By Samuel Chamberlain
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon as she returned to her vehicle following an event in a South Philadelphia park.
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon at a South Philadelphia park — as the city continues to see a surge in crime that has been downplayed by the far-left district attorney.
Scanlon, a Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania, was returning to her vehicle at about 2:45 p.m. following a tour of FDR Park when she was targeted by two men in a dark-colored SUV, WPVI reported, citing police.
The men demanded the keys to Scanlon’s vehicle, which she handed over. The station reported that Scanlon’s personal cell phone, government-issued cell phone, purse and identification were inside the vehicle.
The frightening daylight carjacking came as the City of Brotherly is enduring one of the most violent years in its history.
Earlier this week, police confirmed that there had been 540 homicides since the beginning of 2021, far outstripping the previous record of 500 set in 1990.
Scanlon is far from the first carjacking victim in Philadelphia this year, with police reporting 720 such crimes as of Dec. 9, compared to 409 last year and 225 in 2019.
Despite the shocking numbers, far-left Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner said earlier this month of the city: “We don’t have a crisis of lawlessness. We don’t have a crisis of crime. We don’t have a crisis of violence, and that is a category that includes gun violence.”
Days later, Krasner walked back those remarks, saying he had been “inarticulate” while trying to make the point that overall crime in Philadelphia is down compared to past years.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney reacted with disgust to Wednesday’s car theft.
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