A Look At How Police Handle Gun Violence Crisis In Philadelphia
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2022
- With a series of mass shootings and a rise in gun violence affecting communities across the U.S. this summer, many families are faced with the devastation of smaller incidents. NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch embedded with Philadelphia police officers on a busy night shift that began with four people being shot. Warning: Viewers may find some of the images difficult to watch.
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Philly needs a new leader and police commissioner. It’s getting worse everyday. I lived here all my life and now it’s the worst it has ever been
You voted for Kenny though
Outlaw is an outlaw we need stronger leadership, community policing is a failure.
Go cry about it
The leaders and police aren’t the problem. Its the drugs, and street mentality, they feel you gotta get vengeance for the ones you lost so it creates a vicious cycle
@@krumbleme2 fr💀
City Officials made and endorsed policies that encouraged this crime .
Philadelphia has an open air market for fentanyl in Kensington
God please help us in this city😥🙏🏿
I don't blame officers for being the way they are. The government has caused these problems for all the lawlessness in America and letting the bad guys get away with the crimes they have caused.
People didn't just wake up and start doing crime if you study history you can see where it started to rise nobody wants to talk about where this crap started the government had a huge hand in spreading drugs n guns in the ghetto just because the government is not still involved today does not mean they are not responsible for the problems they were involved in crack cocaine, redlining, AKA sundown towns,n gun's I'm not saying people in the ghetto are not responsible for their own actions they should all be held accountable but they did not create the ghettos n problems it looks that way because people don't know what happen there was a lot of factors that play a part in what we see today black owned businesses ❤️🔥 n bombed maybe that would have been a motivation for todays youth if white supremacy wasn't so dam evil there were so many things that took place before this generation of blacks became so bad but society wants to pretend like these issues just came from no where yea right
They're not saints themselves
You blame the government. I blame the Phamra companies that started the drug crisis. Now it's out of control and the govt has no handle on it.
And the Gun issue is deff Americas fault. the refusal to modernize gun laws is baffling.
@@fixieroy oh sure laws will help. The lawless are the first to abide. You and your kind are the problem. Attack the law abiding while completely ignoring the people who cause the crime
I agree. Defunding the police was the worst thought ever brought up
Living in Philly the Kensington section for over 44 years it’s crazy what it was and what it is today ..they just need to bring back rules and laws they used on me as a kid no hanging on any Conners .. forcing the law more …today is way different they don’t care about any lil laws or rules they make it more easier for people just to do whatever they want …they don’t care about preventing they only care about is when it’s a shooting or something like that …🤷♂️ little laws and rules should matter too it mite help to prevent some crimes
Maybe enforcing a city curfew down there for every body......a person I know was delivering packages in there and she said somebody just hopped right in her truck with her three kids pushing her baby to the side....that had to be just terrifying
@@AB-he5zt You cant enforce a policy that doesn't work. They tried and the parents had excuses
While I agree with your comment. The people changed the laws to work best for them. They dislike the PPD and don't want to help. But the same people demand results. The mayor, Krasner, and outlaw are the biggest failures we face
Philadelphia is a wild place to be..
The American Dream, Overdosing on Fentanyl
Go cry about it
It's everywhere the gun balance is bad in Philadelphia but the drug problem is bad everywhere even in the suburbs
Our city cops are up against a wall here in Philly. Most of the men and women in blue are human and have feelings. It's a up hill battle for them today. We appreciate all of what you do for our city and it's residents. I have lost too many to drug violence and addiction. The cops are just like us. HUMAN
A lot of Officers in America wouldn't dare work the streets these 2 guys do! My hat definitely goes off to them@
I feel bad at this point. they are between a rock and a hard place. bad violent crime needs to be dealt with.and the politicans who truly have no ideas on wha'st to do and just randomly choose to on any day say , priority is take down all the tents of homeless and clean up Kensington ave, next day theyll say, focus on arresting dealers , then its, get the guns, then it's a mental health and domestic violence change in tactics. there is no one leading at all. and still fighting a drug war. one time liquor was illegal, so was the lottery called number rackets, and weed, then sports betting, now straight up casinos everywhere. now carjackings are up like 500%. I've had 2 attempted car Jack's I a 2 week pperiod aaznd previously had none in th 37 yrs here. maybe its time to hire the ATV and motorcycle's that run the city. just give em money and walkie talkies. is there ever going to be a actual leader in America? no just models and spokespeople who want a real job after they look after the special interest group that they are in debt to
@@kingdavid3790 lol…this is just a basic day for any cop in any major city in the country.
