keep their jobs stay with their families, which studies show makes them less likely to be rearrested in the future. professor simon said. thank you for being here. appreciate your expertise. thank you for having me. social media reaction. what do we have gang, put it up there and let s check it out. if you don t want to be in jail, don t commit the crime right observer. i think there s an are missing there. but i think observer of facts the professor would say, but you haven t been convicted, right? i mean, we re holding you shy of having been convicted of a crime. i get it. it s a complicated issue. i agree with what i heard from eric adams about the rate of recidivism. i remember my friend the late great john timothy. he was the chief here in philly. he was the number two in new york. he was the chief in miami. i remember him saying to me, we ve got 5000 individuals. in the philadelphia area, and they re committing the lion s share of the crime. and when we let them out, they commit
america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to be honest and forthright about the small numerical number of people who are repeated offenders we have about 2000. people in our city that are extreme result of recidivists. they all they are arrested one day back on the street the next day carrying a gun committed another crime, and i refused to say just because you are black. i m going to ignore that fact that you re committing crimes in our community. former new york governor andrew cuomo even waited in tweeting democrats when you ignore crime, you hurt the people you represent. it s no coincidence that these politicians are making these statements to counter the gop talking points that democrats are soft on crime. it s an issue that could pay off big at the ballot box. a gallup poll found that 54% of americans personally worry about crime a great deal. that s the highest number
there. certainly get most of the attention. consider the images of marauding teens in chicago s magnificent mile just last weekend, well, the brookings institution study crime statistics in new york, chicago , seattle and philadelphia and found that residents perception about where crime occurred was significantly warped. researchers found that increases in homicides were largely concentrated in disadvantaged neighborhoods that already had high rates of gun violence, along with significant histories of public and private sector, disinvestment, local data on property and violent crimes shows that in new york, philadelphia and chicago crime in the downtown area made up a small percentage of the overall increase of those crimes to be clear crimes way up in some areas. but the downtowns are being blown out of proportion here in philly crime still a big problem again from the enquirer in philadelphia property crimes such as retail theft and burglaries citywide up by 38%
who are repeated offenders we have about 2000. people in our city that are extreme result of recidivists. they all they are arrested one day back on the street the next day carrying a gun committed another crime, and i refused to say just because you are black. i m going to ignore that fact that you re committing crimes in our community. former new york governor andrew cuomo even waited in tweeting democrats when you ignore crime, you hurt the people you represent. it s no coincidence that these politicians are making these statements to counter the gop talking points that democrats are soft on crime. it s an issue that could pay off big at the ballot box. a gallup poll found that 54% of americans personally worry about crime a great deal. that s the highest number since 2001 on that issue. it s a perception prevalent in america . you ve probably heard it from political commentators. maybe you believe it yourself. crime is soaring in american cities and democratic policies, like