The recent surge in killings in Philadelphia is the worst since the 1960s, when James Tate was mayor. His successor was Frank Rizzo, who as police commissioner once boasted that he had “the toughest cops in the world.”

The recent surge in killings in Philadelphia is the worst since the 1960s, when James Tate was mayor. His successor was Frank Rizzo, who as police commissioner once boasted that he had “the toughest cops in the world.”

The recent surge in killings in Philadelphia is the worst since the 1960s, when James Tate was mayor. His successor was Frank Rizzo, who as police commissioner once boasted that he had “the toughest cops in the world.”