Most your men and women in blue are more dangerous and deranged than any criminal you'll face. Don't forget in 1985 your police shot up then bombed an entire neighborhood killing 11 ppl including 5 children.
@@kingdavid3790no one is gonna touch them. They know what it means to their families if they hurt a cop in philly
But yet Biden is worried more about Ukraine
Presidents are not for the people. Stop thinking any president will do anything for you.
Almost none of the issues shown in this video are situations we need police to handle. Police don’t solve the problems of the hood especially in Kensington. These are structural issues with the city.
then why do people call them?? Where were you???
@@mindywilliams1225 people call them because they’re 1) told that that’s what they should do, contrary to what you may think most people even in the hood never have to actually call the police in their life 2) because there isn’t any real alternative most of the time and 3) more times than not people do call people other than police. Also…people do call me…I work in field that addresses some of these issues structurally. You know who pushes back on funding for structural change….cops.
@@mindywilliams1225 calling the police is a small piece of the puzzle. Don't be a Nimrod- but I expect nothing more from a person named " JoHn "
@@Ahmuh312 Looking at your picture I don't expect much from you either pal. Tell your people stop killing each other. 310 Murders this year. 309 of those were black on black. Then you have the nerve to tell us Black Lives Matter 🙄
@@mindywilliams1225 alright John 😂 I don't care if you trust me, it's better you don't.
Looks like a drug crisis more than a gun crisis 🙄
Philly has over 300 murders in 2022.
It's both, sadly
Gun crisis only exists to protect the drug market. Deal with the drug war (legalization, regulation, separation) and you dry up the majority of what gives the neighborhood gangs power, money, and influence
@@ErdTirdMans Not as much these days. Alot of the shootings are over social media post and petty arguments. It's a cultural problem
So glad i moved out a long time ago. All the times I went back to visit just disgusted me. The homeless issue, the attitudes, and how dirty it is. I won’t miss this place. Only the cheesesteaks and water ice at Jim’s, the pretzels, Penns landing, and my tasty cakes. RIP Philly, I’m done with you!
is america all like that ?
@@JC-fd8ho no it’s not
Smart man
@@JC-fd8ho Just Democrat run cities.
Where’d you move to?
We need the National Guard. Police are out numbered. Philly sux now.
And Officers we know yaull tired of getting shot up but in order to make it better we just need a few brave ones to weather the storm. We need a few brave ones to learn the history of our people, have HUMAN AUTHENTIC conversations with our people.....Go underground and be the Tupac for our city's Safety. Pick the biggest and baddest and come up with some mutual agreements and solutions I'm sure they love their community but love their money more...so team up for some slolutions....Somebody has to do it so it can stop.... and keep our city safe
We definitely need new leaders!!! It’s like they are totally ignoring the problem. Yet investors are buying and renovating the entire city. This can only happen with City consent. They are spending lots of money somewhere but it’s not on helping the people.
This isn’t a problem for police. City leaders could invest in education and community programs that have been proven to work. What happened to summer youth jobs, what happened to after school and summer camps. These programs do so much with so little but it cost money.
Philadelphia schools are poorly funded and poorly educating ppl so you have uneducated poor ppl living on top of each other in a concrete jungle. Depression, poverty, and poor education is a recipe for disaster. And our city officials are a joke.
