{"id":130188,"date":"2021-02-14T09:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=130188"},"modified":"2021-02-14T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T18:28:06","slug":"lockdown-blamed-in-part-for-philadelphia-rise-in-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdown-blamed-in-part-for-philadelphia-rise-in-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown blamed in part for Philadelphia rise in gun violence"},"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\">20<\/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%2Flockdown-blamed-in-part-for-philadelphia-rise-in-gun-violence%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=130188&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 id=\"attachment_2372065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372065\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2372065 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1161658990-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 14: Police officers congregate while responding to a shooting on August 14, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At least six police officers were reportedly wounded in an hours-long standoff with a gunman that prompted a massive law enforcement response in the city&#039;s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers congregate while responding to a shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Makela\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:05 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, February 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.temple.edu\/news\/temple-led-research-team-finds-covid-19-containment-measures-in-philadelphia-associated-with-increase-in-firearm-violence\">new study<\/a> published by Temple University, the pandemic lockdown was cited as one of the causes of the spike in gun violence in Philadelphia. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/philadelphia-gun-violence-2020-coronavirus-lockdown-pandemic-study-temple-20210211.html\">study<\/a> showed how gun violence rates increased after pandemic lockdown measures were put in place in March.<\/p>\n<p>Trauma surgeons in the city said they were looking for an explanation for the increase in gun violence patients, which prompted the study. Researchers said the spread of the virus compounded issues already seen in low-income communities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2372066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372066\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2372066 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21034604998716.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley, left, speaks with members of the media as Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney listens during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley, left, speaks with members of the media as Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney listens during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith the containment policy has come exacerbation of poverty and those structural disadvantages,\u201d Dr. Jessica Beard of Temple University stated. \u201cAnd that connection is likely the cause for the uptick.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2372067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372067\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2372067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1229318939.jpg\" alt=\"Police in riot gear face protesters marching through West Philadelphia on October 27, 2020, during a demonstration against the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace, a Black man, by police. - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Philadelphia late on October 27, with looting and violence breaking out in a second night of unrest after the latest police shooting of a Black man in the US. The fresh unrest came a day after the death of 27-year-old Walter Wallace, whose family said he suffered mental health issues. On Monday night hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, with riot police pushing them back with shields and batons. (Photo by GABRIELLA AUDI \/ AFP) (Photo by GABRIELLA AUDI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police in riot gear face protesters marching through West Philadelphia on October 27, 2020. (Photo by GABRIELLA AUDI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number of people shot each week in Philadelphia almost doubled during the pandemic by jumping from 25 to 46. More than 2,200 people were shot and nearly 500 killed during 2020.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sullivan-u-s-has-deep-concerns-over-who-findings-of-covid-19-origins-in-china-without-sufficient-data\/\">Sullivan: U.S. Has \u2018Deep Concerns\u2019 Over WHO Findings Of COVID-19 Origins In China Without Sufficient Data<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893419,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6708,6290,6467,5522,5319,3699],"class_list":["post-130188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blamed","tag-lockdown","tag-part","tag-philadelphia","tag-rise","tag-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130188","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}