After the death of an African-American in the US state of Pennsylvania have demonstrated in the second night in a row, hundreds of people against racist police violence. It came again to violent clashes between protesters and security forces, and looting of seeds together. “A large group of about 1000 people loot businesses in the area of Castor and Aramingo,” said local police on Tuesday evening.
From a helicopter captured pictures showed how people in a sports shop and other shops collapsed. An AFP Reporter observed, in West Philadelphia, as there are also around a thousand people gathered. With batons by armed police fought skirmishes with several dozen demonstrators.
Video shows fatal shots
Two white police officers had on Monday afternoon, a Black shot. The man was armed with a knife and this, despite several requests, did not fall, said a police spokesman and a local television station. The Suspect was moving towards the police officers, and two officials had repeatedly fired on him.
The scene is captured on a phone video. There is heard, as the officials call on the 27-Year-old, the knife to throw away. As the as Walter Wallace identified a man mistreats his mother and to the police officers approaching, the officials of the fire. The 27-Year-old suffered according to his family’s mental health problems.
Mayor Jim Kenney had declared with a view to the Video: “I’ve seen the Video of this tragic incident. It raises difficult questions that must be answered.” Police chief Danielle Outlaw promised a thorough investigation of the Case.
After the fatal police hundreds of protesters took shots on Monday night in Philadelphia on the road. It came to riots and clashes with the police. More than 90 people were arrested and 30 police officers were injured, including a police officer-suffered a broken leg when she was hit by a Pickup truck.
Country-wide protests after the death of George Floyd
In the USA it had come since the end of may across the country to protests against racism and police violence. The trigger for the protests the brutal killing of the unarmed African-American George Floyd had been in a police operation in the city of Minneapolis. On the outskirts of the mostly peaceful demonstrations, riots broke out repeatedly.
President Donald Trump took advantage of the regular to set yourself as the “President of law and order” in the scene. Presidential candidate Joe Biden had expressed to the relatives of the dead compassion, but also the riots condemned: “at the same time anger sorry about the very real injustices in our society, no violence”. Attacks on police officers and the destruction of small businesses would not bring justice.