Well it's to push them out systematically...... which is sad...eventually no one will be able to rent especially places in North Philadelphia if we as a community do not do something about it. Our people don't have resources, they don't have positive influence.....all they know is drug dealing and ribbing because every one is to scared to show them a better way....for the ones who are close to these young men I encourage you to have positive conversations, continued encouragement, we know our people the best......each individual hurt for different reasons....give some of these young men platforms to share their story so that all can have understanding and know how to effectively help
All of those things are definitely contributing factors, but the main factor, the main issue contributing to this is culture.
How about looking at the root causes of these problems? Shouldn’t matter how far back in time you go the answer will be there. Having the guts to ask those questions and not fearing the answer is the beginning of the solution.
Trillions spent on military policing the world when you were not asked is a big part. The money should have been spent on mental health and education. Wars are not about fighting tyranny anymore. It’s about oil and resources. The USA may have reached the tipping point.
Personal choice. No more no less.
@@backagain5216 I hope you are ready for a fun ride.Lock and load
I live in north Philly. God do we need the national guard to take over. The cops can't do as much as needed to be done. WE NEED HELP! OUR MAYOR AINT ISH! PLEASE GOVERNMENT! HELP!!!!
Yes you’re right. Unfortunately not everyone thinks like you and torture cops. They gave no leeway with such a dangerous job. Very sad they have to look over their shoulders constantly and that’s just for the public yelling , look he’s beating the bad guys up and what not just to cause trouble for them. They have a horrible job
North Philly is being fully gentrified it will be completely different in 5 years
Unfortunately every member of the North Philadelphia has to look over their shoulder....these people need resources... talk to them...authentically scratch all the tactic....as a human to human....see where individual needs are....come up with a plan to help....effectively....not just food can solve these issues
This is the standup aptitude I like to see from law enforcement
I’m so happy I now live in the suburbs, I worry about my parents who refuse to move from the city. Where they live at there is constant crime around them from theft to murder. The city needs better leaders and a better DA
It's not only city leaders it's also our government they will help other countries in need but they won't do anything for their own they want to get paid and do as little as possible for the communitys.
@@truth-od2sm your not kidding. When I visit them I’m always armed.
They want the illegals in your area. Not even kidding..
agreed and you're hot Sean woof
this. i gtfo of philly right before the pandemic feels bad for everyone bound to this sinking ship of a city
I've lived near the city of Philadelphia for 63 years, worked in the city of over 20 years and I'm often in the city. Most the citizens are good people, the rest are not.
If someone where to do the research they would know that the last time the total murders in Philadelphia were below 200 was in 1966. The 1970's, 1980's and 1990's murders increased and did not go down until after 1998 (500 murders in 1990 even though the population was lower). Another interesting fact, although more are now killed by firearm the murder rate was basically steady until the city decided to keep more criminals on the street while blaming police for the results of city officials incompetence and lies then locking down businesses starting in 2020. 2021 saw 562 homicides, a 12% increase over 2020. If people really knew what city officials do they would not be happy, including what they do to the homeless and turning Kensington into a money maker for their family members working for city (to be more specific, CLIP).
To summarize, don't blame the tool, the city of Philadelphia's autopsy tables will always be full as long as the city keeps lying to the public about what the problem really is. And remember, murder is not the only violent or non violent crime citizens are being lied to about.
Our city and all the cities weren't like this 60 years ago. Why? Because the demographics have changed drastically. We have so many low socially economic type individuals, with severely broken families. I don't think there's an answer to this. Look at Northeast Philly.. it wasn't this bad even 20 years ago.
They weren’t like this 10 years ago. 5 years ago was the downfall.
Welfare system brings the worst out of people. It takes away there sense of purpose.
The police are overworked and have no support from city hall and the district attorney and it’s not getting better
This is what poverty and destitute look like. When you have nothing to lose you don't care. Just get the babys to safety. Philadelphia is #9 on the crime list although news likes to focus on Philly. I lived here all my life there were nice places to shop there restaurants and always bustling. This goes on around this country and this is America. We tell ourselves we're exceptional it's absurd.
