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PHL - Philadelphia has become the latest American city where looting and rioting followed the fatal shooting of a black man by police. Demonstrators say they want justice, but this week’s mayhem won’t achieve that.
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The circumstances surrounding Monday’s shooting are complicated. Anthony Fitzhugh, a cousin of the deceased, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that a family member called for help because 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr., who suffered from bipolar disorder, was having a mental episode.
Predictably, demonstrations broke out Monday night and took a violent turn. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw reported that a police sergeant was hospitalized with a broken leg after she was “intentionally run over” by someone driving a pickup truck. Rioters threw stones and bricks, and some 30 officers sustained injuries. The agitators looted businesses, and officers arrested 91 people, including three for assaulting police and 76 for burglary.
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