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Philadelphia Wins 2022 Carjacking World Championship
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World champions… world fucking champions! –
SCOOP: Philadelphia goes over 1,000 carjackings for first time ever. 1,005 total carjackings at end of day September 27th. Already far surpassing previous @phillypolice stat record year, 847 in 2021,that doubled the 410 in 2020, & now more 4 times the 225 in 2019. @FOX29philly
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) September 28, 2022
We did it! Great job everyone. It was a total team effort.
Keeley provided some additional information, noting that:
- 672 victims were sitting in their cars
- 113 victims were delivery drivers
- 45 were Uber and Lyft drivers
The solution could be – no cars! Everybody walks or bikes and we use drones to deliver food instead. Problem solved. Get Jeff Bezos on line 1.
One of the advantages I always felt like I had in Philly was driving a shitty truck. Who wants to carjack a 2004 Ford Ranger? Man, I don’t have anything for you! I’m not even full time, I’m per diem! Luckily I was never robbed, though a homeless guy did throw a brick through my window on Christmas Day and steal a bunch of stuff. It happens I guess. You win some and lose some. I think the term for this is “shrinkage,” not from the Seinfeld episode, but when you account beforehand for losses based on theft, damage, etc.
But anyway, this was a citywide effort here. We’re 2022 carjacking champions. Hang the banner!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com