Cris at A&C Brick. Based out of Mayfair, did a great job repointing & brick above my windows two years ago. I even needed a new greyish stone plate above mine which he installed.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/a-and-c-brick-and-stone-pointing-philadelphia

267-809-4321 cris@acbsmasonry.com

Bus drivers will tell you, the high school kids are the worst. From 2-4p sucks

F'n Herb Denenberg ruining a good thing. :(

>could be on the "no trust" list.

It doesn't go that deep. The questioning lasts about 3-5 minutes and the defense attorney seems like they hadn't even looked at the case prior to the day. They'd speak with the accused for a minute or two before the judge starts.

Honestly, seems like the defense just churns thru them, then clocks out at the end of the shift. Almost like an assembly line working cases. There's no Law & Order and such to it, just a bunch of paperwork on their desk (ie. shuffling papers, 'Ok, which case is next? Hmmm, let's see what its about') Then just shouts out far fetched theories and possibilities. It was deflating.

Thanks, I appreciate it. I cannot tell you how much you think 'it ends now' when someones got a gun pointed to your chest. It also is infuriating ppl thinking Krasners DAO is this well run, only prosecute surefire criminals, yet let the innocent ones or difficult to prove ones go.

Just sitting there, hearing the cases before me. One cop clearly witness a pretty large ($300?) heroin deal in a vacant land next to a bodega type place. Defense asked 'Did you use surveillance video' cop said no we don't use that on a daily basis. Defense asked 'Did you use your cell phone' Cop said he doesn't use his personal phone for work. Things like that, you could tell the cops knew the deal. One was a car theft, undercover cop caught him, guy had numerous priors over just the last 3 or 4 years.

That's a good question. Probably sorta a two way street. I would guess DAO could reach out to the PPD to get it in their posession. Probably (both) are overworked. ADA told me he has 100 carjacking cases going on at any given time, but he treated me well & returned my calls, kept me posted on things.

TBH, looking back I found him more of a grief counselor role, bracing me for a soft landing in stupidity, that's they'd let these two walk. By the end I realized how jaded I was to it all, I just made my own peace with it, hope those 2 fix themselves & get jobs. THat's what pisses me off tbh, there's jobs out there. And they pay $12-$15 bucks an hour easy. When I was 19-20 I worked for $4 bucks an hour, its crazy. Granted I went to college and mostly summer stuff, but again, work at Shop Rite stocking shelves of a year or two, they'll get paid.

Anyway, I'll just say, someone else posted somewhere there's a reason alot of these criminals have lengthy rap sheets. In the years of Lyn Abraham myb these 2 would've done 3 years time, I dunno. I consider myself pretty liberal but jeez give them 3-6 months at least. (The 20yo did about 30 days in holding custody I'd guess, probably close enough to real prison where he may have been scared straight so to speak. Getting a glimpse of 'real prison' (CFCF) up in the northeast.

I'm well aware, as I said, once it was 'dismissed', it seemed to disappear off those sites a few weeks later.

Here's a link to both the video of it happening (I drive a stick, which they couldn't drive, they later jacked the uber blocks away in the nbc10 article), the docket # sheet with all the charges (page 3) and showing dismissed in Page 4. I took the suspect name off the documents out of courtesy. You can see the docket # if you wanna do your own research.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lS9rp8HlCs_Fyolwkx6OXXS7WW7mzIA9?usp=sharing

LOE. Lack of evidence. The surveillance video of it & basically showing their faces, I was told, likely wouldn't get submitted for a 'preliminary' hearing. No clothes were brought/shown they were wearing the night of, the gun was reported to have been recovered (i think in the news article), wasn't brought or fingerprints etc.

I got to face the one (other was 17 & juvey court), which helped bring closure. His Mom & family (sisters?) were there, so it brought closure to do it & speak. I wasn't angry or hateful, some old 1950s redneck down south saying hang em or anything. Honestly, I knew going in they'd either make an example out of em, and throw the book at them to prove they're 'tough on crime' (since they caught them), or it'd just get lost in the machine.

