Democratic congresswoman who sponsored police ‘reform’ bill carjacked in crime-surging Philadelphia

Congresswoman Mary Homosexual Scanlon (D-Penn.) was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia on Wednesday as crime continues to surge in main cities throughout the nation.

“Wednesday afternoon, at round 2:45 p.m., Congresswoman Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in FDR Park following a gathering at that location,” Scanlon’s workplace stated in a press release. The Congresswoman was bodily unhurt. She thanks the Philadelphia Police Division for his or her swift response, and appreciates the efforts of each the Sergeant at Arms in D.C. and her native police division for coordinating with Philly PD to make sure her continued security.”

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<sturdy>WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 21: Rep. Mary Homosexual Scanlon (D-PA) speaks at a information convention on the Defending Our Democracy Act, on the U.S. Capitol on September 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. . (Picture by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)</sturdy>

Scanlon’s cellphone and purse have been stolen by the attacker, according to WPVI-TV.

Police say Scanlon was approached by two black males, aged roughly 20-30, as she walked to her car earlier than they demanded she hand them the keys. Scanlon handed over the keys to her blue 2017 Acura MDX and one of many suspects drove away in it whereas the opposite drove away in a dark-colored SUV. 

Scanlon represents Pennsylvania’s fifth Congressional District, which incorporates a part of South Philadelphia.

In 2021 to date, the Philadelphia Police Division has reported 521 homicides, which is a 13% improve in comparison with 2020 and town’s highest variety of killings since at the least 2007. Incidents involving a taking pictures have additionally elevated by 4.4%, and the variety of people who find themselves victims of a taking pictures has risen by virtually 3% over the previous yr.

The Metropolis of Philadelphia is seeing at the least an 80% improve in carjackings in 2021, in comparison with the entire quantity in 2020, police told FOX 29 earlier this month.

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Scanlon was not the primary distinguished Democratic official to be carjacked in a crime-ridden metropolis within the final 24 hours. Final night time, Illinois’ Democratic state Senate majority chief Sen. Kimberly Lightford and her husband have been carjacked in Chicago, the place crime has been surging.

“Firstly, I’m grateful that my husband and I are alive and bodily unhurt,” Lightford stated in a press release. “I’m making an attempt to course of the trauma of what occurred. I wish to thank everybody who has supplied their love and assist. I wish to particularly thank Mayor Katrina Thompson and the Broadview Police Division for his or her fast and thorough response.”  

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Each Scanlon and Lightford have been staunch supporters of police reforms within the aftermath of the demise of George Floyd in the summertime of 2020. 

“We now have seen too many lives taken and communities devastated by police brutality and racial profiling,” Scanlon tweeted shortly after Floyd’s demise. “Motion is lengthy overdue. @HouseDemocrats  are preventing for REAL reform in our nation’s police departments. #JusticeInPolicing.”

Rep. Scanlon is one in all 125 co-sponsors of the Mental Health Justice Act, which aimed to put some cops as first responders with psychological well being specialists. All the invoice’s sponsors are Democrats. The invoice’s textual content says its goal is “To authorize the Secretary of Well being and Human Providers to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to rent, make use of, practice, and dispatch psychological well being professionals to reply in lieu of legislation enforcement officers in emergencies involving a number of individuals with a psychological sickness or an mental or developmental incapacity, and for different functions.”

On the time the Psychological Well being Justice Act was launched in February 2021, with Scanlon on board as one in all its unique co-sponsors, The Hill reported, “Congress needs to make it simpler for state and native governments to defund the police by as a substitute funding psychological well being providers and empowering them to reply to emergency calls as a substitute of armed officers.”

Fox Information’ Adam Sabes contributed to this report