Big crowd gathering at Malcolm X park in West Philly this evening following Monday’s police-involved shooting/death of Walter Wallace Jr.
Groups of police are scattered on every block down 52nd Street. The crowd at the park continues to grow and the scene is currently peaceful, with people taking turns giving speeches.
A Foot Locker was among the stores raided last night. 52nd Street is quiet and most stores are closed...Malcolm X park is just down the street from where the shooting occurred.
Protesters are breaking out into fights, as some want to go in a different direction
Police are following this crowd as they march and chant “every city, every town, burn the precincts to the ground.”
This group has reached a barrier and a LOT of police. There’s a precinct up the road — I assume they are blocking that off
This standoff remains tense but not violent in this area — both sides holding. I’ve seen police take away one individual, but didn’t see what prompted the arrest.
Mass looting across the river and @ElijahSchaffer just got beaten up for filming. This is inside the Five Below store. Police are in the same parking lot near the Walmart, but there seem to be too many looters
. @ElijahSchaffer got beaten up inside one of the stores for filming:
Looting and destruction continues across the street at the Dollar Tree. There’s simply not enough officers, and people keep arriving in cars to loot
Omg. They are re-looting the Walmart, which police have abandoned
The Walmart and Five Below are being re-looted after police left the area
Mass looting up and down Aramingo Ave in Philly
People are pulling up in cars, sprinting into stores to loot and zipping back out of the parking lots
A whole swarm of police are huddled together at a gas station in Philly...there’s still looting just down the road.
The police are on the move...we’re going to try and see where they are headed
Cars are speeding out of parking lots as police arrive
Amid the looting, this little strip mall is boarding up. A group of females are standing outside one of the businesses and appear to be protecting it
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