What began with a few dozen people marching through Philly streets grew to hundreds yesterday, protesting the deadly police shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana.
Around 6 p.m. Wednesday, a few dozen protesters whoorganized on Facebookgathered at 12th and Market streets, but the group grew as they moved through Center City, blocking traffic along the way, 6ABC reported. The group, nearly 200 people, stopped on the Vine Street ramp at Callowhill Street, where many sat down and were chanting “No peace, no justice.”
76 Highway Ramp Shut down.
Posted by Gabriel Bryant on Wednesday, July 6, 2016
There, around 8 p.m., Philadelphia police officers arrested 12 protesters and took them into custody at the 9th Precinct on North 21st Street. Sources say all 12 have since been released.
Posted by Joe Piette on Wednesday, July 6, 2016
On July 5, Baton Rouge police officers had responded to an anonymous call that there was a man in the area carrying a gun. Sterling, 37, was outside the convience store at which he worked.
