Action currently underway in LOVE park asking for answers in the death of Alex Fernandez who was killed on 2/4
https://twitter.com/JPeters2100/status/1359631417341263873?s=19

Statistic all Philadelphians should be made aware of. Last year there were 34 cases where police fired at civilians from 6300 officers. A rate of 0.539% of the population of police. Compared to civilians which is 2200/1579000 which is 0.139%. Police by statistics in Philadelphia are more violent than Philadelphians and they incite increased violence. That the rate of 500 murders in Philadelphia being the highest in a decade isnt as bad as the highest rate of police firearm violence in nearly a decade. These numbers compared tell us that police are more dangerous for our community than civilians with firearms. That the Inquirer's non stop obsession with homicides and gun violence rates increasing incites and fuels increased funding for those who are increasing the rate of violence in Philadelphia. The cities obsessions with funding paramilitary officials to incite violence in Philadelphia needs to end. The numbers tell us they are more violent than the average person and are 4x more likely to shoot the people than than the people are to shoot anybody.

And this is not a 1 year outlier. This big of a difference between the rates of police violence and civilian violence is normal. Every year since the Philadelphia Police Department has formed, they have shot civilians at higher rates than civilians have shot at anybody.

Today! Teachers are delivering signatures at 3rd and Race at 4pm: https://twitter.com/hannahsassaman/status/1360058708307369984?s=19

And then a rally at Dilworth at 5pm in honor of Christan Hall and all those killed by police this year.

Continuing story about yesterday's statistics. Leaving the United States you wont find many places where Police are as violent as Philadelphia Police. And Philadelphia is near the average for the US with Police involved shootings making the United States arguably the most authoritarian nation in the world by a longshot if violent policing is your primary unit of measurement.

Not just “a few bad apples”: U.S. police kill civilians at much higher rates than other countries | Prison Policy Initiative
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/

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#scanner Police are surveying the crowd at the Teachers Protest.

#scanner police made a headcount of the Christian Hall protest

#scanner police going to Marshall's at 7th and Maket. Unrelated to events

#ground Crowd is starting to gather on the west side of City Hall

#scanner police were discussing the protest. No location or details provided

#Scanner Sending units to 3rd and Market

#scanner sending units to dilworth and broad and race

#scanner Civil Affairs units terminating their presence at 3rd and Race, no incedents reported

#scanner Traffic units coming to block 15th street at Dilworth Plaza

#scanner Units being sent to 13 and Market and 15 and Arch

#ground about 100 people moving north on 15th

#scanner Units sent to Broad and Arch. Units told to use caution about 676.

#ground march headed north against traffic on 15th

#scanner Unit sent to the school board building