No Diane Philadelphia has turned into a murdering nightmare. Kids teenagers woman are dieing no one is off limits
We have to talk to our men our sons our people. Provide them with sustaining resources not just food
I'm from that same poor city and I didn't commit no crimes
Night of Violence? Then show nothing but drugs
every day I never know if I’m gonna survive the day I’ve seen so many things that make me think one day is gonna end up just like them
No punishment for criminals in lib Philadelphia
There are vast neighborhoods with zero gun violence in Philadelphia
And this is my city 😞
We need HELP here. Our local police isn't enough. My area isn't too bad, but there aren't the resources to help my neighborhood because there are much more "important" things going on in other sections of the city. The people on the streets need HELP! The kids that aren't being properly taken care of need HELP! Getting kids off the street and showing them opportunity is the only way we're going to stop the problem of violence in this city. We have to stop it before it begins.
Phila cops aint handeling nothing in phila.
Interesting news coverage,.
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE OUT OF PHILADELPHIA PA. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY CITY
Love my city but hate the crime. Cops are doing the best they can
America is a complete mess.
Bring back Stop&Frisk guarantee results at the risk of hurting feelings .
Great city i can't wait to visit.
The cities across the United States have to put better taining of law enforcement officers and 1st responders
This is what build back better looks like
THE MESSAGE...
Funny how we hear about 10 of these stories every year then after a few months it just blows away in the wind. Nobody really going after the root of all the evil in the world. it's always business as usual in a short matter of time. This world is totally desensitized to these types of crimes and the fake outrage is now just annoying. You do know there's a reason for this. You do know there's a cycle in place. You do know society contributes to this. You do know no matter how great you think Obama was he never once address the complete destruction of the male race. When a person do try to shine any kind of light on how the wicked controls the power and the genocide of the male race leaving nothing but wolves and wolves in sheep clothing the powers that be will silence that person through strength of numbers so the evil and destruction can continue. The part everybody wants to block out is monsters are not born but made. People really act like
Aileen Wuornos just woke up one morning and said..... you know what i just feel like shooting truck drivers today. We failed her when she was a child, and she came back for revenge as an adult just like every other violent criminal in our sordid history. To accept this fact is to accept our own failure as a human race and the reckoning we have bought on ourselves .....GRIM
And if they counted fentanyl overdoses as murders that number would be much higher.
As of yesterday there has been a 3% increase of homicides since 2021. So I don’t know who gave them that information that homicides are down since this time in 2021
I feel like all these drug abusers should go and get high in their own neighborhoods and get out of ours. Go and lower the property taxes around where their parents live. I’m sick of these caucasian zombies crawling around here.
I wish I could trust any of the people paid with my tax dollars to protect me.
F your tax dollars
Would be nice
@@Kidblinks go cry about it
They sign up to enforce the law...not die
Chances are they will make any situation worse unfortunately
Its just crazy how we are living in a time where we basically destroy our community because of police brutality but honestly when a civilian attacks another civilian everyone acts like they don't see or hear it let me correct myself most because the other percent take out their phones to record makes no sense to me
If we know ppl committing crimes talk to them. Let them know u disapprove. Seek why they are doing it and if capable provide a helping hand in their needed direction. That will help stop the violence.... our people need resources not just food.
God bless philly pd.
What about CAR VIOLENCE OR KNIFE VIOLENCE? How's that handled?
As Mayor I would first focus on cleaning up our drug problem. You can't do it all. The drug problem is destroying our neighborhoods you at one time could walk around relatively safely at night. My tactics would be a bit brutal but this issues would be resolved.
How would you solve the drug problem?
Frankford and stella street we here
Philly !!
