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Democratic congresswoman who sponsored police 'reform' bill carjacked in crime-surging Philadelphia [sponsored defund the police bill]
foxnews ^ | 12/22/2021 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 12/22/2021 6:59:49 PM PST by 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."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carjacked; democrat; marygay; philidelphia
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Other than thanking local police, she can't comment because she is ultimately responsible for her own carjacking.
1 posted on 12/22/2021 6:59:49 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

She got her wish. She should be happy.


2 posted on 12/22/2021 7:03:33 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ a)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Poetic justice


3 posted on 12/22/2021 7:06:13 PM PST by Americannae1362
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Being a democrat, she’ll take no responsibility and still blame systemic racism


4 posted on 12/22/2021 7:09:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

gee, that’s a shame..


5 posted on 12/22/2021 7:12:56 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
Did she call the mental health hotline to report the crime?
6 posted on 12/22/2021 7:13:02 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Americannae1362

Yep, karma for her. Bwahahahahahaha


7 posted on 12/22/2021 7:17:53 PM PST by Parley Baer (go trump )
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Headline:
Scanlon was the second elected Democrat to be carjacked in a major city in 24 hours.

Isn’t that remarkable? We were told police being around added to the crime wave by creating a hostile urban environment.
But less police and more no-bail and “decarcerated (let out of prison) criminals didn’t make the environment in town any more friendly, did it?

Get the mindfulness trained social workers out there to solve this. Somebody.


8 posted on 12/22/2021 7:18:41 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

And the local cops couldn’t catch up with the Amish youths on horse buggy? Comeon man!


9 posted on 12/22/2021 7:20:29 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Organic Panic

Damn white supremacist’s again.


10 posted on 12/22/2021 7:21:48 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Luke21

Yep. Feral descendants of Ben Franklin again.


11 posted on 12/22/2021 7:26:08 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Luke21

Were the perps wearing MAGA hats and eating Subway?


12 posted on 12/22/2021 7:27:07 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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RE: The City of Philadelphia is seeing at least an 80% increase in carjackings in 2021

AOC said people were so poor due to the systemic white privilege racism against them, that they had to “get bread to feed their families” by resorting to muddings, looting and shoplifting.

Is the stealing of a car and sometimes possibly killing the driver and passengers, including a child or even a baby in a baby seat in the back, another way to get bread to eat? Let’s ask AOC.

In one case a baby was still in the stolen car so the impatient criminal cut the straps with a blade and tossed the baby and seat out of window of the moving car. The police found the baby alive, shaken up, but not badly hurt. Thank God. Think if that were your baby or one in your family.


13 posted on 12/22/2021 7:27:52 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

“It’s simply part of normal life in a big city.” – Seth Rogan


14 posted on 12/22/2021 7:28:09 PM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: frank ballenger

Typo-——————
resorting to muggings.


15 posted on 12/22/2021 7:28:51 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Beave Meister

RE “It’s simply part of normal life in a big city.” – Seth Rogan

/////////////////////////////
Green Acres Theme

Green acres is the place to be
Farm livin’ is the life for me
Land spreadin’ out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside

The chores———— the stores
Fresh air-———— Times Square
You are my wife
Good bye, city life
Green acres we are there


16 posted on 12/22/2021 7:33:05 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
To quote resident Biden, “Well, Son of a B**ch”

What is that word, I am thinking of? Karman? Karma? Schadenfreude? No. Wait!
I know; DUMBARSE! Snicker, Snicker, Snort

17 posted on 12/22/2021 7:33:26 PM PST by Tupelo
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

What is she doing walking around FDR park? Scoring dope?


18 posted on 12/22/2021 7:34:02 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: frank ballenger

Green acres is the place to be
Farm livin’ is the life for me>>> Kinda describes the area. there was nothing around FDR park. A golf course and I95.


19 posted on 12/22/2021 7:40:05 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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Did she take Rosa Parks Boulevard to Malcolm X drive and turn onto MLK Road to FDR Park?

I actually don’t know about the area and it just means all people of all colors and ethnicity can freely travel to another area to commit a crime.


20 posted on 12/22/2021 7:45:05 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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