Mass looting is being reported all over Philadelphia tonight. There are accounts of Center City stores being cleaned out by looters, including Lululemon, the Apple Store, a Foot Locker near the Liberty Bell, and many others:
This happened 5 minutes from the Liberty Bell and right down the street from where the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
This is what liberalism has done to our country pic.twitter.com/GVt3ENzls1
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) September 27, 2023
They are now looting the Fine Wine & Good Spirits at 730 Adams Ave near the Lawncrest neighborhood of NE Philly. #Philadelphia pic.twitter.com/BlwnFA5AC9
— Lucky (@TheMagaHulk) September 27, 2023
They looting downtown in Philly. This is CRAZY…wowww dm me what y’all got. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/F1sDdcNrLO
— Dee (@deegrizzleyy) September 27, 2023
Stay out of center city: Kids looted Apple Store , Lululemon and Chestnut street I hear footlocker has been broken into. this is 17th and Walnut pic.twitter.com/RjcGxu6lES
— PhillyChitChat (@HughE_Dillon) September 27, 2023
Y'all, this is so precious. All the little street urchins are getting free iPhones. #philly #philadelphia #riots #looting pic.twitter.com/MMK8ZkacMn
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 27, 2023
Flashback from 2020:
AOC on why people loot (2020):
“They are put in a position where they feel like they need to shoplift some bread or go hungry that night.” pic.twitter.com/Brv8OsjJ5X
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 14, 2023
One woman screamed, “Everyone must eat!” at the looting of a wine store:
Philly not looking great tonight. pic.twitter.com/cQvGdb21Yz
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 27, 2023
They are now looting the Fine Wine & Good Spirits at 730 Adams Ave near the Lawncrest neighborhood of NE Philly. #Philadelphia #Philly #Looting #Applestore #Walnut #iPhone15 pic.twitter.com/97FOiS1KpN
— Ratnesh Mishra 🇮🇳 (@Ratnesh_speaks) September 27, 2023
Thugs even tried to loot a Popeyes restaurant:
they really just tried to loot popeyes😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Hlyxj9jhWC
— da flyest. (@Z4Bitch) September 27, 2023
According to a Twitter/X post from PhillyCrimeUpdate, emergency response switchboards are lit up with calls.
Board is lit up in Philadelphia with calls pic.twitter.com/fmcBq2rLiz
— PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) September 27, 2023
There are unconfirmed reports of looters livestreaming their crimes, monitoring police scanners, and coordinating their efforts on social media.
Philadelphia / BREAKING NEWS
Reports of looters live-steaming their crimes.
Police also believe looters are listening to scanners.
Coordination is being done on social media by organized looting groups
— PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) September 27, 2023
The looting is not confined to a single area:
Confirmed looting in center city, reports of looting in North Philly and additional reports of looting in Port Richmond
Widespread looting will continue throughout the night https://t.co/IFTOAqKWpG
— PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) September 27, 2023
Looting continues.
This is very similar to the Floyd and Wallace riots when organized crowds of looters traveled together to different parts of the city to loot https://t.co/hq0KGr1DGh
— PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) September 27, 2023
Police in some areas of the city are not fooling around:
Law enforcement finally steps in to stop the looting. This was Philly tonight:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 27, 2023
The looting is reportedly in response to murder charges being dropped against a cop who allegedly acted in self-defense during a traffic stop. Eddie Irizarry, who is Hispanic, pulled a knife on cops while in his vehicle.
The "reason" these criminals are looting Philadelphia tonight is because a judge dismissed murder charges against cops who acted in self defense during a traffic stop.
The leftist District Attorney has already refiled charges. Why would anyone want to be a cop/live in Philly. pic.twitter.com/I2QHbbGwKH
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 27, 2023
A judge has dismissed all charges, including a murder count, against Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial who shot and killed a driver as he sat inside his vehicle last month.
Philadelphia Municipal Judge Wendy Pew made her ruling Tuesday after watching video of the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry. The defense had asserted that Officer Mark Dial was acting in self-defense when he fired his weapon at close range through the rolled-up driver’s side window of Irizarry’s sedan during a vehicle stop on August 14….
…Irizarry’s family has said that Dial deserves a long prison sentence. The defense, meanwhile, has blasted Krasner’s decision to charge Dial with murder.
“When police officers ordered him to show his hands, he instead produced a weapon and pointed it at an armed police officer,” lawyer Brian McMonagle told reporters this month. “In no world (are) those facts murder.”
Not surprisingly, the District Attorney’s Office, headed by Soros DA Larry Krasner, announced that it would appeal the decision. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney inflamed the situation by tweeting his support for the man who pulled a knife on police officers:
My thoughts are with Eddie Irizarry’s family and loved ones today as they continue to seek justice and answers around his death.
I trust @philadao will do everything in its power to pursue justice and accountability. https://t.co/E7ydaaNGlW
— Mayor Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) September 26, 2023
No doubt any criminals arrested tonight will be back on the streets within hours if not minutes. It was just a few years ago that the Philadelphia City Council cut $33 million from the police budget. Krasner’s office stopped requiring cash bail for a wide range of crimes, including theft and receiving stolen property, in 2019. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Krasner… believes the policy is making Philadelphia safer in the long term: ‘When you don’t tear apart people’s lives, and when you keep them in contact with the things that keep them on course, they are less likely to commit crimes in the future.'”
How’s that working out for Philly, Larry?
Looters have been brazenly filming themselves in parking lots, discussing their next moves. Notably, license plates have been removed from their vehicles. They seem to be operating without any concern for consequences.#Philadelphia #Philly #Pennsylvania #Looting #Riot… pic.twitter.com/2ku1DResYv
— Raw Reporting (@Raw_Reporting) September 27, 2023
NBC Philadelphia pretty much dismissed the lootings as a bunch of juveniles being naughty.
A security guard at the Wendy’s, Hakeem Russell, said that the store next to Wendy’s along Chestnut was broken into and the guard was assaulted.
“A couple a kids decided they wanted to take full advantage of the unjust shooting that’s happened,” Russel said. “It’s definitely been unrest around here since the verdict.”
Multiple witnesses of the looting say crowds of what look to be 100-200 kids are walking around with masks on breaking into stores and stealing whatever they can.
PhillyCrimeUpdate is monitoring the police scanners. Listen live below:
As of 11:45 p.m., looting is ongoing in the City of Brotherly Love, and police are struggling to keep up with all the reports. Pray for their safety tonight.
This is a developing story.
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