Unexpectedly, Crime is on the Increase in Philadelphia

In particular, carjacking is on the increase. Carjackings in Philly are on a record pace. Officials aren’t sure why.

It couldn't be that not prosecuting people has had anything to do with the increase in lawlessness. The DA promised that not sending people to jail would make the city safer. He just didn't say for who.

And it is all the fault of the eeeevil guns. They just take control of people and MAKE them commit crimes.

As the city has been in the midst of an unprecedented rise in gun crime over the past two years, carjackings have also been on a startling — and largely unexplained — rise, both in Philadelphia and across the nation.

It also seems that carjackings rarely result in arrests, but the general feeling that there are no consequences for crime in the large cities is probably feeding the insanity.

There is a nice chart that shows the growth of the issue. In all of 2017 there were 193 carjacking incidents in Philadelphia. In just over 1 month of 2022 (through February 2nd) there have been 140 incidents.

There are many paragraphs lamenting the fact that "officials" don't understand what is fueling the breakdown of law and order. Really? You can't take a guess?

Hat tip to The Other McCain, who took a look at one incident, with Man Killed in Philadelphia Carjacking. He notes...

A seven-fold increase in carjackings, a phenomenon for which neither public officials nor the journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer can offer any explanation. Meanwhile, the criminals are emboldened in the Democrat-controlled city, and no one’s life is safe:

And the heart of the matter.

Did I mention that Joe Biden got 81.4% of the vote in Philadelphia? Because it should be obvious that the reason Larry Krasner won’t send criminals to prison is because these criminals are Democratic voters.