Where are the Revs. Like Martin Luther King Jr., also a victim of violence, I have a dream. I have a dream for no one to feel the pain I have lived with - a void once filled by my parents. The pain doesn't go away. Unfortunately, the tragic ending to the life of Robert Brown, shot at 30th Street Station, is not an isolated event.
Newspapers carry similar stories almost every day.
And while the actions of the Amtrak police deserve serious scrutiny, so do the actions and inactions of the legal and health-care systems that should be helping the mentally ill, but too often don't. I still live in my beloved city in the East Oak Lane section. I raised a family of four daughters in this city. I served all over the city as a patrolman. My longest tour was in the 39th District, from 1970 until 1980, when I was promoted to sergeant.