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Police and protesters in Philadelphia on June 1. The Pennsylvania National Guard was called into Philadelphia during the second day of protests. [20] Workers and volunteers cleaned broken windows and trash in Center City. [21] Streets in Center City were closed to traffic.
Hanover: Beginning on May 29, protesters peacefully stood in a multi-day rally titled, like many other nationwide rallies, "Black Lives Matter". [36] Governor Tom Wolf joining protesters in Harrisburg on June 3, 2020. Harrisburg: Protesters surrounded a police car after a peaceful rally on May 30 that began at the State Capitol.
The protests in Philadelphia came as Jews around the world prepare to celebrate Hanukkah. In at least one U.S. city, Jewish leaders are outraged that the organizers of a local festival canceled a ...
The two, who have never met in person, will square off at 9pm ET (0100 GMT) for a 90-minute debate hosted by ABC News. Police are bracing for protests, with pro-Palestinian groups angry with ...
The following is a partial list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in Philadelphia: 1704 Riot of Young Gentry in Philadelphia [1] 1715 riot by supporters of Reverend Francis Phillips, who had been arrested for stating he had slept with three prominent local women [2] 1726 riot against pillory and stocks [3]
A well-known west Philadelphia activist has pleaded guilty to a felony over actions during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Anthony Smith ...
Philly residents and activists gathered in FDR Park Monday morning to criticize the city and the Fairmount Park Conservancy for the cutting of what it calls "heritage trees" valued for their ...
In 1964, North Philadelphia was the city's center of African-American culture, and home to 400,000 of the city's 600,000 black residents. [2] The Philadelphia Police Department had tried to improve its relationship with the city's black community, assigning police to patrol black neighborhoods in teams of one black and one white officer per squad car and having a civilian review board to ...