At least 30 officers hurt in Philadelphia riots
after police kill
Black man
alert 8 o'clock in philadelphia riots overnight there 30 officers hurt and more than 30 people have been
arrested after violence erupted overnight ainsley several stores looted and damaged during the unrest
there the protests growing now after police shot and killed a man who had a knife and wouldn't put it
down look at this jackie abagnes has joins us live should we cover the story all night jackie the sun's
coming up and everything seems to be broken or stolen yep yep now it's time to look at what's left
brian stephen ainsley one officer in critical condition this morning and 29 other officers with
minor injuries after chaos erupted in the streets of philadelphia overnight which you saw
following a deadly police shooting just hours earlier [Applause] hundreds of people marching through
the streets demanding police reform before violence erupted protesters were seen looting throwing
bricks and rocks at officers setting a cruiser on fire and even running a sergeant over look at this
unbelievable a black pickup truck plowing through an intersection there the sergeant was taken to the
hospital with a broken leg the driver was reportedly arrested unrest starting when police responded to a
call about a man with a knife he was later identified as 27 year old walter wallace jr you can see him
right here in this video he reportedly approached two officers with the knife as they ordered him todrop
it a woman believed to be wallace's mother begs officers not to shoot when he moved them again that's
when the officers opened fire and shot several times one of the officers drove wallace to the hospital
where he later died both officers involved have been taken off duty this morning while the city's
district attorney investigates steve brian ainslie all right we thank you very much from the north lawn
of the white house let's go to alyssa farah she's the whitehouse director of communications alyssa
good morning to you good morning thanks for having me you bet i'm sure the white house is
monitoring the activities in philadelphia started after that man was shot by police at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon there has been chaos and rioting throughout the night in philly absolutely we're
monitoring the situation closely if necessary we'll be standing by and prepared to deploy
federal resources i want to make one thing clear president trump will not tolerate any violence directed
at america's law enforcement and look the actual case we're going to let the facts play out let the
investigation play out but we will not tolerate lawlessness in our streets so alyssa will you have to
wait for the mayor of philly to ask for help or might you just send somebody in that's a question for doj
and the department of homeland security but i know this president has made clear before whether it
was in seattle or portland or others we're prepared to deploy federal law enforcement if necessary so
i'm sure those conversations are ongoing now we won't tolerate unrest in our streets and we certainly
will not tolerate violence against against law enforcement .
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