Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Ave Documentary, June 28 - 30, 2023.
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2023
- Documentary by SBC News covering Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Ave.
Philadelphia's most dangerous street.
Problems with Drugs and Crime in Kensington Ave, Philadelphia
In Philadelphia as a whole, violent crime and drug abuse are major issues. The city has a higher rate of violent crime than the national average and other similarly sized metropolitan areas. The drug overdose rate in Philadelphia is also concerning. Between 2013 and 2015, the number of drug overdose deaths in the city increased by 50%, with more than twice as many deaths from overdoses as homicides. 2 Kensington's high crime rate and drug abuse contribute significantly to Philadelphia's problems.
Because of the high number of drugs in the neighborhood, Kensington has the third-highest drug crime rate by neighborhood in Philadelphia, at 3.57. The opioid epidemic has played a significant role in this problem, as it has in much of the rest of the country. Opioid abuse has skyrocketed in the United States over the last two decades, and Philadelphia is no exception. In addition to having a high rate of drug overdose deaths, 80% of Philadelphia's overdose deaths involved opioids, and Kensington is a significant contributor to this figure. This Philadelphia neighborhood is said to have the largest open-air heroin market on the East Coast, with many neighbors migrating to the area for heroin and other opioids. With such a high concentration of drugs in Kensington, many state and local officials have focused on the neighborhood in an attempt to address Philadelphia's problem.
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When I watch this I'm so grateful that I have a roof over my head and Im not on any drugs.
Oh my God, I just saw a Pregnant lady, so sorry for the poor innocent baby, heartbreaking
The babies health is not a factor in their lives
Judgemental p%,/@:
always busy doing war in other countries and forgot to take care of his own people.
No one understands Addiction unless you have been there yourself. All these people were once a child, playing and laughing just like ourselves. They need a place of shelter and help with there Addictions.and they need love ..
I was a child in Germany. Playing and laughing i can´t remember very often.
I took opioids for 20 years, quit in 2007. You are right, love is the healing.
@@scheidldratza3001 I'm so happy that you are doing so well. Yes love is a big part of helping with addiction. And never give up on them. Never ..luv
You my friend
They are incapable of healing themselves. Drug use is not the problem. Mental health is the issue in which drugs use is for self medication. They need to be forced (yes, I said forced) into mental health facilities for treatment.
Why don’t you mention that many of these people come from intact families and chose to go in the wrong direction when they thought that weed, beer and Molly were “cool”? Many are homeless because of addiction alone, They have had counseling and may have been in rehab numerous times. Some manage to come to Kensington to get high, then go home to their nice middle class families again until their addiction gets too bad.
I have no sympathy for people that make choices that they know will already crippled their lives. People have known what drugs will do for well over 100 years and it's a choice when they start using them. Addiction doesn't just happen it happens over a. Of time
There are no fewer drug addicts in Russia than in the USA, as a percentage. But there is no such mass gathering of homeless people on the streets. Why?
@@user-cr9gk3pd6l America great,GREAT AMERICA hehe
@@user-cr9gk3pd6l leadership
@@user-cr9gk3pd6l I think it is simply because that is allowed here in the United States. People tend to do things until they are stopped from doing them.
The entire Kensington issue is complex. However, there is one thing is for certain. Local government leaders facilitate the drug addiction and homelessness. In my view someone is getting paid for this facilitation. Always follow the money.
Congress is following the money right now
Yeah it's called your government, and politicians
It's an experiment. A weapon test, so to speak. Too see the effect of available and affordable drugs on a community. In case they need to decimate specific parts of cities in order to manipulate opinions or prices. Or maybe even a plan to pacify and numb a population, when they discover the multitude of lies that they have been subjected to for decades and centuries.
70+ years of the Democratic party
@@dce9018 got to love them Joe Biden cocaine Hunter Biden Democrats
prayers for that woman that is carrying the baby 19:16 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤
As if that is going to help!!!!!!
@@jameshoyle5918 well it got u to reply - pretty good, eh = the power of pray ❤🎶🦜
how about prayers for the baby, genius . the woman has already made her decisions.
@@MrLeonightis good idea, i agree with u on this one. may God take care of both of them and if possible maybe dry mother out
God plays no part in this or anything if truth were told
Released in 1993, and STILL, this song is relevant. That's just sad. Oh and it's Bruce Springsteen's, if it matters any.
