According to a report from Fox News, Philadelphia Police was told not to arrest looters.
Breaking: OBTAINED BY FOX29 NEWS. Directive from @PhillyPolice executive team. Extremely frustrated officers, both patrol&commanders told me overnight they wereâ€ordered to NOT arrest looters just disperse themâ€. ‘CAR-2’ is Deputy Police Commissioner Melvin Singleton @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/HVjryECnrv
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 28, 2020
Yesterday when police announced the number of arrests in the Mon-Tues looting,charges were for “burglaryâ€. And in the directive, @phillypolice point out no calls for burglary will be responded to by the dept.&officers think that leaves no deterrent to stop looting @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/2AyhIyV7O7
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 28, 2020
Video shows Police being chased away from the mob:
Video of Philadelphia police officers under attack and retreating from riot mob pic.twitter.com/u3OLvJDTTa
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 27, 2020
Over 30 businesses and stores have been looted:
BREAKING: Philadelphia police have completely lost control of the affected rioting region which stretches multiple city blocks
Looters have broken into more than 30+ stores and are attacking white people
They are also shooting each other. I’ve only witnessed one arrest pic.twitter.com/bHPGAntwST
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) October 28, 2020
They also attacked a reporter:
BREAKING: BLM looters jumped our reporter @ElijahSchaffer while he was covering the riots in Philadelphia
He’s continuing to report but may need stitches for a deep gash in his upper lip pic.twitter.com/P7ZZup5vUT
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 28, 2020
There were around 1000 rioters looting businesses:
*Alert* A large crowd of appx 1000 is looting businesses in the area of Castor and Aramingo. Avoid the area
— Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) October 28, 2020
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