Philly cops got a tough time dealing with masked looters who stormed Footlocker, Apple, and Lululemon and ransacked the stores. The cops had to get into a brutal brawl with these masked looters while trying to stop them from stealing from these stores.
After the brutal brawl with the masked looters, twenty of them were arrested and according to the report, one of them got arrested later on after live-streaming herself stealing from smashed-up stores.
About twenty people have been arrested after widespread looting broke out in Philadelphia last night, with one woman who livestreamed the chaos.
Police in the city said that a large group of around 100 juveniles kept moving from store to store and looting them.
Videos shared on social media show officers attempting to grab thieves, some of whom are wearing Halloween masks, as they run riot through a Lululemon store.
One officer manages to hit one of the looters with a punch after managing to tackle them to the ground, in social media footage.
The incident happened on Walnut Street in the heart of the city center and also involved a nearby Foot Locker and Apple store.
Police in the city said that they had so far made between 15 to 20 arrests and recovered two firearms from the scenes.
Footage shows bikes and piles of merchandise piled up on the sidewalk outside of the Lululemon branch as officers arrived on the scene and started making arrests.
One woman, Dayjia Blackwell, had been livestreaming the chaos in the city onto her Instagram page and sharing clips of the looting, seemingly encouraging it.
Much to her dismay, social media users posted videos of what they described as Blackwell also later being apprehended by police officers while livestreaming.
Police are yet to confirm whether she was arrested or charged after the widespread crime spree.
Footage captured of her seemingly being handcuffed by officers was shared onto social media.
Prior to that, Blackwell had been sharing videos of the robberies onto her social media page.
Footage shows bikes and piles of merchandise piled up on the sidewalk outside of the Lululemon branch as officers arrived on the scene and started making arrests.
Earlier footage from the Apple store shows the aftermath of the looting, with iPhones and other electronic goods seemingly ripped from their display stands.
What appears to be staff members can be seen standing around looking bemused
Fox News reporter Steve Keeley also shared footage showing the fallout of the looting.
Officers can be seen placing handcuffs on one man, as they guard the exterior of the store.
Numerous people can be heard shouting in the background as he is led to the rear of a police van.
Another shot of looters outside the Lululemon store shows a large number of thieves making their escape as officers arrive on the scene.
A police officer also told NBC Philadelphia that over 100 juveniles had looted the Lululemon store.
CBS3 said that multiple police commanders confirmed to them that the looting had no connection to earlier BLM demonstrations.
Protests had started round the city earlier in the day over the dismissal of charges against police officer Eddie Irizarry who was involved in a fatal shooting.
Hugh E. Dillon also shared a video showing the police response to his social media page.
Dillon wrote: ‘Stay out of center city: Kids looted Apple Store , Lululemon and Chestnut street I hear footlocker has been broken into.
‘The police are doing an incredible effort on bikes and in cars corralling the kids blocked by Block. They are pulling cars over a lot of kids are in cars.
‘They stop and a whole bunch of them get out and then they start trying to break in the stores. But the police are on top of it.’
Security guard at a nearby Wendy’s, Hakeem Russel told NBC that the store next to the fast food restaurant had been broken into, with a guard assaulted.
Russel told the outlet: ‘A couple a kids decided they wanted to take full advantage of the unjust shooting that’s happened.
‘It’s definitely been unrest around here since the verdict.’
Officers blocked off several streets in the area with crime scene tape due to the robberies.
ABC reported that police had detained individuals ranged from teenagers to young adults, and recovered one weapon.
Philly cops were swift to combat the masked looters and get twenty of them arrested to face the law. What’s the motive behind these lootings of stores? For the Apple store, I’m sure they broke in to steal the latest iPhone 15 Pros and tablets.
Flip to the next page to watch the masked looters get into a brutal brawl with the cops while looting Apple and other stores in Philadelphia…