I was bruised and battered
I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
And didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away
On the streets of Philadelphia?
I walked the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia
Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
A thousand miles just to slip this skin
The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia?
That song was also in the Movie Philadelphia(1993) featuring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
good song btw
Even though this is all depressing…Jon Bon Jovi and his wife just opened a homeless shelter and treatment facility on Kensington Ave! They donated 300,000 and 1 million to help these people! This is fantastic news! Even though addicted people usually don’t want help (I’m a recovering one, so I know the stubbornness of this illness) at least there is help for them! What a fantastic man and wife duo to do that!!!
I'm sorry but the sad truth is mental health and drug addiction requires involuntary institutionalization, such as psychiatric wards, in the majority of cases. These poor souls do not have control of their situation. They are incapable of treating themselves. The evidence is quite apparent that this is a top national issue if you account for government spending (social services and law enforcement), and crime levels. Psychiatric wards are also sometimes called mental health wards or behavioral health wards. Regardless of the name, they're generally places designed to provide intense care for psychiatric patients whose needs cannot be adequately met in an outpatient setting.
@@SuperTooncesthecat I’m a former addict. No explanation needed. Been to hell and back! Off drugs for 37 years!!! What he’s doing WILL help. Believe me!!!
The ladies play with fire to support their habit. Each trick could be a disastrous one.
They play with fire using drugs.
You've chosen the perfect score for this video. Watching and listening just breaks my heart ❤️
In my experience, addiction is something that has to be dealt with differently with each person sometimes someone starts getting into drugs and they get stuck in situations like this, others have burnt every bridge with family friends and have no way to get out and if they get sober have never developed skills to live on their own and it all seems like to much to comprehend so this life is about all they know
If the flow of drugs was stopped , there would be no reason for them to be here. Youre telling me the suppliers can't be identified through surveillance? It doesn't seem like anyone is even trying to help.
And by suppliers, we’re not talking about the street vendors. We mean THE SUPPLIERS! The big guys (and gals) who MOVE the chemicals…
@@asabifatosin1150 Ain't gonna happen.
The suppliers are the British crown and US government
@Ercan-fc2oq so arresting King Charles and Joe Biden would clear the streets of Kensington?
IF ANYBODY EVER WONDERED WHAT HELL WAS LIKE THERE IT IS BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES 👀.
Excellent eye opener! Thank you. Should you be blurring out all the license plates being shown?
Разгроничение общества,в самой современной стране,я не хочу такого у себя это видеть. Приещжайте в Казахстан,у нас вы не одного такого не увидите. Мира вам.
Tnx4d update of what's happening in Kensington Ave Philadelphia. So sad to see homeless drug addicts on the sidewalk. They are helpless and in miserable condition. Hope they can still recover and start a new life.
La situación de esta pobre gente personalmente me estruja el corazón con angustia.
nice work
I will never go back there and spend money ever again
I live in the England , and its fucking awful how society is going, we have our problems over here too , god knows when something is going to change for the better its heartbreaking to watch even though I have very little i hope something changes over there for the better ❤
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Неизменится к сожалению, все они умрут😢
The political leaders allowed this problem to keep growing. Drugs are the scourge of society.
I think this drug will bring down society beyond repair!
oh thank God I'm not the only one who thinks this! I have been paying attention since covid...I don't think we can recover...now we've beaten down the Earth so bad it's falling apart: exploding, flooding HEAT!! (I'm in AZ)
@@terrimead1003 Absolutely correct as long as we are on this planet it won't survive! I am in Florida!!!! Great to meet you!
This is not a documentary. This is entertainment for people who find the dregs of society funny.
como eh triste isso
Kicking a habit doesn't result in admittance to adequate housing. The housing shortage is attributable to greed. I've known many functioning addicts who enjoy a more than comfortable standard of living.
Drug addiction and crime drive poverty. Many of those people if not addicted to drugs would not be there. Many had jobs and lost them because of drugs. The mental health self-medicating trend has lead to increased drug use which has led to increased crime. Many of these people turn down housing because they'd rather spend money on drugs.