Badlands…
😭To offer to mentor the druggies away from drugs I would have a resource gather and offer these lost people a position close as possible to their hobby where they'd have to consent to not expect pay to be garanteed♥️🙏☮️
Or a mother idea is to throw not all race in one pot but all drug addicts and drug dealers....yaull creating this mess so yaull live in Kensington.....I said it 🤷🏽♀️ Get the upstanding people out that community....no one kids deserve to have to see people slumping over.....drug dealers who want to say coke heroin crack officers make them go in Kensington clean it up to one area....let them live amongst each other...stop gentrifying north....get the upstanding people out that community take every crack deal or heroin dealer coke dealir fentenal dealer put them right there.....figure out how to do that one so the reat of our city can be safe...stop trying to target all of one race...everybody isn't a drug dealir criminal or a junkie. We don't want to see it we don't want to get caught up in the violence that come with it.....but now a days we have to suprpress if we stand up for our police too much in our community we are seen as a snitch...NAW we tired of the BULL shi@ We tired of all the killing. WE TIRED
They literally cannot doit alone they need facilities that keep them from using that reteach them how to live normal lives again. Nothing else will help it has to be forced
I think the police department should be ashamed of themselves. I was a victim of domestic violence. I was punched on, also punched in my stomach while pregnant, shoved, smacked, head beaten on a floor, lights turn off in basement. Locked in rooms and the list goes on. My abuser was addicted to pills he popped them to get high but blamed them on his back issues....he also admitted the abuse the punching on my stomach while pregnant in court..I am now being intimidated by the police department.....sitting outside my door l. Parking in my usual parking spaces near my home, cutting me off roads in their personal vehicle. I have lost faith, and trust in my police department. It's disgraceful.
This has been going on for a few years....my abusers family has community ties with the mayor. They have lit my car on fire. I have worked and paid taxes all of my life . I want to say there are a few good ones in the department but this is a disgrace.
Police can't even enforce the so-called noise ordnance. The mayor gets a good night sleep. No patrols. Never
I thought defunding the police would help solve crimes since the fiery summer o' 2020
they need just do a sweep and clean up the streets , most importantly on Kensington Ave
Blame Larry Krasner, Jim Kenney, city council, and Philadelphia judges for the crime issues.
These cops dont do anything I’ve seen people do drugs in front of them cops and they let them… almost ten years with the same b.s. cant walk with sandles afraid of all them needles
Philly has the worst Police Commisioner in its history.
Crazy
The "manpower situation" the officer mentioned is because the District Attorney is more concerned with putting police officers in jail than murderers. Philly is down about 600 officers and cannot find qualified candidates for a low paying, low respect, high danger job..
It’s a lot of black men in philly that want those police jobs by the city Human resource office is purposely not hiring them
@@2AMpodcasts Now you know that's not true. There are two major obstacles to Philly black men getting police jobs. The first is, in order to be a cop, you have to have a clean criminal record. Very few black males have clean records.
The second factor is passing the police test. Again, very few can do that.
Another lesser factor is that because of very aggressive affirmative action programs in colleges and business, any black, male or female, that otherwise qualifies for a police job is enticed away with college scholarships and jobs.
TmR from that block the most respected underground
Philly Philly
They do NOTHING about the drug problem
Manpower problems? If you just call for back up for a man with a camera , a 100 cops will show up.
Little do they know that so much fentynal is getting there because of the man most of the city voted for.
🎯 THANK YOU.
Philly voted for the problems they now complain about.
Philly is a corrupt democrat city.
Wow Kensington was a place we couldn’t go to unless you was the right complexion with the right connection to make any kind of move we stayed in our lane, not to may shootings, stabbing, just some knuckling up on people who hating on you? But we love Philadelphia to the day we die..
Every night in Killadelphia is a violent one
Did pnb rocc think only shootings happen In killadelphia ?
He said at the end the birth place of America … how ironic that this country was taken away from the natives through violence..
Go study history.
PHILLY POLICE! MY FAMILY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA! NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING YOU CLEAN UP PHILADELPHIA!
A decrease from 2021 I think that is very inaccurate
Structural violence
Preserve life in a lifeless body? These officers sound incompetent!
Don't teenagers know its against the law to own a gun? More laws will hurt the working man.
and everyone say that GUNS are not the problem , REALLY ?
