CITIES SPIRAL: Dem Lawmakers Who Support ‘Defund Police’ Movement Carjacked in Philly, Chicago
Two Democratic lawmakers who supported efforts to reform police departments across the country were reportedly carjacked in Philadelphia and Chicago within a 24-hour window this week.
“Illinois state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) was targeted in suburban Chicago on Tuesday night, while Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) was carjacked Wednesday afternoon after an event in South Philadelphia,” reports the New York Post.
“Lightford was driving with her husband, Eric McKennie, in Broadview at about 9:45 p.m. when three masked suspects in a Durango SUV hijacked the couple’s black Mercedes,” writes the newspaper.
“First and foremost I am thankful that my husband and I are alive and physically unharmed. I am trying to process the trauma of what happened. I want to thank everyone who has offered their love and support,” she said.
Read the full report at the New York Post.
