Officers said they found Wallace holding a knife and ordered him to drop the weapon several times. Wallace advanced toward the officers, who fired several times, Little said.
No officers or bystanders were injured in the initial confrontation, Little said. The names of the officers who fired the shots, and their races, were not immediately disclosed. Both were wearing body cameras and were taken off street duty during the investigation. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw went to the scene Monday and spoke to neighbors, and both Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, and Outlaw said they would hold a meeting soon to talk with the community about the shooting and other concerns.“I heard and felt the anger of the community,” Outlaw said in a statement, adding that the video “raises many questions” and that “those questions will be fully addressed by the investigation.
Police cars and dumpsters were set on fire as police struggled to contain the crowds. More than a dozen officers, many with batons in hand, formed a line as they ran down 52nd Street. The crowd largely dispersed then.
The pigs put him down like a rabid dog. They killed another mentally ill man in front of his mother. What kind of reaction would they expect? Hearts and flowers?
Did you report on the shooting or are you beginning your coverage from the protests?
Only bullets stop thugs. The police would have been killed if they wrestled with the criminal because they would have been overpowered by the folks on the scene.
No justice. No peace. BlackLivesMatter
Police kill white men to, especially if they are ignorant assholes who disobey the law and put police lives in danger
Police shoot to death black man with mental illness who was holding a knife. OF COURSE he wasn't following orders; mental illness can scramble your brain. Example: schizophrenia feels like multiple voices talking at the same time. POLICE can learn to handle this without a GUN!
Let someone come to you with a knife, then we’ll talk. That was stupid!
Arrest them all 🇺🇸
The useless police do not come to arrest you. They come to write a report on the dead body. Protect yourself don't call 911.
The word 'armed' should be in the headline.
is being black the relevant factor? or that he was chasing cops with a knife? if you said black you fail the iq test
Should have dropped the knife.
Y'all may as well protest 24/7/365 forever because this isn't forcing police reform or changing the system. Clearly we need a new strategy.
So a black guy gets shot (before due process) because he 'won't put down a knife', but Kyle Rittenhouse gets to walk around with an AR-15 AFTER HE SHOT SOMEONE and there's no shots fired from the police. Evil, racist pigs.
Well there’s actual video of refusing to follow orders. It’s not simply “they say”
And how many will learn were actually not BLM or Antifa
do they need to shoot to kill?
Police officers are not smart. That's why they are police officers. They want to beat people up. They want to show their power. They aren't smart enough to recognize mental illness or suicide by cop and they are too stupid to learn. There is no hope.
wow
No offense. Listen the order of police. Problem will be solved. Stop drugs, save lives. Think positive and do positive. The more you hate police the more problem you are creating.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris must immediatley denounce the BLM 'protesters' who ran over the police officer.
NBCPhiladelphia ABC6 CBSPhilly 69News FOX29philly TelemundoNews CNN ABC NYTIMES WASHINGTONPOST MSNBC CBSNEWS BBCWorld Reuters My only questioned. Were these officers required to carry and used Tazers vs a live weapon. Were their lives in immediate danger.
We've been protesting this same atrocity for decades. What we need to remove the immunity clause from those who are employed in public service. Once civil servants realize that they can be held accountable for their actions, they may learn to think before they act.
He charged them with a knife, they gave him so many chances
They say? Where have we heard that before?
Joe Biden supporters, rioting over bs.
'...they say refused orders' It's on video, fake news. He was clearly refusing orders & being extremely aggressive.
Why are the police always shooting to kill in these situations?
What the some cops seem to have forgotten is they are here to protect ALL the citizens, even the non-compliant ones with a knife in their hand. Surround them at a safe distance and get mediators. De-Escalate, don’t execute. There aren’t citizens and ‘preps’, just citizens.
Riots
DementiaJoe follower driving AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists truck runs down Officer and FakeNewsAP covers for DementiaJoe and his followers AntifaBLMDomesticTerrorists
Hello AP have you not seen the cam videos. To say ‘they say’ when it’s captured on video is a little misleading
They say? It’s on video you fuck nuggets. phillyprotests EnemyOfThePeople
It is a lot more than a dozen people, they filled three busses at once last night, there's people on bus(ses) that haven't been processed yet
NoJusticeNoPeace KnowJusticeKnowPeace
Rioting because police didn't want to get stabbed in the head by someone hunting them down with a knife. This is why BLM is quickly losing support again. Uncivilized animals.
They say? It’s on video, you anti-police bigots. It’s clear and obvious it was a riot. Your company is beyond help.
The US is the only country on the planet that gives sovereignty to state, county, and cities for their own law enforcement. Other countries are fighting for their lives against government tyranny, in the US they riot because they aren't allowed to run towards police w/ a weapon.
........... LAWLESSNESS ........................
Why can't the media say the word RIOT?
He wasn’t charging them like an animal, he was walking toward them. It was clearly an attempt at suicide by cop. Cops are trained to recognize this. This is unacceptable. They had other options. The default shouldn’t be execution.
The police are the most violent dangerous gang in the country
When you charge at police while wielding a knife threatening to kill them, you can pretty much expect to be shot.....
There should be better de escalation practices but he did charge them with a knife. This isn't a George Floyd situation
Retweeting this so the other MAGA who missed it could see it? Thanks I am glad you enjoy feeding the trolls
When the only tool you have is a hammer, all you see is nails. Fix the police
Tase him if he's white just shot him if he's black.
According to ANAMA Armenia used cluster Smerch missile against civilians in Barda. Use of cluster weapons against civilians is forbidden. 4 civilians, including 2 years old baby girl killed. 13 civilians wounded. Because of cluster bomblets number of casualties quite big.
No police were arrested though
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