Marcia Gelbart's just filed this report:
Mayor Street opened up a City Hall prayer vigil this morning with the recognition that in the wake of Police Officer Chuck Cassidy's death the city is ubder "psychological, emotional and spiritual" stress.
"We have a family that needs a lot of prayer," Street told a crowd gathered in a second-floor reception room. "We have a police commissioner that needs to becomforted and supported."
Several religious leaders, one by one, offered individual remarks.
Commissioner Sylvester Johnson could not be present because he was attending a pre-planned police promotion ceremony at Temple University.
The mayor left at 10:35 to attend the ceremony.
Among the elected officials present are Congrssmembers Bob Brady, Allyson Schwartz and Chaka Fattah, as well as several City Councilmen, and mayoral nominees Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger.
The vigil was orgamized by the city Commission on Huaman Relations.
Comments (1)
I feel for this mans family but i think this massive search and closing I-95 for the transportation of his body is ridiculous. The cops do all of this for one of their own but soon as a regular person gets killed it is talked about for two days at the most and then thats it, the case is put to the side. Th cops kill people all the time but it is always an excuse for why it they did it like the person threatened them or something like that. A cop killer cwill get life in prison while a cop that kills a person on the street gets desk duty or suspended with pay....This is crazy and Im tired of hearing about him...
Posted by sunshine | November 2, 2007 5:56 PM
Posted on November 2, 2007 17:56