Protests flare in Philadelphia after police kill black man

Officers said the man refused their orders to drop a knife in a confrontation captured on video
Protests flare in Philadelphia after police kill black man

Police charge at a crowd along 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. Picture: The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP

Tue, 27 Oct, 2020 - 17:51
AP Reporters

More than a dozen people have been arrested and more than 30 officers were injured in protests stemming from the fatal police shooting of a black man in Philadelphia.

Officers said the man refused their orders to drop a knife in a confrontation captured on video.

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