After a judge dismissed all charges against the former police officer who killed Eddie Irizarry, people took to Instagram to plan a response.
The plans to break into, vandalize and steal from Philadelphia businesses on Tuesday night were not much of a secret.
By morning, 52 people had been arrested, including three juveniles, police said. Most were charged with burglary and theft, prosecutors said, and one person faces charges of illegal gun possession. Police said most people arrested were between the ages of 18 and 22; their identities had not yet been released.
The groups took to the streets after Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew dismissed all charges against Mark Dial, who was a Philadelphia Police officer when he was charged with murder for shooting Irizarry on Aug. 14. Dial, a five-year veteran of the force, shot Irizarry, 27, six times as he sat in his parked car, the windows rolled up and a knife in his hand, in Kensington after police saw him driving erratically.
Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford made clear in a news conference Tuesday night that Irizarry’s supporters had nothing to do with the unrest that followed. He called the young people who looted “criminal opportunists” who were not affiliated with the earlier gathering and said they were taking “advantage of a situation” and trying “to destroy our city.
First, just before 8 p.m., they broke into Foot Locker, police said, stealing clothes and other merchandise, before moving down Walnut Street. They gathered around the Apple Store and pried the front doors from the hands of security guards inside, video shows, before running in and fleeing with iPads, iPhones, and other electronics amid cheers.
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