{"id":1539986,"date":"2022-07-05T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539986"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:05:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T18:05:21","slug":"after-two-philadelphia-cops-were-shot-mayor-cant-wait-to-abandon-crime-ridden-city-so-he-can-enjoy-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-two-philadelphia-cops-were-shot-mayor-cant-wait-to-abandon-crime-ridden-city-so-he-can-enjoy-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"After Two Philadelphia Cops Were Shot, Mayor Can\u2019t Wait To Abandon Crime-Ridden City So He Can \u2018Enjoy\u2019 \u2018Stuff\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fafter-two-philadelphia-cops-were-shot-mayor-cant-wait-to-abandon-crime-ridden-city-so-he-can-enjoy-stuff%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=1539986&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\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-05-at-10.49.49-AM-e1657036379864.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney had some choice words after two local law enforcement officers were shot at a July 4 parade but none of his anger had to do with addressing the rising crime that has plagued the City of Brotherly Love for years. <\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, the \u201cdefund the police\u201d Democrat\u2019s reaction to the news that two police officers were in the hospital was to express excitement that his mayoral term is ending soon because \u201cthere\u2019s not an event, or a day, where I don\u2019t lay on my back, and look at the ceiling, and worry about stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be happy when I\u2019m not here, when I\u2019m not mayor, and I can enjoy some stuff,\u201d Kenney continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Specifically, Kenney\u2019s \u201cwaiting for something bad to happen all the time\u201d has to do with guns, which he claimed will forever bear the blame for problems in the nation \u201cuntil Americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"zvwaoRkyWpKV08SEDQUj6Y91Ts5x4FbIPeNlHdumBMcGqO2AXti7r\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philly Mayor Jim Kenney (D): &#8220;Until Americans decide that they want to give up the guns, and give up the opportunity to get guns, we\u2019re going to have this problem.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z3FxmJQrfO\">pic.twitter.com\/z3FxmJQrfO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1544328074388439040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>So while the Philadelphia Police Department struggles to grapple with injured officers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/philadelphia-homicides-gun-violence-crime-data-2021-philly-police\/11399907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">city\u2019s record-high homicide rate<\/a> which is <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philly-police-cant-keep-up-with-rising-homicide-rate-outlaw-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on track to be much worse in 2022<\/a>, the mayor is whining about gun control. <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s crime problem <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/03\/democratic-mayors-refuse-to-take-action-as-violent-crime-surges-in-pennsylvanias-largest-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has been going on for years<\/a>, but Kenney has repeatedly failed to address it. As a matter of fact, during the George Floyd riot era, Kenney made things worse by declining to increase the police budget to reflect the law enforcement needs in his city.<\/p>\n<p>After facing pressure to defund the police, Kenney and the city council\u2019s preliminary budget in 2020 sought to cut police funding by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/preliminary-philly-budget-reduces-police-funding-implements-reform\/2437914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$14 million<\/a> at a time when rioters were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/25\/blm-rioters-ransacked-this-minority-owned-jewelry-store-in-philadelphia-and-its-still-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ransacking and looting small businesses<\/a> after George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>One year later, Kenney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/philadelphia-police-tasers-funding-jim-kenney-2021-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">froze the police budget<\/a> to prevent any increases in spending on the department. <\/p>\n<p>To put it in perspective, in 2015, the year Kenney was elected, the PPD had close to 6,600 officers and at least 800 civilian employees. In the first quarter of 2022, the department only had 5,900 sworn officers and 600 civilians despite a significant increase in violent crime across the board. <\/p>\n<p>As a result of Kenney\u2019s neglect, Philly is suffering a <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/pennsylvania-police-shortage-ag-shapiro-commissioner-outlaw-harrisburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201chistoric shortage of police<\/a>.\u201d Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said that those officers who are still on the department\u2019s payroll are \u201cbearing heavier case loads, suffering from burnout, and experiencing increased stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s why more than 63 percent of the city\u2019s residents think Philly is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/philly-pew-poll-gun-violence-covid-19-affordable-housing-pessimism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201con the wrong track<\/a>\u201d and more than 70 percent of those surveyed listed increasing crime, drugs, and other public safety problems as their top issues of concern.<\/p>\n<p>Kenney appears to care about crime and cops in his city as much as he cared about Philadelphia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/02\/mask-less-nancy-pelosi-visits-hair-salon-joins-long-list-of-democrats-blowing-off-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19 lockdown rules<\/a>, which isn\u2019t saying much. The officers injured on July 4 are well on their way to recovery but the city may not be unless the next Philadephia mayor prioritizes supporting the police instead of defunding them.  <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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