A man in a Chucky doll mask spent nearly 20 minutes hunting strangers near Philadelphia's City Hall, chasing a female jogger and asking her twice if she was "ready to die" — and he's still walking the streets.

This is what life looks like when civil society breaks down. Ordinary Americans heading to work at 5 a.m. get accosted by a predator filming himself for kicks, and only one victim has even bothered going to the cops. When the system stops punishing criminals, people stop believing the system works at all.

Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith laid out the timeline at a Monday press briefing. Starting around 5:18 a.m. on Aug. 12, the masked suspect — described as a Black male, thin build, roughly 5-foot-8, between 16 and 20 years old — went on a rampage through Center City. He first entered a Dunkin' Donuts acting erratic and was refused service, according to the New York Post. Then he took his show outside.

He ran up to at least six people, holding his cellphone to record the encounters. He uttered something to a man in a reflective vest and chased him. Then he zeroed in on a female jogger.

"He's holding his cell phone up in front of her, at which time he asks her 'Are you ready to die?'" Smith said. "Appears startled, at which time the male asks her again, 'Are you ready to die?'"

The woman fled, injured her leg, and screamed for help. A witness named Jameka told WPVI she tried waving the jogger down from across the intersection, then confronted the masked man and kicked him in the chest. "He just seemed so disoriented about what his goals actually were," she said. "I had bags; he wasn't reaching for those."

Baltimore News noted it's unclear whether the attacks were part of a social media trend. Police are scouring platforms for any posted footage.

Smith said the suspect will face charges including terroristic threats, harassment, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and intimidation. The New York Post reported he'll also face a weapons charge — because he kept his right arm behind his back while threatening the jogger, even though no weapon appeared on surveillance video.

"During that time span, he was able to accost a good many people, most of which haven't come forward yet," Smith said. Only the jogger has officially reported the incident.

Smith offered reassurance: "Trust me when I tell you this… we're not going to do our darnedest to try and locate this individual? You bet we are." A captain saying "darnedest" while a predator roams free captures the moment perfectly.

Coffee shop worker Kate Egan told the Post: "It's really unsettling just trying to get to work and have a kid like this actively terrorizing women."

That's the open question: how many more need to be terrorized before Philadelphia's leadership decides public safety matters more than the feelings of the progressive prosecutor class?