A second massive rally in three days has shut down Center City streets as demonstrators demand accountability for a fatal shooting—and Philadelphia officials take a defiant stand against federal agents.
PHILADELPHIA — For the second time in 48 hours, the shadow of Philadelphia’s City Hall has been obscured by a sea of protest signs and the glow of candlelight.
Earlier today, an estimated 1,500 demonstrators gathered for the “ICE Out for Good” rally, a “weekend of action” sparked by a viral video of a fatal shooting in Minneapolis earlier this week. The incident, involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and a 37-year-old woman named Renee Nicole Good, has ignited a firestorm of anti-federal law enforcement sentiment that is finding its loudest voice right here in the Birthplace of Liberty.
A City in Defiance
Philadelphia isn’t just participating in a national trend; it is leading it. While protests have sprouted in Portland and Chicago, Philly’s response has been uniquely bolstered by its own top officials.
On Thursday, District Attorney Larry Krasner stood alongside local activists and City Council members to deliver a stern warning that has since gone viral: any federal agent who commits a crime within Philadelphia city limits will be prosecuted by his office.
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