You Don't Bring a Gun to a Snow Ball Fight

According to an eyewitness, a D.C. Police detective went nuts after kids pelted his Hummer with snowballs at 14th and U Streets NW this afternoon. The veteran detective got out of his car and eventually grabbed for his gun, displaying it to the crowd. He did not immediately identify himself as a police officer. He calmed down once his fellow uniformed cop arrived. Apparently, someone called 911 to report a man with gun. The snowball fight had been well hyped on Twitter. The news of the incident first broke there.

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"An hour ago, we showed up to see a snowball fight already in progress. Two factions along 14th Street along the intersection. It was pretty friendly, mostly OK. At one point, there was one interaction with the police that I saw. A cop got stuck in the snow. People stopped and helped him out. A couple moments later, at the intersection, heading west along U was this big maroon Hummer. A small faction of people decided to target it with snowballs. They're throwing snowballs at the Hummer. It turns out the driver of the Hummer is a detective. He gets out. He's waving a walkie talkie. It's not going well. Then he starts waving a gun. He hadn't identified himself at this point. There was a point where things cooled off a bit, more police showed up, and he identified himself at that point. The name was Det. Baylor. My guess was B-A-Y-L-O-R."

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Don't Kill Anyone!

Well, 2007 didn't end with a bang! The murder rate in Philadelphia has actually sunk for the year. In 2006, the city saw 406 murders and in 2007, we saw a drop to 392.

During most of the 4th Quarter of 2007, Philadelphia saw an overall drop as well, and... well, I don't know why. Maybe the drop is because everyone is just sick of all the crap that's been attached to it, or maybe more criminals are getting arrested and staying in prison. Maybe they're all in Camden.

At any rate, Philadelphia is considered the worst of the Ten Largest Cities, but that really doesn't mean much overall since we're still 5th out of all the major cities. Detroit? More like DEADtroit! HA! Not fun when it's you, huh? And, oh my, WASHINGTON D.C. is STILL worst than Philadelphia, despite a hand gun ban and Charles Ramsey declaring MULTIPLE CRIME EMERGENCIES!

So, something in Philadelphia is working, and we don't know what.