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Philadelphia .. Scene of protests
Yesterday, Wednesday, the authorities of Philadelphia, USA, imposed a curfew from nine at night to six in the morning, after two nights of violence that occurred during protests over the murder of a black man to police bullets..
This measure, announced by the authorities on the city’s website, comes when Republican President Donald Trump, who seeks to win a second term in the elections scheduled for next Tuesday, assumed responsibility for the riots before the City Council of the city controlled by Democrats..
“What I see is horrible and, frankly, the mayor or whoever is allowing people to protest and loot without ending them is also horrible,” Trump said..
It is planned to deploy National Guard forces in Philadelphia, the capital of the state of Pennsylvania, without it being clear how many of these forces there are yet..
And Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf confirmed Tuesday night that he had requested help to restore calm in the Pennsylvania capital, one of the critical states in the presidential battle between Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden..
Biden renewed his demand to stop the looting on Wednesday. In a statement to CNN, the former vice president said: “There is no excuse for looting and violence“.
And Philadelphia, which is a stronghold of Democrats, has been on high alert since violent demonstrations that erupted in protest against the murder of a 27-year-old “black man” named Walter Wallace Jr. Monday appeared in the western neighborhood of Philadelphia, after two policemen shot him several times, while they did not. They are in imminent danger, according to a video that was released on social media..
The duties of the two police officers involved in the murder of Walter Wallace Jr. have been suspended pending the results of the investigation by the police and the local prosecutor..
The two policemen had come to the scene of the accident, after receiving a call in which they were told about a family dispute and about the presence of a man carrying a knife. Philadelphia police spokesman Eric Grib explained that Wallace Jr. refused to lay down his weapon despite police orders..
The young man’s family confirmed, through his lawyer, that the call was not directed to the police, but to health emergencies, since Wallace Jr. suffers from psychological problems and is in the middle of an attack..
On Monday and Tuesday nights, apart from the protests, the city witnessed riots and looting, to which the police responded with truncheons and arrested more than 170 suspects..
