Philadelphia homicide rate hits high for decade; 355 killed in 2019

AP via Penn Live ^ | 01/01/2020 | staff

[Kid Shelleen]

Philadelphia’s new police chief has a challenging agenda ahead that includes addressing the city’s rising homicide rate. Two shooting deaths Tuesday make 2019 the city’s deadliest year in a decade. Police say one man was fatally shot near Temple University Hospital and another in the Hunting Park section. Police have tallied 355 slayings this year, two more than 2018. But those figures are higher than the approximately 250 to 275 homicides the city posted annually from 2013 to 2016.

[Kid Shelleen]

Have you seen the new police chief?

[BenLurkin]

Democrat run city.

[wastoute]

This is what I have been saying. We really don’t need to do anything to destroy the libtards. Their incompetence will do the job for us.

[goldstategop]

Who cares? Expect more of the same under a new Philly police chief named Outlaw.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Philadelphia murder toll reaches 355 for year"

Yet has gotten virtually no MSM attention. But the highly-publicized "mass shootings" during the year - all added together - probably involved about 40 or 50 deaths.

[Steely Tom]

Just by way of reference, during the Dinkins administration, NYC had more than 2,000 homicides per year.

[goldstategop]

Black on black killings are normal. Ferals offing each other is natural selection at work.

Not sure why its in society’s interests to stop it.

[kaehurowing]

On the positive side, they probably all voted Democrat.

[goldstategop]

Think of it this way: 355 fewer Democrat voters around in Philly this year.

A tiny drop in the bucket of a city that routinely votes more than 90% Democrat.

[Ann Archy]

Never fear they have a new police chief named OUTLAW!! LOL!!

[goldstategop]

Gun control works so well in the City Of Brotherly Love. 😛

[fhayek]

Why Black Lives Matters isn't outraged by this is a true curiosity.

Unless their agenda is other than what they say it is...

[catnipman]

it’s just gonna get worse, MUCH worse, in 2020 now that Soros has elected pro-criminal D.A. Larry Krasner, who has already announced he won’t prosecute most crimes and that most criminals who WILL be prosecuted will not be jailed while awaiting trial ...

[goldstategop]

Only blacks killed by white cops agitate them. The rest of the time, its a non issue.

Someone should sue Black Lives Matters for false advertising.

Not all black lives matter.

[goldstategop]

Philadelphia has the DA it wanted. Why I should I care about their quality of life or the lack of it? They don’t seem to give a damn about it.

[bert]

Africanization tribal diversity kills

[goldstategop]

Criminal diversity. Trying to give a damn... Reboot.

[Vendome]

Gee, San Diego has roughly the same population (1.5 million appprx) and they could only eeck out 35 or so murders.

What is wrong in Philadelphia?

[xrmusn]

Think of it this way: 355 fewer Democrat voters around in Philly this year.

A tiny drop in the bucket of a city that routinely votes more than 90% Democrat.
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Probably means 710 MORE D votes, when ‘they’ know the actual won’t show, doesn’t mean they can’t vote once write in and once in person.

Hasn’t PhilaPA had 110% of the precint vote (regardless of registered or not or age), not even a HO HUM, just put some more ‘ward protectors’ out with batons with very little reaction to the pics...