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Posted: Thursday, 22 May 2008 1:40PM

Nutter Acknowledges Difficulty of Prosecuting Those Who Distributed Race-Baiting Fliers


by KYW's Mike Dunn

Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter says he understands why the city's Human Relations Commission will not take action against a hate group that posted race-baiting fliers following a police officer's murder.

The posters appeared in Port Richmond and nearby neighborhoods. They featured the picture of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski along with racially-charged statements about his killers.
   
The Human Relations Commission says no laws were broken, and Mayor Nutter accepts that:

"Much as we don't like some things, we can't always chase after people legally for things we don't like."

Nutter does see a silver lining to this:
 
"What is most heartening here is that citizens in the communities where these fliers showed up were the first ones to express their outrage about the fliers.  And I think that says a lot about Philadelphia."

(File photo)


 
 
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