The protesters who made their way through Center City on the first day Philadelphia saw mass demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd were looking for places to direct their anger. They came upon the statue of Frank L. Rizzo, the late mayor and police commissioner whose legacy so perfectly captured the style of policing they were fighting against that the monument could have been .
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) It was perhaps the most fanfare anyone has ever received walking across a street to Philadelphia's City Hall. A crowd of people cheered and clapped to see Eric Riddick take those steps across the street. They were among the first steps he's taken as a free man in nearly 30 years.
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Philadelphia hasn’t been the same since this time last year. The protests that exploded across the city after Minneapolis police murdered a Black man named George Floyd left their mark. Locally as well as globally, the conversation around needed reforms is still ongoing.
Warnings of voter backlash against criminal justice reforms seemed to fall flat last week, as primary candidates who back police reform won elections and drove off challengers across the state.