Larry Platt - Philadelphia Safety - Evening WURDs 3.24.26

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Larry Platt is the co-founder of The Philadelphia Citizen and a Philadelphia media fixture since the early 1990s. He worked as the former editor of The Philadelphia Daily News, producer of “Kelce”, and has written for New York, GQ, The New York Times Magazine & Men’s Journal. He joined Dr. Peterson for this week's Citizen WURD segment to discuss his recent Philadelphia Citizen article, “Don’t Look Now … But Philly Is Safe”. Article Link: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/crime-reduction-mayor-parker/

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