No, more than usual. Mayor Cory Booker (whom we believe is the best choice for the job there, he just lacks police and inherited a culture of crime) has a real mess on his hands this morning. THIRTEEN people were shot in Newark yesterday, one fatally. Sadly we have to report a 15 year old boy was killed. The 15 year old was hanging out with friends in the 100 block of Scheerer Avenue when a car pulled up and opened fire. Seven other people were shot in the driveway ranging in age from 12 to 32 years of age.
Elsewhere in Newark, earlier yesterday 3 men and a woman were shot downtown in broad daylight a couple blocks from the Prudential Center. Yet another woman was shot in the rear end near the corners of Gareis and Blum.
Now we all know the stereotype and jokes about crime in Newark. We'd like to point out while crime is bad there nothing will change until the residents in these neighborhoods MAKE THE CHANGE by cooperating with the Newark police force. They can still arrest people and Essex County can charge them if the citizens there are willing to see it through.
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