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calendar year that hit that mark since 2007. the commissioner released the report friday morning saying the department was devastated and would continue to utilize every resource they have to stem the tide of violence. philadelphia police reported 562 murders for the entire year of 2021, which was up by 63 from the year 2020. the police officers say the city is neck and neck with the murder stats in other big cities like chicago and new york city. shannon. shannon: ashley, we ll see you in a bit. thank you so much. keeping the focus here at home for a few minutes, the ongoing domestic political fallout from russia s war on ukraine. great to have you both back. hey, shannon, good to see you. thank you. i want to start with president biden today talking about rising gas prices. what and who is to blame. here s what he said. let s get something straight
justifiable shooting that builds a bad image. it is happening in cities where there are no incidents. in los angeles violent offenses are up 20% and property crime is up 10%. we have noticed it in new york. the decline in the quality of life. normally you blame them on the economy saying people are becoming more desperate but the economy is on the upswing so you cannot dothat right now. this is like a general sense of lawlessness. a lot of these cities are, as stacey mentioned, are led by democratic officials. ferguson was a democratic governor and representative. baltimore, democratic leadership for decades. i want to point to something important. the murder stats they are tinkering with them. the chicago tribune did a number of pieces on this.
because these kids did not kill on school grounds. these young people victor? yes, sir. go ahead. finish. a lot of these young people going to prison committing these crimes are former chicago public schools students. we have a unique opportunity during the day to talk to these kids so that when they leave school, they don t commit these acts. we just had a 2-year-old shot in the head. i just want to give our viewers, and this is from the police department. just got an e-mail. official murder statistics from january to march, 2010, 74. unofficial murder stats through april 23rd, 2010. it s 113. 2009 during the same period. 70 from january to march. 2010, 74. so there is a rise there. and it s not even halfway through the year. thank you, victor woods, father flavor, i think you would say the people have to get involved.