ColdJay64 t1_j968be2 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Reply to comment by SnapCrackleMom in Man arrested in Bucks County in connection with killing of Temple University police officer by MacKelvey

IMO part of it is the media, this is one of the many effects of sensational and over-reporting of crime - people get the impression that they can come into the city and get away with it.

mountjo t1_j96a6kp wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:08 PM

Yup. Keep calling Philly lawless online and people are gonna act like it.

AbsentEmpire t1_j96lxjl wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:29 PM

Because it is.

The PPD is a joke, law enforcement on the streets doesn't exist, and everyone knows it.

Scumandvillany t1_j96au0e wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:12 PM

Two things can be true: Philadelphia is relatively lawless

LFKhael t1_j96g6os wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:50 PM

It's the same shit in New Orleans.

Most of the insane footage you see from Mardi Gras is drunk assholes from somewhere else.

ColdJay64 t1_j96jd5j wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:12 PM

I believe it.

tossup17 t1_j96nt41 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Definitely part of it. Just look at all the narratives and commentators joking about how Philadelphia was going to be anarchy and chaos whether the Eagles won or lost. It feeds into outside people thinking that's what they have to do, when the reality is the people that actually live here aren't like that. Philly never riots when a team loses, we just get sad and drunk.

AbsentEmpire t1_j96losb wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Well statistically they can come in and get away with it. The PPD clearance rate and DA prosecution rates are a joke.