Another article on savagery in Philadelphia

**Mister D** · 02-10-2012, 10:44 AM

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Vietnam veteran Edward Schaefer, 64, was walking last month along 5th Street in Olney, a few blocks from his home, when a group of young thugs jumped him, pummeling him hard enough to fracture his face.
"There's information we got from a friend of those kids that [showed] the whole thing was planned. They were going to 'go f--- somebody up,' " a police supervisor with knowledge of the case told the Daily News. "It's a sad thing these a--holes picked on an elderly war veteran."
Two suspects in the case were sentenced to the maximum of four years in a juvenile detention facility yesterday.
Laurence Steinberg, a Temple University professor who studies adolescent behavior, attributed the attacks to the teens' upbringing - or lack thereof.

http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-0...niles-violence

**Conley** · 02-10-2012, 10:46 AM

4 years in Juvie. What are the odds that when they get out they'll do something far more heinous? Philly needs to start cracking heads.

**Conley** · 02-10-2012, 10:49 AM

Brian Goldman, 21, was in a cab stopped at a red light at a crowded Center City intersection on Jan. 28 when a group of up to 10 teens stormed the car and punched him through the window.

"At that point, I couldn't fight back, nor did I want to," he told the Daily News last month. "I was convinced these kids had a knife on them, or some weapon, so I jogged up the block."

Goldman left the scene, and the 53-year-old cab driver managed to scare the teens away with a tire iron.

"I felt very lucky immediately afterward," Goldman said. "I know it's been a lot worse for other people."