Large crowds of juveniles looted multiple stores in Center City Tuesday night, including Foot Locker, the Apple store and Lululemon. Police say it had nothing to do with protest for Eddie Irizarry.
Over 100 juveniles and young adults were involved but, as of Wednesday morning, police were still determining how many businesses were affected.Cellphone video shows large group of juveniles looting an Apple store in Center City Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
Police said they knew there was potential for something like this to happen so after the protest they moved personnel to the area to quickly respond in the instance anything happened.A security guard at the Wendy's, Hakeem Russell, said that the store next to Wendy's along Chestnut Street 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," Russell said."It's definitely been unrest around here since the verdict." Police said it's"disgusting" to see what our city went through in 2020 and for people to try to recreate it."Everyone in the city should be angry," Stanford said.
Over the evening, NBC10 found reports of looting at locations in Center City as well as in Port Richmond and Northeast Philadelphia.On Wednesday morning, Mayor Jim Kenney thanked the police for their diligence overnight, calling the evening's incidents a"sickening display of opportunistic criminal activity."for their swift response to disperse crowds and make necessary arrests related to last night’s incidents.
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