Democratic congresswoman who sponsored police 'reform' bill carjacked in crime-surging Philadelphia [sponsored defund the police bill]

foxnews ^ | 12/22/2021 | Andrew Mark Miller

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

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"Wednesday afternoon, at around 2:45 p.m., Congresswoman Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in FDR Park.

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Police say Scanlon was approached by two black males, aged approximately 20-30, as she walked to her vehicle before they demanded she hand them the keys.

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Scanlon represents Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District, which includes part of South Philadelphia.

In 2021 so far, the Philadelphia Police Department has reported 521 homicides, which is a 13% increase compared to 2020 and the city's highest number of killings since at least 2007. Incidents involving a shooting have also increased by 4.4%, and the number of people who are victims of a shooting has risen by almost 3% over the past year.

The City of Philadelphia is seeing at least an 80% increase in carjackings in 2021, compared to the total number in 2020, police told FOX 29 earlier this month.

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"We have seen too many lives taken and communities devastated by police brutality and racial profiling," Scanlon tweeted shortly after Floyd's death.

Rep. Scanlon is one of 125 co-sponsors of the Mental Health Justice Act, which aimed to place some police officers as first responders with mental health specialists. All of the bill's sponsors are Democrats. The bill's text says its purpose is "To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers."

At the time the Mental Health Justice Act was introduced in February 2021, with Scanlon on board as one of its original co-sponsors, The Hill reported, "Congress wants to make it easier for state and local governments to defund the police by instead funding mental health services and empowering them to respond to emergency calls instead of armed officers."

[blam]

Mary Scanlon

[drypowder]

The police should have left her to fend for herself.

[GOPJ]

At the time the Mental Health Justice Act was introduced in February 2021, with Scanlon on board as one of its original co-sponsors, The Hill reported, "Congress wants to make it easier for state and local governments to defund the police by instead funding mental health services and empowering them to respond to emergency calls instead of armed officers."

That's such a stupid idea it takes my breath away...

[aquila48]

I love Karma.... and Schadenfreude.

[throwthebumsout]

Police have already located the car.

“Five suspects were taken into custody in Delaware on Wednesday night after state police found them traveling in a vehicle that was allegedly carjacked hours earlier from U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, according to reports.”

What do you think the odds are that the police would have recovered the car of one of us commoners?

[ProfessorGoldiloxx]

Finally some good news for a change.

[rxh4n1]

Finally some good news for a change.

Democrats getting Covid and getting robbed. Karma is a bitch.

[PA-RIVER]

This woman was a passionate Trump hater.

Being a woman probably saved her from a vicious beat down.

She’ll never experience what she has condemned others to suffer with her communist clap trap.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Vaccinated Democrats getting Covid and getting robbed. Karma is a bitch.

Little extra Karma at that.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

The suspects were being processed, police said. Their names have not been released, and no other details were available.

Really?

Police say Scanlon was approached by two black males, aged approximately 20-30, as she walked to her vehicle before they demanded she hand them the keys.

$10 says the other three were Ukranian oligarchs.