If we are going to do anything about this, we need to go out and give people two choices
1) Be helped, supported to get back to a decent life without drugs and homelessness. Our elderly, our veterans, families who fell on hard times or just a need a little help all would be helped We'd have the money because we wouldn't be spending it on giving out free needles and crack pipes, etc. OR
2) Don't be helped and then be moved to a walled city where everyone in there feels the same and no one gets out except when they pass. They can work out their own societal norms and the rest of us won't have to see them destroy themselves. So many people's brains are gone due to drugs that they couldn't work if they tried.
You're last bit is a brainstorm! I see no other options! Thanx for the suggestion!!
Literally Arkham City.
Ceux qui cultivent, transforment, commercialisent, pushent et revendent ces substances n’ont aucune conscience.! C’est révoltant
So many excuses of why people are there- How about the easiest one of all - They love dope and getting high
Triste situação.
I know of MANY people whose children got into drugs in spite of them having good, loving supportive families. they made a bad personal choice . it's not always poverty etc- but people who get into drugs for entertainment and fun.
I agree with you saludos
Sad 😪
When the problem was crack, and the neighborhood was north Philly they locked people up 🤔 why so compassionate now?
you know why,we all know why...SMH
All the white ppl
Facts now that this is affecting them we’re suppose to have compassion FOH!!!
Poor people 😢😢😢😢
@SWBC NEWS You sure do like to spread a lot of untruths. Rarely do I hear you speak of personal responsisibility.
It's a big mistake to feel sympathy for these people
They confuse kindness for weakness. They are parasites who will destroy you given a chance. I know as I have been there and the complete lack of decency they have towards their fellow man is saddening. You tug at our heartstrings showing the fallen princesses who are cold, vicious people who burn every friendship and opportunities.
Spot on.
I feel sorry for the cat at 1:20.
Please save your life 🙏🙏
Who has made the beautiful piano music?
how come people noticed your approaching so easily? you may need to use an ordinary vehicle.
It's going to be a long hot 🔥 summer for them.
lol
sad
The only thing that seems out of place in these videos is every automobile is spotless and very expensive. Is is just me?
...y me dan ganas de llorar.
Упаси Господи🙏 нас от такой ,,свободы,,.
С уважением,
из России🇷🇺
Liked Cracolândia in Brazil, Very sad😢
Ce genre de chose commence à arrivé en France, je comprends pas comment on peu laisser des rue comme cela 😢
C’est tout simplement parce que les gouvernements payent des milliards pour subventionner des guerres ailleurs à la place de s’occuper de leurs propres populations! Et la guerre c’est payant pour ces dirigeants!
Also in my country😢
Çöpünü çöp sepetine atan,meziyetli ve iyi bir insan,nasıl olur da uyuşturucu batağında,uyuşturucunun esiri olur ? Rabbim bu kötü yoldan kurtarsın.
Did you receive consent to post these people on social media?
dumb thing to say.
I watch your videos a lot I just lost one of my best friends and I have seen my exes and other friends of mine in your videos but I didn’t see my boy rip
clearly, you make very poor choices of sperm donors
Free will.
Where do they go in winter
Washington DC
Lamentável... estão acelerando a própria morte!!!
I was an addict for over 12 years and no hand out, free money, job, housing, or helping hand will help these people until they are ready mentally to be helped.
Whatever makes an addict suffer, he should solve his issues, Whatever it means.. Drugs are the worse solution, they're stuck in the circle of addiction
🌍🌎🌏the world iss 🪨 hard.!!!!!😢
You can’t just put people on camera and call them homeless . I volunteer on that block would u have called me homeless as well
19:16 Poor baby 😢
How as a supposed civilised society have things got so so bad ? God bless each and every one of those poor souls 🙏
tell me how you would think God would 'bless' those folks?
Americanism, I mean American "culture" is cancer.
God has blessed them indeed, he has blessed us with whatever drug they are using to filter out the weak and useless from the lives of people trying to live a normal life. May they continue to go that place and suffer as they deserve every bit of it and more.
@@retiredmusiceducator3612 Those people are somebody’s sons and daughters . People like you are part of the reason there is so much bad and hatred in the world .
