Police said that they have arrested more than 50 people after looting occurred in several stores around Philadelphia, on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. The mass looting took place after the conclusion of a peaceful protest against a judge’s decision to dismiss charges against a former city police officer. The looting took place late Tuesday and Wednesday. The police commissioner of Philadelphia said that it was his belief that the looters were not directly part of the protests and described them as those who took advantage of the protests to loot multiple stores.
On Tuesday, there was a large crowd assembled in Philadelphia’s Center City. The people had gathered to peacefully protest a judge’s decision of dismissing charges against former police officer Mark Dial. The Philadelphia officer fatally shot 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry on August 14. The protest ended around 7.30 p.m., according to Stanford.
Little later police began getting 911 calls that stores were getting broken in or looted. Officers initiated arrested about 15 to 20 suspects. They checked video footage to identify more looters and arrested more than 50 suspects, including three juveniles and a murder suspect who was out on bail.
Stanford also said that stores in the Center City area were initially targeted and then the looters moved “from location to location.” He mentioned that it appeared as if the looters came from different parts of the city in different vehicles and the investigation into these factors was ongoing.
Most of the suspects were arrested for looting the following stores and outlets
Lululemon
Foot Locker
Fine Wine & Good Spirits
T-Mobile
Philadelphia Pharmacy
Aldi
Rite Aid
Walgreens
Apple store
Wells Fargo drive up ATM and others.
Large and small retailers in Philadelphia have said that they are facing struggles due to reported looting that affects their profits.
On Tuesday night Philadelphia City Police Commissioner John Stanford said, “We made arrests and we will continue to make arrests until we have all of the individuals or a number of the individuals, that have been responsible for what we’ve seen tonight in custody.”
By Thursday morning, more than 50 suspects had been arrested.
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