Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is a leader who's not afraid to lead and say what needs to be said.
He doesn't mince words when addressing African American youth run amok and their parents.
Some of Nutter's comments:
• “Take those God darn hoodies down, especially in the summer. Pull your pants up and buy a belt ’cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt. Nobody.”
• “If you walk into somebody’s office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won’t hire you? They don’t hire you ’cause you look like you’re crazy!”
• “The Immaculate Conception of our Lord Jesus Christ took place a long time ago, and it didn’t happen here in Philadelphia. So every one of these kids has two parents who were around and participating at the time. They need to be around now.”
• “Parents who neglect their children, who don’t know where they are, who don‘t know what they’re doing, who don‘t know who they’re hanging out with, you’re going to find yourself spending some quality time with your kids in jail.”
• To fathers: “If you’re not providing the guidance,and you’re not sending any money, you’re just a sperm donor.”
Here's the full video of Nutter's remarks:
I didn't hear anything remotely like this after the mob attacks this summer in Milwaukee's Riverwest area and at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Milwaukee needs a leader like Mayor Nutter to step up.
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