Ok I'm guessing LA committed all these gun crimes in Philly ?
Close but no cigar
Sad to see where America started to being one of the worst cities in America
PA could decide to have tougher gun laws like in the other northeast states but does not. The gun death rates are lower there - but that’s all under threat with the far-right Supreme Court which wants to proliferate enough guns to arm every psychopath and street urchin. And the overdose rates are probably the same as in West Virginia or other rural areas - but in greater number in cities where there are more people.. As for suburbanites, school mass shootings show they won’t be safe from this either. People who complain about mayors and DAs don’t realize that these are national problems brought to you by an insurrectionist/tyrannical party and the sooner they vote Republicans out of power the sooner something can be done about it, but it will take at least a generation or two to clean up the mess.
this is what happens when you defund the police and put these people on a pedestal. Careful what you wish for
The police has not been defunded at all. Staaap! Your comment is ridiculous.
@@iamladyblack1188 you have a run ins with the police. That's why you don't like them. I time there will be no more police.Then let the good times roll.
@@iamladyblack1188 RIGHT, coming from IAMLADYBLACK LOLLL get a grip city dweller
Which never happened... Stay off the propaganda machine.
Philly is not well.
Who is putting fentanyl in the streets!?????
The Fentanylites. What kinda question
The Philadelphia Police are probably one of the best in the country.
Every time I see one of them, Him/her, I thank them for their service. It's like war here now, sad.
This is true. The department is severely under staffed and had poor leadership all the way up to the Mayors office. The city's economy will collapse.
@@krumbleme2 I've seen them in action a few times, they're like an army. A couple of morons broke into my shed one night, I heard the PPD chasing them on the road and then on foot over one of the officer's radio until it was over, they got them pretty quick. I was impressed
They're definitely one of the better city PDs in the country. Actually respect 1A and 2A. Aren't overly concerned with enforcing drug laws. Just trying to hit what has a tangible difference. Problem is they're severely understaffed, underfunded, and underappreciated
Who knows if any of this would remain true if they were well-staffed and well-funded, but I'd be willing to see it tried given that we can't keep going with the current state of things
It's a culture crisis, not a gun crisis
All apart of a broader plan. Let the neighborhood rot from within while the developers are buying up all the land around there. A majority of the addicts down there are caucasian so yeah…no one is being arrested for drug use or paraphanalia. They are treating this area just like in the series the wire. As long as you guys stay in this area. We’ll leave you alone!
The crime is mainly in the city. If you stay in the city it’s too much crime and it’s not safe. I don’t even take walks andI don’t live in the heart of the city. But, it you are black you do want to live in the suburbs and we all know why. God help the police officers.
Hey America!!! How is that NAFTA and other Free Trade Deals working out for you?? Maybe some more tax cuts for wealthy people will help this situation.
"The manpower situation that we have" while we give these clowns 700 mil a year and more weapons than most nations militarys.
That section of the city will never change it's too much 💰 in that area alot of your city officials also city workers would be affected........Ex-Cons rules the 🌎
My God lord help them 🙏 praying for you officers daily please stay safe....you are appreciated!! ....the homelessness in this country is crazy, then they wanna let thousands more come over here, smh, we can't even take care of and provide jobs and housing for the ones we have here now.
Philly needs a republican mayor
Philly cops are cool asf and I hate all police this is a different world in kenzo
The trenches
They don't have no phone and I don't have a real dope it's a tranquilizer
I'm from Philly lived in Kensington Frankford until 2016 was always bad moved to Norristown gradually was becoming the same moved overseas 2021 go navy marines 🙏🙏🙏🙏😎😎😎😎😎🥂
Cap
Walking dead
I'd hate to see Toronto turning into this
Too late. Some cities in Canada think it's smart to open tax paying clinics to hand out free lab dosed heroin. Talk about throwing gasoline on a fire.
So they were basically told to stop enforcing drug laws
2:07 he was a fein as well
The Philly DA just lets these criminals out free anyway.