{"id":1147635,"date":"2021-12-23T19:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147635"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:04:30","slug":"pa-lawmaker-carjacked-after-supporting-replacing-police-with-mental-health-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-lawmaker-carjacked-after-supporting-replacing-police-with-mental-health-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Lawmaker Carjacked After Supporting Replacing Police with Mental Health Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpa-lawmaker-carjacked-after-supporting-replacing-police-with-mental-health-professionals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1187432378-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), who supported replacing police with mental health professionals, thanked the Philadelphia Police Department for their \u201cswift response\u201d on Wednesday after the congresswoman was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred Wednesday around 2:45 p.m. in FDR Park following a meeting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Congresswoman was physically unharmed. She thanks the Philadelphia Police Department for their swift response, and appreciates the efforts of both the Sergeant at Arms in D.C. and her local police department, for coordinating with Philly PD to ensure her continued safety\u201d her office said in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from the Office of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon on today&#8217;s incident: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fomScnWUXo\">pic.twitter.com\/fomScnWUXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMGS\/status\/1473777010010951681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/rep-mary-gay-scanlon-carjacked-in-philadelphia\/\">told<\/a> PEOPLE that she was \u201crelieved that Congresswoman Scanlon was not physically injured,\u201d adding, \u201cand my thoughts are with her during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe PPD will continue to provide any support needed in this case and will work diligently alongside our federal partners to assist in bringing those responsible to justice,\u201d Outlaw added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to CBS3, Delaware State Police have <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/23\/representative-mary-gay-scanlon-carjacked-gunpoint-fdr-park\/\">recovered<\/a> the congresswoman\u2019s SUV, and five suspects are in custody.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, for the last two years, Scanlon has joined her radically left-wing colleagues in supporting \u201cREAL reform\u201d in police departments across the country:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have seen too many lives taken and communities devastated by police brutality and racial profiling. Action is long overdue. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseDemocrats<\/a> are fighting for REAL reform in our country\u2019s police departments. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeInPolicing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeInPolicing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IS9n6LZXCg\">pic.twitter.com\/IS9n6LZXCg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMGS\/status\/1270035087040614401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She is one of 125 cosponsors of the Mental Health Justice Act, which specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1368#:~:text=Introduced%20in%20House%20(02%2F25%2F2021)&amp;text=This%20bill%20creates%20a%20grant,people%20with%20behavioral%20health%20needs.\">aims<\/a> to replace law enforcement officers with \u201cmental health professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill itself states its aim of authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to \u201caward 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 in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, in Illinois, Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/illinois-dem-senator-carjacked-shots-fired-police-say\">carjacked <\/a>in Broadview as crime continues to surge in cities like Chicago. That is one of the primary reasons many people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/22\/americans-explain-why-theyre-flocking-to-florida-ron-desantis-is-a-law-and-order-governor\/\">flocking<\/a> to other areas, such as Florida, describing Gov. Ron DeSantis as a governor of \u201claw and order.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), who supported replacing police with mental health professionals, thanked the Philadelphia Police Department for their \u201cswift response\u201d on Wednesday after the congresswoman was carjacked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}