{"id":1179883,"date":"2022-01-02T10:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179883"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:49:21","slug":"democrat-run-philadelphia-set-homicide-record-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-run-philadelphia-set-homicide-record-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat-Run Philadelphia Set Homicide Record in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fdemocrat-run-philadelphia-set-homicide-record-in-2021%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=1179883&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\/11\/shootings-in-philadelphia-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Mayor Jim Kenney\u2019s (D) Philadelphia set a record with 562 homicides for the year in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/a-record-562-murders-in-philly-in-2021-scrapes-scars-into-the-citys-psyche\/3093658\/\">reported<\/a> that the 562 homicides represent \u201cthe most in the city\u2019s history.\u201d<\/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>By contrast, there were 499 homicides in Philadelphia in 2020 and just over 350 in 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another way to understand the surge in Philadelphia gun violence is to note that Philly saw more murders that \u201cfar more populous cities in 2021, including New York and Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On December 27, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/27\/approximately-2200-shot-this-year-in-mayor-jim-kenneys-philadelphia\/\">noted<\/a> that the overall total of shooting victims in Philadelphia\u2013fatal and non-fatal shootings combined\u2013was approximately 2,200.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Approximately 2,200 people have been shot during 2021 in Mayor Jim Kenney\u2019s (D) Philadelphia.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sIirs7TgGn\">https:\/\/t.co\/sIirs7TgGn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1475521399938760705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/02\/2021-deadliest-year-in-quarter-of-a-century-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\">observed<\/a> that 2021 was the deadliest year in a quarter century in Democrat-run Chicago and homicides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/31\/homicides-15-year-high-democrat-run-los-angeles\/\">hit<\/a> a 15-year high in 2021 in Democrat-run Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Jim Kenney\u2019s (D) Philadelphia set a record with 562 homicides for the year in 2021. 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