He told an Inquirer reporter on Tuesday night that he spent 10 minutes trying unsuccessfully to get a police officer to take a report of the incident, but later made a report at a nearby police district. However, Cole, recovering from the punch, was initially unsure whether an arrest had been made. It is no wonder, then, that Americans here and across the country have been marching nonstop since late May, following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, to demand equal accountability and equal treatment under the law.”Ĭole posted a video showing a punch, which he said landed on his jaw, thrown by a man who repeatedly yelled “get outta here, boy.” He added: “During widely documented altercations in the Fishtown neighborhood and at Marconi Plaza in South Philly, antiracism protesters and journalists have been verbally and physically assaulted, in direct view of law enforcement officers who have - by the numbers - made far more arrests of protesters and journalists than they have of these bat-wielding, assaultive, and threatening individuals. “These incidents continue to raise serious questions about policing and unequal application of the law in the city of Philadelphia,” Krasner said in the statement. In a statement announcing the arrest, District Attorney Larry Krasner criticized the police for not doing more. The incident occurred at Marconi Plaza, the locus of recent unrest as residents stood guard, some bearing bats and hammer, to warn against vandalism or removal of a statue of Christopher Columbus that looks over South Broad Street. Cole, a Black hip-hop photographer who was part of a protest calling to defund the Philadelphia Police. John Mooney, 58, was charged with ethnic intimidation, simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment for allegedly attacking Mel D.
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Update: Philadelphia announces plans to remove Columbus statue after repeated violence at Marconi PlazaĪ South Philadelphia man was arrested for an alleged assault Tuesday night in South Philadelphia, during the latest in a series of tense gatherings in which armed men convened saying they intended to defend their communities from protesters and looters.