by KYW's Brad Segall
A platoon of American troops in Iraq is sporting the very popular “Not in my town, scumbag” t-shirts that are all the rage these days in one Delaware County community.
Army National Guard Specialist Valerie O’Donnell of Upper Darby has been sporting the shirt while serving her country overseas. Now everyone in her unit of 32 is getting a shirt compliments of Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. He says his department created the shirts when he began his campaign to rid the community of drug dealers and drug users:
“I think that when you look at the analogy between Iraq and here in Upper Darby, you’re dealing with scumbags, you know. In Upper Darby it’s drug dealers, rapists, robbers but in Iraq, you’ve got terrorists who are killing American troops or killing civilians.”
Chitwood is looking forward to seeing O’Donnell when she returns home next month.
The money raised from the popular t-shirts benefits a scholarship fund set up in memory of an officer gunned down in the line of duty.
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