Violence Epidemic Plagues North Philadelphia
“It’s unacceptable, and it’s intolerable.” Those were Representative Curtis Thomas’s words at a community meeting on Friday, June 9th, as he deplored a recent spike in gun violence, which has…
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