ADA was in touch with me alot (looking back its probably done more in a grief couselor role), but the night before I got a call at 8:30 from a Texas phone number, and the guy had a major Texas accent, whoa.. I thought, did they just fly in some big time lawyer for this?! He asked me a few basic questions about the night, and whats gonna happen in the courtroom (roll call, cattle call of cases etc). Then, once I got there, I just knew I was one of about 30 other cases in that courtroom alone, just a cog in the machine.

btw, ADA told me he's got about 100 of these ongoing at any given time. On a rotating basis.

lol, when you accuse someone of "lying", you already lost the argument. I have it at home. I think I went back a few weeks later & its all offline, since, it was dismissed. I may be wrong about that, I did dl a pdf of all the charges to them. (about a dozen each)

Actually, my case had both. And didn't even go to trial, let alone prosecuted.... so there's that.

I was referring to my further above post, which got categorized as a very 'niche' case according to the ppl on this board:

Funny, I guess I'm a 'niche' case. Look how many police resources got involved to capture the two who had me at gunpoint. (It was all on video & submitted for evidence). Krasners office let them walk after preliminary trial.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-philly-police-chase-and-capture-carjacking-suspect/3278758/

Just last week wasn't one of those teens who killed an old man with a orange cone released on bail??

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C'mon, I've now given 3 instances of you being wrong off the top of my head. Last nights heroic chase down, me having a fuckin gun to my face, and the teen out on bond.

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DAO is inept.

Well you could question why they were not charged and case dismissed?

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Seems pretty clear cut. Caught. Video evidence. Gun recovered. Sitting in courtroom awaiting sentencing.

>crowd literally thinks that police solve shootings but krasner won't charge them, and while that may be true in some niche cases(probably because lack of evidence)

Funny, I guess I'm a 'niche' case. Look how many police resources got involved to capture the two who had me at gunpoint. (It was all on video & submitted for evidence). Krasners office let them walk after preliminary trial.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-philly-police-chase-and-capture-carjacking-suspect/3278758/

Just last night, chased armed bandits from S Phila to Germantown & caught them. No credit given tho I'm sure. :/

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-police-chase-u-haul-south-shooting-germantown/12897032/

I smoked a blunt on Hard Rocks 2nd floor patio back in the fall overlooking the boardwalk & ocean. It was awesome!

Sorta hate seeing it as Big Money & Corporate coming in, would rather see a more community based non-profit/co-op setting it up.

Oh, but the residents will get $15/hr jobs out of it, after decades of being right yet being arrested, fined, and locked up for weed posession & dealing.

In terms of road closure, wasn't 676 not shut down for too long? Mostly overnights, or am I wrong on that.

In East Falls tho there's mostly only Billy Murphys. A place Cranky Joes is welcoming, but doesn't get many 'newer' Fallsers. Lebus & others are more restaurants. People from EF don't walk to Manayunk, and really Main St isn't quite the same like it was in the 90s & 2000s in terms of foot traffic. With South Philly, Fishtown & NoLibs etc being the 'in' spots for 20 somethings

I consider myself pretty liberal, but things like this & the school shooters deserve to get it imo.

Probably thought they could, and made some baaad decisions when it failed.

Naughty By Nature said it best: https://youtu.be/ZOk9F5LLabo?t=239

Jim Thorpe/Poconos is good.

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Underrated, imho, is Atlantic City. Hard Rock casino is dope, waking up, grabbing a starbucks and walking out to the beach is a great way to start the morning. Walk the boards for a looong time. Just walk. Come back, crack a drink or visit Landshark Bar & Grill, its got a wood cabin vibe on the beach, good for day drinking. At night the boardwalk isn't too bad, can definitely walk up to Ocean Casino or Resorts to change things up, play $20 here, $20 bucks there on slots. I don't gamble but don't mind vibin and riding the wave. I stopped down for a few nights the last 2 years and honestly had a blast. Lounge Bar in Hard Rock is great, live music, I met some other people doing basically the same thing. Most first timers too.

frivilous lawsuit. Don't stand on a highway in the middle of rush hour & there's a good chance they wouldn't have been pepper sprayed.

Idiocy. They lawyers will get paid out, your friends gonna get peanuts, in about 7-8 years when the payouts begin :)