The somber tone after someone lost their life seems appropriate. Mayors of Philadelphia appoint police commissioners, so I would expect the mayor to take a more measured tone. It would seem odd...
The somber tone after someone lost their life seems appropriate. Mayors of Philadelphia appoint police commissioners, so I would expect the mayor to take a more measured tone. It would seem odd for him to express hypocritical anger at a department whose head he appointed, especially before an investigation into the incident is completed. It looks like the DA he had confidence in brought charges too, then refilled them after their dismissal. I don’t see an unreasonable difference here given the mayor’s position. The photos of the results of the mob violence look pretty bad.
You're right, I was being unfair. I'm tired of the state of the police in the US and the politicians who prop up a broken system, and dragged that into a more tangentially related article. Gonna...
You're right, I was being unfair. I'm tired of the state of the police in the US and the politicians who prop up a broken system, and dragged that into a more tangentially related article. Gonna delete the post.
Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in several areas of Philadelphia in an apparently coordinated effort, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, authorities said. Police arrested 15 to 20 people.
The flash mob-style ransacking Tuesday night at stores including Foot Locker, Lululemon and Apple came after a peaceful protest over a judge’s decision to dismiss murder and other charges against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver, Eddie Irizarry, through a rolled-up window.
Those doing the ransacking were not affiliated with the protest, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said at a news conference, calling the group “a bunch of criminal opportunists.”
Video on social media showed masked people in hoodies running out of Lululemon with merchandise and police officers grabbing several and tackling them to the sidewalk. Photos of a sporting goods store at a mall showed mannequins and sneakers scattered on the sidewalk.
The thefts and unrest stretched from downtown to Northeast and West Philadelphia, leaving smashed display windows and broken storefront coverings.
“This destructive and illegal behavior cannot and will not be tolerated in our city,” Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, said on social media, calling it a “sickening display of opportunistic criminal activity.”
The somber tone after someone lost their life seems appropriate. Mayors of Philadelphia appoint police commissioners, so I would expect the mayor to take a more measured tone. It would seem odd for him to express hypocritical anger at a department whose head he appointed, especially before an investigation into the incident is completed. It looks like the DA he had confidence in brought charges too, then refilled them after their dismissal. I don’t see an unreasonable difference here given the mayor’s position. The photos of the results of the mob violence look pretty bad.
You're right, I was being unfair. I'm tired of the state of the police in the US and the politicians who prop up a broken system, and dragged that into a more tangentially related article. Gonna delete the post.
AP News