At Least 12 Philadelphia Officers Hospitalized As Violent Clashes Break Out Over Walter Wallace Shooting – By Ewan Palmer (Newsweek) / Oct 27 2020
At least 12 officers have reportedly been been hospitalized after rioting broke out on the streets of Philadelphia in response to the police shooting of a 27-year-old Black man.
© Mark Makela/Getty A police officer crosses his arms while observing activists gathering in protest outside the 26th Precinct on June 3, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rioting has broken out in Philadelphia in response to the police shooting of a 27-year-old Black man who was armed with a knife.
The man, identified as Walter Wallace, was shot several times by police after he approached them allegedly armed with a knife at around 5 p.m. on Monday.
A video posted onto social media shows officers repeatedly urging Wallace to drop the weapon as a woman, believed to be his mother, attempts to restrain him. The officers then fire several times at Wallace, who was later pronounced dead.
Rioting broke out in Philadelphia in response to the shooting, with violent scenes erupting on the streets which left several officers injured.
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