See the video here at http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/

Despite whatever libertarian convulsions I might be feeling, a part of me is shouting YES! at the Philadelphia mayor's recent action re the murder spree in Philadelphia in reaction to the "stop snitching" campaign.

"Philadelphia Mayor John Street says he will go to court to prevent a bar where three people were killed over the weekend from re-opening. He says he's frustrated by the lack of help police are getting for crimes committed in front of a large number of people.

Street says a taproom where a triple slaying happened over the weekend will remain closed until the owners cooperate with police.

The mayor says the owners need to tell police who was present at the time of the shooting.

As is often the case with shooting deaths in Philadelphia, witnesses have been reluctant to come forward.

Police say five people were shot to death in Philadelphia over a span of six hours Sunday, three of them after an argument in a neighborhood bar.

Police say a man opened fire shortly after midnight at Abay Wheelers Bar in the Kingsessing section of the city, killing three and injuring a fourth.

In North Philadelphia shortly before 5 am, police say a man was shot several times in the chest and pronounced dead about half an hour later.

Police also say a man in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia was fatally shot in the head Sunday morning.

No suspects were immediately arrested in any of the shootings.

The city has tallied 235 murders so far this year, and is on pace to record the highest number in a decade.

The latest of the murders took place Monday afternoon along the 6200 block of Race Street just before one. When officers arrived on the scene they found a black man in his 20's suffering from several gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died."