@@warphace Maybe you would think differently if it was one of your family or a loved one . Have a little think about that
I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE POLITICIANS IN AND AROUND PHILADELPHIA WATCH THESE VIDEOS BEFORE THEY DRIVE HOME OR ARE DRIVEN HOME 🏡 AND NOT FORGET ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK. THESE POOR SOULS WILL EVENTUALLY ALL DIE. IM JUST A 61 YEAR OLD NOBODY FROM BOSTON WHO WISHES THAT EVERYONE IN AMERICA CAN STOP THIS LIVING HELL ON EARTH 🌎 THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM PLEASE HAVE COMPASSION AND PRAYERS.
This situation is also the case in the MidWestern states. Philadelphia’s situation is AN EXAMPLE. If you ride on any of the public transportation going out to the suburbs (like the Main Line), you will see people who are addicts just like these, nodding on the platforms, as they head back home.
Why do you only focus on women??
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🇧🇷Brazil Rio de Janeiro
even though America is the biggest, it lacks in many areas, such as free patient care. as well as passing the drug addicts to give them shelter, methadone and put them to work under the supervision of the organization that provides them with methadone. this is done in one of the smallest countries in Greece!!!
correct. USA has the worst healthcare system because of right wing people.
At 05:19 there is a young girl sitting on the short wall of the park wearing a black and blue dress with a yellow bag and a leopard print bag next to her.
She looks like she really doesn't belong there.
Watching her, she seems to just be exhausted and is nodding off but then catching herself.
Her expression is one of being hopelessly lost.
How did she get there?
Why is she there?
I'd like to see someone interview her and possibly help her.
I do hope that she's not a druggie and prostituting herself for the money.
THAT would be a shame.
OF course I feel empathy for ALL of those lost souls there in the Kensington area but this one girl just seems so out of place.
I can imagine her desperation breaking down so low as to be taken advantage of by the "street rats" that are constantly looking for just such an opportunity to "capture" a young and innocent girl.
@@reypaladin4592 You can be sure she in on drugs and and you can see her later that she is high as fuck...also most probably a new drug abuser and she may
prostituting herself for the money. Go there and save her...you will fail your quest...sadly.
You know, it seems you're more interested in the women than the hardships these people are going through. Ever look back on any of the opening images of your past videos?
I thought the same thing...unhealthy obsession...
It's normal in the new world order everyone is looking for money, sex and other fun stuff, humanity is primitive 😂
@@Ercan-fc2oq Sin is the natural tendency of mankind. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23) And it would be wise of you to not use absolutes, such as the word "everyone."
naturally cleaning up a society living on debt drugs speed up cleaning process and spare social taxes for society
I love the skinny look I miss the 90s
If the Church put into practice what they preached their would be no homeless people.
Most of the people on these streets see more money going through their hands than people living a stable life in the suburbs. Drug addiction is the only cause of all the misery shown here. Stop drug use and most of all the other problems will disappear.
I work with outreach in Kensington every week day
I would love some info on your group allen?
stop enabling them.
It’s Kensington… not Kingston
I have a real issues with public figures not addressing any of these issues with homelessness and drug addictions have been an issue for decades.
It is has never been so prevalent as it is now.
Yes, everyone is responsible for their own behavior but when you have mental health issues where you have Duly diagnosed patients diagnose, mental health and drug addiction, it’s not so easy.
This can be manageable if they took the initiative to do so I feel as though they just don’t care 😢😢
If several companies wanted to come in and invest money into that area and build it up with billions of dollars I’m sure the city will find a way to clean it up and do something about it so again I feel it’s about money
But prayers are powerful 🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️
When there’s no other way to fight back fight back with prayers🙏🏼♥️
If they church was TRUE there would be no homeless people.
Registered Democrats in Philadelphia outnumber Republicans on a scale of more than seven to one. It’s been that way for 70 years. Welcome to Biden America if you don't have jobs homelessness and drug addictions is bound to happen.Kensington used to have Textile factory and good jobs now Asia got them. Remember what things were like before Bill Clinton 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform.
K & A is jus a small piece of a larger problem i lived near there and grew up in richard allen in philly during the 60's .... now let us not forget alot of these people dn want help.... and youd also b surprised to kno theres a percentage of them that simply left their homes .
i met and talked to ppl who were well off... simblings too.... and literally chose theyre way of life....
i myself was a homeless vet ...
we all have been afforded a choice and opportunity....
ive seen homeless mothers and children come along.... ive lived abroad as well...
i worked in the prisons there n witnessed them being removed from market st and the subway... to come rite back....
we all got choices ....
