Videos circulating on social media show large groups of people looting stores in Philadelphia’s Center City on Tuesday night. Police officers arrested between 15 and 20 people, many of them juveniles, Acting Police Commissioner John Stanford told reporters during a news conference. Two firearms were also recovered. The first 911 calls reporting break-ins came just […]
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Philadelphia Police Shooting Of Blackman Leads To Protests, Riots
Police in Philadelphia shot and killed a Black man on Monday, triggering protests that saw at least 30 officers injured, officials said. Police said they shot Walter Wallace Jr., 27, after responding to a call about a man armed with a knife. The responding officers ordered Wallace “several times” to drop the knife and he […]