Bill McSwain, a Republican gubernatorial candidate for Pennsylvania, announced on Feb. 15 his plans to fight crime in a press conference held in Northeast Philadelphia. He promised to restore law and order as governor and said the cause of high crime rates is due to lack of prosecution. “I am the law and order candidate for governor,” McSwain said to the crowd, “And I have a message for would-be criminals in this city: when I am governor, I am coming for you. You will either obey the law, or you will go to jail—and you will stay there for a long time.” In 2021, Philadelphia recorded 559 homicides, the highest since the city began tracking the figure in 1960. Close to 2,000 others were shot and survived. Philadelphia has the highest violent crime rate of the ten American cities with a population greater than 1 million residents. McSwain, a Marine …