GOD BLESS!
Pitiful.
На 1:27 кошечка сидит😦😦😦😣😩 хоть бы добрый хозяин нашёлся ей😩🙏😢
"Government does not solve problems. It subsidizes them."
I hardly think its necessary to have actors paint the picture of what's going on down there.
Voting for the right leaders is the only way to fix this problem. The mayor and city council should be forced to ride through these areas very slowly with the person filming these videos EVERY DAY!!!! No two days are alike.
I just don’t understand , Why are destroying themselves like that, they don’t look like are enjoying their high,, So sad😢, I hope they wake up and get help. So they can get a normal life, God help them , but if they don’t want to help, Nobody can help them.
Alot of these people can get help most chose not too. They need more harm reduction to help them.
Pathetic! What happens to these people? How do they go on? America, really!
Stopped the video because of the music. Detracts from the talking
FYI. There are some people who to stay on Kensington Road; but this isn't necessarily so. They come from other cities and States. Yet, it's dumped on Philadelphia.
that ALMOST made sense. try again.
In the end nothing matters. Life is meaningless regardless if you create meaning and a purpose. It’s still meaningless.
We are all fortunate to live in a time when people have never had it so good.
But life still sucks and the reason is horrible people some of which are in the video.
No it's not life has meaning
I agree. They have a choice and they choose drugs and the streets. They are not helpless at all it’s all about the folks you put in your path.
Nihilism is your answer?
Noo don't say that 😔, there is a lot you can do, like paying for prostitutes, watching porn , buying new clothes and other things or eating pizza until you vomit.
hola saludos desde venezuela que triste ver tanta gente dañada con las sustancias malas para sus cuerpo que pena me da
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Pobre gente 😢💔
How do these people have phones and pay for them???
Because the "poor" in the U.S are the richest poor in the world.
The government
@@joegotz1971 just like the illegals, but nothing else , sounds about right,tax payer funded
Public wifi and TextNow app.
The slow march to a ugly death !
Que poco valor por su vida. La ayuda no llega por parte del estado o que ????
Tienen ayuda de sobra.
They receive so much aid that all they need money for is illegal drugs.
Hay lắm
Can these be helped? Is it to late for them?
Girl at 6:29, that's not the way you do the moon walk.
😅
Essas pessoas moram diariamente nas ruas, ou só frequentam esse bairro apenas para injetarem as drogas no seu corpo? Parece que a taxa de recuperação desses drogados é baixíssima.
I was once in darkness, but then I called upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and he pulled out. Jesus Christ is the only way. John 14:6 KJV ONLY
Shut up with your nonsense
What do they eat? Where do they shower? How can they hang on to any belongings without having them stolen? How are they all able to make money to afford their habit? Why does Xylazine keep you standing and balancing instead of falling over? Is alcohol a problem there? I don’t see much drinking, if any. So many questions.
To be able to walk to my refrigerator and pantry full of nourishment for my family and pets, have a shower with clean clothes and a warm bed. I will never take these average things for granted.
I’m so thankful I didn’t choose a path that I very easily could have. 🙏🏼
The only positive point I see, and that simply as a viewer of these images, ( I do not know if it is truly so), is that everyone seems to get along or treat each other equally, regardless of race, age or gender. It's like they all know and need each other's help and company. It's sad, but I think that seems the only positive point I thought to notice.
Where do these people get the money for drugs?
Getting drugs for ppl , ripping ppl off , scams , prostitution, anything
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U should be more careful with who u assume is homeless & a drug addict & who isn't , the girl at 36,37 seconds I would highly doubt is on the streets she probably just born & raised around here, like many of us, the fact she has a gold necklace on & clean clothes is a dead give away , it is really irresponsible of u to just put any1 u see walk on Kensington ave on here , what if her family & loved 1s see it then assume as u did she is on drugs & she is not, this is ppl lives u r playing with , DO BETTER
Sick ! "I"can hardly believe my eyes. damn drugs, damn alcohol bad enough. the only thing i see & understand is the lack of lonely'ness. easy to be that. but to see all the kinds of people chasing all types of drug, may not be that drug. you must not want to liv. Sad 😞