The murder rates are rising in cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia. In January of 2012, Philadelphia already had racked up 35 homicides, primarily in the North Philadelphia neighborhoods. Chicago’s murder rate is up by 35 percent as of June 2012. Most of this violence is attributed to gang activity in the cities most notoriously violent neighborhood. What officials are not mentioning is that most of the gang activity, shootings, and violence can be related … Read entire article »